LINES OF THE DAY

". . . But the past does not exist independently from the present. Indeed, the past is only past because there is a present, just as I can point to something over there only because I am here. But nothing is inherently over there or here. In that sense, the past has no content. The past -- or more accurately, pastness -- is a position. Thus, in no way can we identify the past as past." p. 15

". . . But we may want to keep in mind that deeds and words are not as distinguishable as often we presume. History does not belong only to its narrators, professional or amateur. While some of us debate what history is or was, others take it into their own hands." p. 153

Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot

Monday, February 1, 2021

So, Ya. Winter. A Blizzard. A Big One, Though.

     

     . . . .The title of this week's New Yorker Magazine cover is "Wooster Street."  Wooster Street it is too, looking north from a bit above Canal, all the way to where an NYU residence blocks the rest of the view, except for The Empire State Building striking above the NYU housing, still taller, though further north.  Wooster is just a couple blocks over so I do recognize one of 'my' streets, even though it's on the cover of a national magazine.



At 3 PM about 14" had accumulated so far, in Central Park.  Many more hours to go of this, many. 



Like everyone else we know caught up in this storm, so far today we've cooked up a storm <ah-hem< , and of course, zoomed, zoomed, zoomed.  This NYer cartoon kinda sums it up, ya?



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