Stories I Tell Myself
Linda Brody Bakst on Brooklyn, growing up, identity and more
Category: Coping
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Everything was glowing. A golden light cast through the trees, peeking around the clouds; gilding leaves, grass, the very air. THIS is the gloaming. Late October, the sun low, the air soft, the breeze blowing through my graying, wild hair. Red, yellow, russet, orange leaves, shimmering against the fading blue sky. Fallen dried leaves dancing,…
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NOTE: I wanted to include additional (better) photographs to this post, but the platform wasn’t accepting the format of some. It is a mystery to me. I tried editing them in different ways, accessing them in different ways….I gave up. Oh well. Hopefully you will get my intention. We are six months into the pandemic.…
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As I understand the directive in New York State, you are supposed to be masked (nose and mouth covered) if you are in public when you can’t keep the appropriate physical distance (six feet). Seems simple, but it isn’t. Some of the complexity I understand – I am confused by what it means in some…
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Is there more birdsong these days or have I just slowed down enough to hear it? Same question about critters in general – my yard is filled with bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels, deer, woodchucks. Were they always there and I didn’t notice? As I was writing this, a fawn came out of the woods and strolled…
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I thought this would get easier. When the quarantine started, I thought I would settle into the new routine without too much difficulty. After all, it wasn’t all that different from my life before coronavirus. In the beginning I didn’t feel particularly anxious – I had moments where I worried about my husband’s and our…
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I hate this relentless wind. When did it become so consistently gusty here in Albany, New York? I thought Chicago was the windy city. Is this a global warming byproduct? Is it my imagination that it is windier? Am I overreacting because the coronavirus quarantine has made me crazy? I find it unsettling – I…
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I am angry. I need to say it. As I think about it, I am angry on a number of levels. First and foremost, I am furious at our president. Though I recognize that he is not responsible for the virus, he is exactly the wrong person to be leading us through this crisis. Let…
