Are We There Yet? vol. 254
If you haven’t noticed, people seem to be on edge. Whether it’s weather events, inflation, the economy, or politics, stress levels seem to be higher than normal. One way that I have found to relieve stress is to bring a little laughter into my day.
One of my favorite things to do on Sunday morning is to read the NYT Metropolitan Diary. Since 1976, the Metropolitan Diary has published stories “by and for New Yorkers of all ages and eras... that reveal the city’s spirit and heart. Last August, one of my favorites was published. The story goes like this.
“As I approach the 20th anniversary of receiving my senior MetroCard, the getting of it is absolutely vivid in my memory. I was at a mobile unit on 14th Street at Union Square, and it took about three minutes. A woman there processed my information, printed my card, and slid it to me under the window. I looked at it and then held it up to her. ‘Why does it say senior citizen in such extra-large letters?’ I asked. The woman leaned toward the window. ‘That’s so you can read it,’ she said in a very loud voice. God, I love New York.”
This entry was sent in by none other than F. Murray Abraham, who won a Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Amadeus. More recently, he had an ongoing role in the series Homeland and was a main character in The White Lotus. Whenever I read it, I can hear his very distinctive voice telling his story and it makes me laugh every time. Hopefully, it will bring a smile to your face as well.
Take care and stay safe.
VIDEO:
Missing You (Netflix)
Set in the U.K., we follow Detective Inspector Kat Donovan, who leads the Missing Persons department. As the past bubbles toward the present, “Missing You” showcases a woman trying to reconcile her shifting perceptions of the men she thought she knew while working on two bizarre cases: a vanished professor and a missing single mother.
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