Just got it. Meaningful, I hope. 

You can just stay inside so long. I haven’t had a TV in decades. The public library has a branch two blocks away. I go there. It has everything you’d want. People to stare at, and books.

I just bought this. I wouldn’t have bought it before the election results. 

I just now finished my second Transcendental Meditation of the day. I’ve been doing it for 45+ years. I don’t miss the twice a day habit. 20 minutes each time. You’ve all heard of it. If I could suggest anything to you it’s that. Look into it. I learned it in Lakewood, Ohio. No matter where you live, you can learn it. The instructors all learned in Fairfield, Iowa. 

Front cover, and back cover (an ad), of the new New Yorker. 

 It opened today. I went. 3 hours. Go.

I don’t have a TV. I can’t remember when I had one. This iPad is my screen. 

I just got this book a few hours ago. Everyone has heard of Mary Oliver. I read maybe 10 poems. They’ve already got me seeing things differently. 

The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go

The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.

 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/nyregion/cornell-daily-sun-newspaper-rape.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

A photo I took of the basement bar at the Irish Center in Long Island City. There was a great documentary of Gerry Adams later upstairs. See it if you can. It’ll soon be on Kanopy the woman who made it said. 

That’s a non-alcoholic Guinness. My friend from Cleveland no longer drinks alcohol either. We had two with our perfect sandwiches. Old Town on 18th Street, a walk from my apartment, is a perfect place. 

  

At the breakfast place I frequent. 

By the front desk at my local library branch. Hard to find a seat most days. 

The woman behind the counter at Three Lives when I asked her how this book is selling, just shook her head. 

I’m not really a reader of fiction anymore. Something made me get this though. I just started it. It’s everything I wanted in a book. 

 

 

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks:

https://youtu.be/0r_U0uw4VIY?is=k69lEkvcIQd9El1F

The great-to-me John Stewart sings ‘Dreamers on the Rise’. Kennedy brothers. 

https://youtu.be/0oMdzPofLzc?is=N6iQ_IdMQ_1ZQF2G

 Cherry pie this morning at Joe Jr.