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Covid Times in Brooklyn
Somehow, the days are both too long and too short. Time stretches ahead, the calendar blank. Yet you go out for a walk and before you know it, the sky is dark. I came back to Brooklyn from the East … Continue reading
Seize the Sunset
“Live each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit…” Henry David Thoreau The year’s events have made us feel vulnerable, more conscious of the precariousness of our human lives. Maybe that’s why the passing … Continue reading
Posted in HAMPTONS, MANHATTAN, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged BROOKLYN, East Hampton, Henry David Thoreau, pandemic philosophy, sunsets
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City Winter, Silent Blog
I’VE BEEN MEANING TO BLOG ALL WINTER, but keep hitting a stumbling block: what to blog about? (Besides car-shopping, which has been resolved with the purchase of a silk-blue Volkswagen Golf). In recent years, casaCARA has been most active when … Continue reading
Posted in BLOGGING, PHOTOGRAPHY
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Foggy Morn in Springs
THIS AUGUST I’VE BEEN in and out and roundabout and back and forth. I’ve spent more time on the Long Island Expressway, it sometimes seems, than in my much-loved house in Springs (East Hampton), N.Y. And I’ve fallen down the … Continue reading
Posted in GARDENS & GARDENING, HAMPTONS, LANDSCAPING, LONG ISLAND, PHOTOGRAPHY
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Quiet as Grand Central Station
EVERY NOW AND THEN, I need a photo workshop to help me look at things afresh. In Europe last month, I was so busy chronicling all I saw as straight-up reportage that I rarely took time to be creative with … Continue reading