Monthly Archives: March 2015

ADVENTURES IN MEDICATION

Posted on March 31, 2015 by xaviertrevino

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you might have read A GROWING PROBLEM, about my BPH symptoms. If you don’t know what BPH is, you can look it up, but you probably won’t be interested in that … Continue reading →

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NEW YORK FRUIT TREES (a photo essay)

Posted on March 28, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Hamilton Heights has a lot of trees, and they bear a fruit unique to the city. This is a man-made fruit, of a few varieties. There are the brightly colored balloon fruits, like the one in the picture at the … Continue reading →

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AFTER AN EARLIER INCIDENT…

Posted on March 26, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Just as I turned on my computer to write this the transit report came on. The young woman on NY1 announced that there were delays on the downtown F train. I planned to write about the recent spate of subway … Continue reading →

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LAST GASP FOR SNOOPY

Posted on March 21, 2015 by xaviertrevino

I guess I jumped the gun with my feels-like-spring post on Tuesday, judging by yesterday’s weather. Of course spring snowstorms are nothing new, there was a big blizzard on April 1st in 1997, the April Fool’s blizzard. There was also … Continue reading →

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HERE COMES THE SPRING AGAIN…

Posted on March 17, 2015 by xaviertrevino

A perfect day for a parade without floats, since it’s pretty windy. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, all those who indulge! For myself, not being Irish, I’ve never been to the parade. Then again I’ve never gone to the Mexican Day … Continue reading →

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AT THE MOVIES

Posted on March 15, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Last night we went to a “Living Room” show at someone’s house in the Village and saw our friend Tammy Faye Starlight cannel Marianne Faithful. She had Barry Reynolds, who wrote a lot of songs for Marianne Faithful on guitar, … Continue reading →

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DON’T MISS THE BUS

Posted on March 6, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Wednesday I made my weekly trip to Fairway-on-the-Hudson. To get there I take the M4 bus on the corner of 152nd Street and Broadway, south side of the street. The M5 limited also stops there, but the M5 makes a … Continue reading →

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IS THIS THING REALLY NECESSARY?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Saturday night I got a call from Segundo the super. He asked me if I wanted to work Sunday. It was a slim past two weeks work-wise, so I said yes. At least it was Sunday and he would be … Continue reading →

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