The approval I need from others can be stifling, and it’s not clear exactly why my own self assurance will never be enough. What’s clear to me is that I began 2008 with a self esteem level somewhere near the core of the earth and I’ve been slowly mining my way up to the surface, [...]
Archive for the ‘Autumn’ Category
I sometimes cannot help resenting the tough love my friends give me, even when I beg them for it.
Posted in Autumn, Divorce, girlfriends, ocean, surf on 10/28/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Somewhere in the midst of dating-palooza 2009 (the autumn sessions), among some fairly uneventful first dates, I met Naked Eric.
Posted in Autumn, flaccid, naked, Naked Eric, New York City, Online Dating on 10/25/2009 | 3 Comments »
Eric earned that moniker fair and square, and here’s how: Through a series of poorly made decisions I wound up in his apartment on the upper west side of Manhattan, on his sofa, watching his television, while he showered – all within the first 30 minutes of meeting him for the first time in the [...]
Making my way to the Botanic Garden, I realized it would be my first cool weather walk through it that wasn’t a commute to or from work since I had moved to Flatbush.
Posted in Autumn, Bride, Brooklyn, New York City on 10/21/2009 | Leave a Comment »
There were no blooms in sight like in the spring, but there were so many different versions of green that it was actually shocking. The two white stone obelisks that flank the Eastern Parkway entrance were the only real interruption to the green aside from the cloudless sky. I had no plans for this afternoon [...]
