downtown in front of The Strand — a well-known band venue that has been shut down for six months
joined a new gym — first day lifting weights since mid-March — cannot get away with that without seeing the impact on a woman my age!
all of them claim to have “RI’s Best Hot Wieners” — they are the equivalent of St. Louis’s White Castle “belly bombers.”
some things require no comment
Providence housing is a medley of incongruent bits and pieces
this is my neighborhood — why do people do this?
this is what it comes down to — a common sight
Federal Hill, the old notorious Italian enclave in Providence — a picture of Judge Frank Caprio, an established Rhode Island family
sometimes I think this whole newly-found interest in birds is to feel close to my father, who kept his little book of birds that he identified in his yard — a black-capped chickadee
my neighbor’s granddaughter celebrated her 9th birthday today
joined a new gym today — I always hated my previous gym — its proximity to my workplace was all it had in its favor
when Nora drives, I notice shapes and colors more in the world we pass by
Lovely and ambitious African women sell produce from their urban gardens at the West End Farmers’ Market at the Armory every Thursday afternoon.
why am I so despondent — I can’t shake it
Allowed to work in office one day per week — that day is assigned to us so that only a few are in the building each day. Have been relocated so that there is only one person per office and must stand at threshold if you want to talk face to face (with mask on) with someone
life is one big blur
My dear friends, Christopher and Ami Blazejewski and their two children. The kids call me “Auntie Connie” — love it!
will grocery shopping ever be normal again?
Julius Kolawole, founder of African Alliance of Rhode Island, at one of the organization’s urban farms
do I really need to say anything?