The tour has visited a number of churches but I have neglected to take photos.
On 3 December, I preached at the First Presbyterian Church of Whitestone. In keeping with their ministry addressing violence against women, church members made orange t-shirts and hung them in a tree to witness to their neighbors and those who pass by. I made one too.
Filed under Friends, Human Rights, New York, Photo
24 September 2017
Louisville Airport
Louisville, Kentucky
Filed under Louisville, Photo, Travel
16 October 2017
New York, New York
Ordered to support the daughter of a friend;
awesome that they came in purple.
It’s been quite a fall and early winter. The big news is that I have returned to New York. My leaving was chronicled in the Until We Meet Again Tour.
The reentry has been complicated; it involved several trips out of the city. But things are becoming more stable and it is time to document the new We Meet Again Tour.
It starts, where else:
A portrait of the puppy
with his (purple) gecko
26 December 2017
Solon, Ohio
I was feeling grumpy.
OK, I was feeling grumpy-er. Always play to one’s strengths.
I was walking down Fifth Avenue, heading to Rockefeller Center.
Visitors to New York filled the sidewalk. They stopped in the middle and made quick turns. They abruptly countermarched, heading back uptown without warning.
My blood pressure rose. My ire increased. And then I saw her.
She sat in a wheel chair, looking at the lights and the sights.
I do not know her name and never learned her story. It was inappropriate to ask. But I wondered.
Was this her first time in New York – the culmination of a long-time dream?
Was she a long-time city resident?
Was this an annual visit?
In the end, the reason mattered not. All that mattered was her face.
She glowed. Amazement. Wonder. Delight. Many words could describe her face and bearing. But the one that works best for me, is joy. Simple joy. Pure joy. Unabashed joy. I have not seen such joy often, but I have seen it enough that I recognize it when I do.
I saw joy that day and I carried it in my heart to Rockefeller Center. I hope it showed, just a little, on my face.
See you along the trail.
P.S. – the photo was taken inside the Time Warner Center on the same day. I did not get any photos at Rockefeller Center. I will be back.
Along the Graybeard Trail 