How good it is to read your words, seeing things through your eyes. It must have been wonderful to see the fireworks there. Your true love telling you what she sees and hears during her walks. Inspirational. I am inspired to mention Texas is a big state with desert and sand dunes and oilfields to the western part. Metroplex cities north and south centrally. Then there's the beautiful piney woods in the eastern parts. Beaches along the south in Corpus Christi and Port Aransas. Lots of nature all over. Rattlesnakes, bobcats, mountain lions, bears in the mountains to the south, even gators to the north in Lewisville lake around Lake Dallas. Massive flocks of pelicans visit there too. Eagles nest in the parks somewhere around Lost Maples. I'm not always in agreement with the politics in Texas but there's a lot of history and varity in this old state that we have experienced without ever having to leave it's borders and what a endless varity of delicious Barbeque. Not selling the state, just happy happy to experience so much of it. Happy New Year to you and your family Garrison ! Long may you live and enjoy your life! We will always be your fans.
Nice bit of meandering here, G.K., from you and your bride on a balcony overlooking the "Happy New Year!" celebrations in the city you both chose to make your home to a Marxist Muslim Mayor to a veritable Babel of cozy cosmopolitan city life to St. Patrick speaking Spanish to your candlelit wordless prayer evoking some new nascent faith to your kind invitation to lunch . . . I accept!
Candidate Mamdani has an interesting past which surely helped to get him elected. But that is the easy part. I wish Mayor Mamdani the best regarding his goals for NY city. Income disparity and health care are huge issues that need to be addressed, not only in NY city, but also for the rest of the country.
I live in Southern Mississippi, so the news I get regarding NY city is erratic. But I was not surprised to hear Governor Hochul talking about how some of his ideas were not going to be possible, right after he won the election. Initial roadblocks from his own party. Nice. However, a couple of weeks later I heard that Governor Hochul was bending a little bit on some of her initial stances. I hope that she decides to really get behind Major Mamdani.
I hope that Mayor Mamdani will not be remembered for his many labels, but for the results he gets NY city.
We should love our great cities and appreciate that those that survive well there are the chosen people…the other end is the mythical village with it’s corner store, hardware, livery stables, maybe a blacksmith…and of course coffee shop/ cafe.the people who grow food, used to called ‘farmers’ now they are turning into agribusinesses…owned by chemical companies.
Cities are the apex…and it turns out are better for the environmental as city dwellers use much less energy, abuse fewer resources that do the burbs! In this case density and infrastructure are better for us all.
The suburbs are isolated, segregated, of little and lessor value…and really abusive of our lands and resources…the bankrupt American dream! Sprawling cancers googling up land…
We already know that you are behind fascism, no questions asked, plain and simple. So you have no business talking about track records. Still no light from you.
Garrison, when you write about NY City, it makes me want to visit it again. I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore and we had an acre pf land part pf an old apple orchard. Several times we sold apples and used the money to visit friends in NYC and see the sights. After college I also visited
NYC. Haven't for years know I will not go back there now.
Reading your comments about it, and what you do there always interests me.
The great cargo ship Minnesota, under the command of Captain Tim “come and get it” Walz, is slowly sinking beneath the waves after being torpedoed by a fleet of Somali submarines. Can the great liberty ship Manhattan avoid the same fate after torpedoing itself in the stern by hiring novice sailor Zohran “rudder hard to port“ Mamdani? Where is Captain Phillips when we need him?
Is it merely a coincidence that ships carrying Garrison as a passenger are suffering similar fates? Is he the white whale? Is this column the whaling ship Pequod? Where is Captain Ahab when we need him?
Minnesota (along with the entire country) is responding to a fascist police killing of a peaceful protester. You've made it clear that you are fine with such things and that you will remain on the wrong side of history, no matter what. American patriots must not let the fascist coup succeed.
Are my satirical allegories being attacked by Richard Henry Dana, author of “Two Years Before the Mast”? Or is it Herman Melville in disguise? Sour grapes, Herman. Your best work was “Bartleby the Scrivener,” not “Moby Dick.”
I assume that you are referring to the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. I have never said that they are eating pets. I have no evidence one way or the other. But I will say, based on being a PETA supporter and receiving their email messages every day for many years, that what some people here consider to be pets other people around the world consider to be food. If you don’t believe me, join PETA’s mailing list and be prepared to see images and videos that will make you sick to your stomach. Human beings are the most vicious, cruel, and destructive creatures that have ever set foot on earth.
What a joyful post! Thank you. A contrast to today's shooting in Minneapolis and recent communications from friends and family in the smaller parts of the state saying they have taken to carrying their passports to prove they are citizens in case they are approached at a mall or in the streets. Is the USA morphing into a police state, something I never thought I would witness, absorbing other countries like The Blob ... Louise Penny's 23rd Inspector Gamache novel about the USA targeting Canada for its water and other resources, released before Xmas, seemed fantastical when I read it, but maybe it's prophetic. Let's hope not.
Happy New Year Garrison.
Well said!!
A’ho
How good it is to read your words, seeing things through your eyes. It must have been wonderful to see the fireworks there. Your true love telling you what she sees and hears during her walks. Inspirational. I am inspired to mention Texas is a big state with desert and sand dunes and oilfields to the western part. Metroplex cities north and south centrally. Then there's the beautiful piney woods in the eastern parts. Beaches along the south in Corpus Christi and Port Aransas. Lots of nature all over. Rattlesnakes, bobcats, mountain lions, bears in the mountains to the south, even gators to the north in Lewisville lake around Lake Dallas. Massive flocks of pelicans visit there too. Eagles nest in the parks somewhere around Lost Maples. I'm not always in agreement with the politics in Texas but there's a lot of history and varity in this old state that we have experienced without ever having to leave it's borders and what a endless varity of delicious Barbeque. Not selling the state, just happy happy to experience so much of it. Happy New Year to you and your family Garrison ! Long may you live and enjoy your life! We will always be your fans.
Very positive post. Live in Texas but sometimes the politics get on the wrong side of me so great to read about the good that surrounds me.
Wow, that's a really great thing about reading -- one never knows whatall may come one's way. Today is a twofer, Manhattan stuff, and Texas stuff!
Nice bit of meandering here, G.K., from you and your bride on a balcony overlooking the "Happy New Year!" celebrations in the city you both chose to make your home to a Marxist Muslim Mayor to a veritable Babel of cozy cosmopolitan city life to St. Patrick speaking Spanish to your candlelit wordless prayer evoking some new nascent faith to your kind invitation to lunch . . . I accept!
Harpo Marxist, I suppose.
If only! 🥳
Once again Garrison, great column. Thank you.
Candidate Mamdani has an interesting past which surely helped to get him elected. But that is the easy part. I wish Mayor Mamdani the best regarding his goals for NY city. Income disparity and health care are huge issues that need to be addressed, not only in NY city, but also for the rest of the country.
I live in Southern Mississippi, so the news I get regarding NY city is erratic. But I was not surprised to hear Governor Hochul talking about how some of his ideas were not going to be possible, right after he won the election. Initial roadblocks from his own party. Nice. However, a couple of weeks later I heard that Governor Hochul was bending a little bit on some of her initial stances. I hope that she decides to really get behind Major Mamdani.
I hope that Mayor Mamdani will not be remembered for his many labels, but for the results he gets NY city.
" maybe the essence of our Christian faith is dumb childlike wonder. "
Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. "
Children have not become jaded . They have not yet learned to dissemble .
Dumb childlike wonder is of the essence, good sir.
The essence of Christianity dumb, childlike wonder? Yes, that's the ticket.
HNY, professor. Glad you're still whinnying with us!
Your column of 1/5 is an enjoyable visit to New York. Very little redundancy and a good glimpse into your mind.
If you have not read the book, Hidden Valley Road, by Robert Kolker, and you are interested in what goes on in the minds of others, I recommend it.
Keep enjoying each day. When I get to 100 before you, I will save you a seat.(I removed the "if" and replaced it with "when".
Thank you.
I hope I can see GK with this
It’s all about mystery and wonder.
We should love our great cities and appreciate that those that survive well there are the chosen people…the other end is the mythical village with it’s corner store, hardware, livery stables, maybe a blacksmith…and of course coffee shop/ cafe.the people who grow food, used to called ‘farmers’ now they are turning into agribusinesses…owned by chemical companies.
Cities are the apex…and it turns out are better for the environmental as city dwellers use much less energy, abuse fewer resources that do the burbs! In this case density and infrastructure are better for us all.
The suburbs are isolated, segregated, of little and lessor value…and really abusive of our lands and resources…the bankrupt American dream! Sprawling cancers googling up land…
Really!
Socialism has such a stellar track record, excited to see what it brings NYC in the coming year. The idiocy of embracing this is mind boggling.
We already know that you are behind fascism, no questions asked, plain and simple. So you have no business talking about track records. Still no light from you.
Speaking of idiocy, more words of wisdom from The People’s Republic of Dana. You are amusing, I must admit.
Interesting. That’s exactly what the American Nazis said about FDR.
Garrison, when you write about NY City, it makes me want to visit it again. I grew up in a suburb of Baltimore and we had an acre pf land part pf an old apple orchard. Several times we sold apples and used the money to visit friends in NYC and see the sights. After college I also visited
NYC. Haven't for years know I will not go back there now.
Reading your comments about it, and what you do there always interests me.
The great cargo ship Minnesota, under the command of Captain Tim “come and get it” Walz, is slowly sinking beneath the waves after being torpedoed by a fleet of Somali submarines. Can the great liberty ship Manhattan avoid the same fate after torpedoing itself in the stern by hiring novice sailor Zohran “rudder hard to port“ Mamdani? Where is Captain Phillips when we need him?
Is it merely a coincidence that ships carrying Garrison as a passenger are suffering similar fates? Is he the white whale? Is this column the whaling ship Pequod? Where is Captain Ahab when we need him?
Minnesota (along with the entire country) is responding to a fascist police killing of a peaceful protester. You've made it clear that you are fine with such things and that you will remain on the wrong side of history, no matter what. American patriots must not let the fascist coup succeed.
Are my satirical allegories being attacked by Richard Henry Dana, author of “Two Years Before the Mast”? Or is it Herman Melville in disguise? Sour grapes, Herman. Your best work was “Bartleby the Scrivener,” not “Moby Dick.”
I’m not sure I’d consider literary references from one who believed “they’re eating the pets” and other nonsense.
I assume that you are referring to the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. I have never said that they are eating pets. I have no evidence one way or the other. But I will say, based on being a PETA supporter and receiving their email messages every day for many years, that what some people here consider to be pets other people around the world consider to be food. If you don’t believe me, join PETA’s mailing list and be prepared to see images and videos that will make you sick to your stomach. Human beings are the most vicious, cruel, and destructive creatures that have ever set foot on earth.
What a joyful post! Thank you. A contrast to today's shooting in Minneapolis and recent communications from friends and family in the smaller parts of the state saying they have taken to carrying their passports to prove they are citizens in case they are approached at a mall or in the streets. Is the USA morphing into a police state, something I never thought I would witness, absorbing other countries like The Blob ... Louise Penny's 23rd Inspector Gamache novel about the USA targeting Canada for its water and other resources, released before Xmas, seemed fantastical when I read it, but maybe it's prophetic. Let's hope not.