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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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INSURMOUNTABLE

Posted on January 17, 2015 by xaviertrevino

Yesterday I was supposed to screen the floor and give it two coats of polyurethane and I would be done with the suite on Central Park West that I’d started on two Mondays ago. I got up in the morning … Continue reading →

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INSTALLING THEMES

Posted on December 23, 2014 by xaviertrevino

This weekend I did back to back bathroom sink/vanity installations, one for a friend from my writing class and one for the girlfriend of a friend of my writing teacher’s. Thank god for a friend of a friend, huh? I’ve … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Subway Riding

Posted on December 28, 2013 by xaviertrevino

The train for me to catch on weekends is the 11:31 J train out of Essex Street. If I miss that, the next train comes at 11:47 P.M., a 16-minute wait. To get to that train, I have to get … Continue reading →

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Early To Rise

Posted on May 8, 2013 by xaviertrevino

It’s raining- I can hear the occasional car’s tires on the wet pavement of Broadway down below, and in the bathroom I can hear it pinging off the vent covers on the roof, since we live on the top floor. … Continue reading →

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In A New York Minute

Posted on April 27, 2013 by xaviertrevino

When I was in  the Army those many years ago, I first heard the expression “in a New York minute,” and it meant fast. Being from New York myself, the only thing I know for sure that happens quickly in … Continue reading →

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