The One With the Tourists
A busker, an eccentric, and I walk onto a crowded subway car…
The One With the Clarinet
A man shuffled through my subway car. “Hi. My name is Sonny Payne. I’m homeless and I’m hungry,” he repeated like a mantra as he tried to dodge the standing-room-only crowd. “If you don’t have it, I can understand because I...The One with the Eavesdropping
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” ~Ernest Hemingway I wholeheartedly agree with Hemingway on that point. Being a writer, I am a shameless eavesdropper. The best way to get a feel for the rhythms of natural speech is by listening when I...The One with Riding the Subway
When I first moved to NYC, everything that happened on the subway was fascinating and exciting. I found an endless source of delicious “material” for my stories. What more could a writer ask for? After logging hundreds (maybe thousands) of hours commuting...I’m Reading
