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Gates Down
After a woman asked about all the businesses closing for good, I paid more attention to how it looks like businesses don’t do well in our neighborhood
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Eye Catching
Brooklyn is looking a bit like a joyful movie set instead of an old, stressed borough
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More Horror
Seeing movies for sale in the check out lane at my grocery store raised all kinds of questions.
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Still Not Going Anywhere
This is a follow up to https://madelinestrum.com/blog/2026/02/28/not-going-anywhere/ The first time I visited New York City was in March of 2002, only six months after 9/11. Seeing bikes chained to parking notices that were now missing tires and rusted out seemed like they hadn’t been trashed yet as a memorial and less like an issue of…
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Time to Party
End of election day brought the option to gather with local candidates, but it didn’t seem fun
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Two Shopping Carts
Walking to a nearby hospital to donate blood, I crossed paths with these two shopping carts someone left on the corner. I did not really want to get closer in case someone mistook me for a thief, so it’s not the most dramatic picture. Stealing one shopping cart is reasonable, but two is excessive. It…
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City Life
On my way somewhere downtown, I spotted a group of little kids on a walk and thought the whole scene felt other worldly
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What Happened to that Dog?
Asked Firefly to help me out and recreate what I saw on the street one day
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Gold Decor
April 19-25 is National Library Week, and my local library sparkles
