It is 10:30 on a Tuesday morning sometime in November 2019, and I am standing in
line on Eleventh Avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth Street in New York City
with hundreds of
Standing in front of the humble wooden door of St. Ethelburga
[https://stethelburgas.org/who-we-are/our-story/] at Bishopsgate, its simple
gothic arch and stone façade an inviting refuge amongst the glassy giants
crowding
At first glance, it’s a peculiar scene: a maypole in the middle of winter.
Six dancers clutch colorful ribbons in mid-frolic, and a Christmas tree is
perched atop the pole. The scene
This year, my garden failed—in part because of late planting, since we had just
moved in to the place; in part because of the heat and drought this summer in
Colorado and
1. Bruce Bennett
[https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/photographer-bruce-bennett?sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=photographer%20bruce%20bennett]
, Hockey photographer at Getty Images
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2. Elis Trouw [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgslJ2VwZHVxw-D095WQ3lQ]