Everyone has been baking so much lately! Even I, a confirmed cook all my life, have taken to routinely putting hands to flour. Feels as though in our isolation we are finding solace in older human traditions. Perhaps hunting and gathering will be next. Roving bands spearing pigeons, at a 6-foot distance, of course.
As I plan my route for the day (Saturday 3/21), I chat with my Dutch lover. He’s out of work until June, but the government in Holland is sending his boss enough relief that all of their staff will still have income until then. “Holland is a great country in that regard,” he says. I love how much he loves his home.
Direction: South, down Broadway
Album:Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture). Deluxe Edition.
Weather: Good light, but very chilly. In a time of such tumult, the capricious temperatures of March feel like a familiar handhold.
Lyrics jump out at me early as I jaunt across 171st Street to Broadway:
“Traveled 2,000 kilometers to hang out with us / What’s up, danger?” (Track 1)
Spittin off the track with a young defiance. The whole song reminds me of the Tik Tok swagger I’ve seen on my phone and on my walks- kids still partying, playing basketball in the parks, not being careful.
“I like tall buildings so I can leap off of…