Tag Archives: Brooklyn
The truth and the bee tree
The bee tree is gone. It was there, under that tree in April of 2008, that I saw a bee swarm come up in the park. I’d never seen such a thing before, and it remains to this day a … Continue reading
The truth and storms – Irene, Goodnight, 2011
Irene wasn’t really a hurricane when she finally reached New York after some 18 hours of waiting, waiting, waiting. By 6:00 am on Sunday, August 27, 2011 Irene was a tropical storm. The most horrifying aspect of the storm for … Continue reading
Filed under danger, life, myth, superposition
The truth and oral history: The Double Life of the Interview
BROOKLYN READING WORKS org. Louise Crawford guest curator John A. Guidry THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011 8:00 – 10:00 PM Where: OLD STONE HOUSE at J. J. BYRNE PLAYGROUND 5th Avenue in Park Slope between 3rd and 4th Streets (718) 768-3195 … Continue reading
Filed under ideas, journalism, knowledge, life, literature, media, Park Slope, writing
Another year and we remember, 2010
For three years, from 2007 to 2009, I was able to look out of my living room window every September 11 and see the Tribute in Light over downtown New York. Last year, I posted photos by my neighbor and … Continue reading
Without truth you are the looser
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a picture of words worth? Spelling mistake or assertion about the relationship of truth to intestinal fortitude? Martin Luther would surely disagree, for in his case getting to … Continue reading
Truth and Rocket Science – guest stenographer
Photograph courtesy of Visual Stenographers: Atiba T. Edwards + Emma Raynor The Scoop Photographs from Truth and Rocket Science—some already published on this site and some from my archives—are now being featured on the blog “Visual Stenographers,” which is published … Continue reading
Filed under art, ideas, journalism, media, Park Slope, politics, truth
The truth and spring-time
April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. These, I, singing in spring, collect for lovers Collecting, I traverse the garden, the world—but soon I pass … Continue reading
The truth and every purpose
There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. A time to … Continue reading
Filed under beauty, death, existentialism, freedom, ideas, life, Park Slope, philosophy, truth, vanity
The Park Slope 100
truth and rocket science has been included on this year’s “Park Slope 100,” a list compiled by Louise Crawford on her blog, “Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.” Anyone from the neighborhood is familiar with Louise and her work, whether in … Continue reading
Filed under ideas, journalism, life, Park Slope, truth
