Wednesday, September 30, 2015
It has been some years now and the same thing has been going on. We all have things to do and I am trying to get you to understand the importance of what has to be done. I think that I have been standing up for what's right. Trying to do the right thing in life. I'm not sure how much more I can do. I am one person trying to do this. I have been asking when do you think you would be able to help out and no response from you.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Hi , I wanted you to know that our daily encounters were one of the highlights of my day. For your presence I am grateful!
I wish you godspeed and everything your heart desires, now and forevermore.
With love, hippie lou
Sep 25 (1 day ago)
to me
Hi Lou,
Me too, you were/are a defining part of my journey. I was very sad to learn that I wouldn't get a chance to say goodbye, but they were determined to get me out of there ! Haha. All new faces now. I'm still allowed to stop by so I'll try to catch you one of these mornings before I push off.
Thanks for being steady and a very nice part of my mornings.
Sincerely,
I wish you godspeed and everything your heart desires, now and forevermore.
With love, hippie lou
Sep 25 (1 day ago)
to me
Hi Lou,
Me too, you were/are a defining part of my journey. I was very sad to learn that I wouldn't get a chance to say goodbye, but they were determined to get me out of there ! Haha. All new faces now. I'm still allowed to stop by so I'll try to catch you one of these mornings before I push off.
Thanks for being steady and a very nice part of my mornings.
Sincerely,
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Monday, September 14, 2015
Great pics....
thanks! i like yours too :)
Nothing compared to yours
awww shucks :)
what do you like about them?
do you like having your photograph taken?
They are not ordinary.
You made me actually feel the picture. Like I was there.
Hard to explain. Almost like reading a book and living it while you are reading.
Yes I do.
Are you near the water? I have never been to your part of the city.
To me your photos tell a story. I like that.
Yes I am very close to the water. It's like a little oasis in the midst of the hustle and bustle. We have a great little park here right on the water with a view of the Manhattan skyline and the runways to Laguardia. Love sitting there watching the planes take off and land with the Manhattan back drop. It's good sometimes to still feel like a kid..
Where do you live?
would you be interested in meeting for coffee?
Yes . Come and visit my park someday....
I manage a restaurant and have a crazy schedule What is yours like?
I would love that!
My schedule is not crazy...
I have so much respect for people in the hospitality industry...very demanding and requires a lot of sacrifice.
Thanks for the respect, thoughtfulness and kindness its refreshing to hear. Not too many understand .
Haha so you don't have a busy schedule?? That's nice to hear.
Would love to meet up one day, you can generate some of that laid back vibe onto me..
thanks! i like yours too :)
Nothing compared to yours
awww shucks :)
what do you like about them?
do you like having your photograph taken?
They are not ordinary.
You made me actually feel the picture. Like I was there.
Hard to explain. Almost like reading a book and living it while you are reading.
Yes I do.
Are you near the water? I have never been to your part of the city.
To me your photos tell a story. I like that.
Yes I am very close to the water. It's like a little oasis in the midst of the hustle and bustle. We have a great little park here right on the water with a view of the Manhattan skyline and the runways to Laguardia. Love sitting there watching the planes take off and land with the Manhattan back drop. It's good sometimes to still feel like a kid..
Where do you live?
would you be interested in meeting for coffee?
Yes . Come and visit my park someday....
I manage a restaurant and have a crazy schedule What is yours like?
I would love that!
My schedule is not crazy...
I have so much respect for people in the hospitality industry...very demanding and requires a lot of sacrifice.
Thanks for the respect, thoughtfulness and kindness its refreshing to hear. Not too many understand .
Haha so you don't have a busy schedule?? That's nice to hear.
Would love to meet up one day, you can generate some of that laid back vibe onto me..
Hey Hippie lou i just read yr msg now at 7:39 pm i had to wait to see my new temporary resident doctor and get a tetaus shot and tested for hepatitis b and b the whole shebang. I feel badly for our mutual friend and im very happy for u! I want to and will keep in touch cuz u have transformed yrself into a shaman or an american monk. Henry miller is the writer 4 u now! Lets call each other meet for coffee and converse about videos poetry prose and our ongoing new narratives! Yr friend,
What a beautiful message! Yes, let's get together for a coffee, maybe next week?
Okay sounds groovy. I just got home so tired i just told my roommate that life is unfair but it should be and we can make it so or a least try i have an ent appointment next monday and will get a home visit next week from a caseworker when he tells me which day we can make big plans the true me is in my writing even text msgs or perhaps my writing wakes up when i write to u u shaman u. Thanks 4 yr reply! Keep them coming!
Hippie lou what i mean is that life is unfair but it should be fair and i will fight til my last drop of blood to make it so im so glad i know u. when i read yr text msgs i can hear the uplifting sound of yr utterly positive voice u listen and then speak both profoundly see u next week i pray night night ciao 4 now
I'm glad I know you as well. Hang in there and keep writing, keep listening, keep dreaming. with love, hippie lou :-)
Thank u so much for yr reply. Yes u hit the nail on the head u wrote what i need to hear and what i need to do with my life. Thank u. Lets talk and text and make a plan to meet next week. Yr new narrative brother, : )
What a beautiful message! Yes, let's get together for a coffee, maybe next week?
Okay sounds groovy. I just got home so tired i just told my roommate that life is unfair but it should be and we can make it so or a least try i have an ent appointment next monday and will get a home visit next week from a caseworker when he tells me which day we can make big plans the true me is in my writing even text msgs or perhaps my writing wakes up when i write to u u shaman u. Thanks 4 yr reply! Keep them coming!
Hippie lou what i mean is that life is unfair but it should be fair and i will fight til my last drop of blood to make it so im so glad i know u. when i read yr text msgs i can hear the uplifting sound of yr utterly positive voice u listen and then speak both profoundly see u next week i pray night night ciao 4 now
I'm glad I know you as well. Hang in there and keep writing, keep listening, keep dreaming. with love, hippie lou :-)
Thank u so much for yr reply. Yes u hit the nail on the head u wrote what i need to hear and what i need to do with my life. Thank u. Lets talk and text and make a plan to meet next week. Yr new narrative brother, : )
People in CA are a whole different kinda person. So casual and aloof. BUT I'm taking care of myself- I have a great apt 10 minutes walk from town. I go to the beach when I can and can't wait to meet some real friends!!! I miss our peripatetic school
Strangest thing happened after I sent you that last text...minutes later a stranger in the street invited me to dinner. I accepted and we had a wonderful philosophical conversation! The lesson: ask the universe and you shall be provided for. Everything you taught me, manifested last night....
Strangest thing happened after I sent you that last text...minutes later a stranger in the street invited me to dinner. I accepted and we had a wonderful philosophical conversation! The lesson: ask the universe and you shall be provided for. Everything you taught me, manifested last night....
hi hippie lou,
i hope you don't mind that i replied to you now-- i feel like i should've gotten back to you earlier, so i feel a bit sad about that! but that's wonderful that you sent and wrote some post cards. they're definitely encouraging, for sure, since you wrote that you want to keep people company when they might be feeling lonely or in a bit of a personal haze.
i think discovering one of your postcards on a coffeeshop table, etc. would be great for someone who hasn't met you before! i'm not really feeling the postcard spinner idea, either..
it was awesome to see you and our mutual friend! yes, i thought our conversation was very rich-- i'm glad we were able to share those things as well, hippie lou! i've so appreciated your listening ear, encouragement, and understanding while i've shared my story with you. you've become a father-figure of sorts to me, which i appreciate so much as well!
i hope you enjoy your monday!
i hope you don't mind that i replied to you now-- i feel like i should've gotten back to you earlier, so i feel a bit sad about that! but that's wonderful that you sent and wrote some post cards. they're definitely encouraging, for sure, since you wrote that you want to keep people company when they might be feeling lonely or in a bit of a personal haze.
i think discovering one of your postcards on a coffeeshop table, etc. would be great for someone who hasn't met you before! i'm not really feeling the postcard spinner idea, either..
it was awesome to see you and our mutual friend! yes, i thought our conversation was very rich-- i'm glad we were able to share those things as well, hippie lou! i've so appreciated your listening ear, encouragement, and understanding while i've shared my story with you. you've become a father-figure of sorts to me, which i appreciate so much as well!
i hope you enjoy your monday!
your postcard
Hi Dave
I think the card is great for keeping in touch. Bah facebook! We need to save the post office. Bring the postmaster general back to the cabinet. Have you ever read the Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon? My neighbor used to keep office hours in a public place, a restaurant. She let her friends know. Sometimes she sat in the restaurant alone at a table. The man who married her saw her in the restaurant and eventually went up and introduced himself. I had thought of doing that as a low tech means of communicating with some degree of privacy from electronic surveillance, but never implemented it. The Cafe Figaro on Bleecker is a coffee house of the old school, and there is a better one, but I have forgotten the location and it may no longer bv be there. Also, some classical composer wrote something called the Coffee Contata about the first wave of coffee houses in Europe.
I think the card is great for keeping in touch. Bah facebook! We need to save the post office. Bring the postmaster general back to the cabinet. Have you ever read the Crying of Lot 49 by Pynchon? My neighbor used to keep office hours in a public place, a restaurant. She let her friends know. Sometimes she sat in the restaurant alone at a table. The man who married her saw her in the restaurant and eventually went up and introduced himself. I had thought of doing that as a low tech means of communicating with some degree of privacy from electronic surveillance, but never implemented it. The Cafe Figaro on Bleecker is a coffee house of the old school, and there is a better one, but I have forgotten the location and it may no longer bv be there. Also, some classical composer wrote something called the Coffee Contata about the first wave of coffee houses in Europe.
A few pages of Habermas On The Public Sphere (for class)...I guess I see what all the fuss about him is about now. Not bad.
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Hippie Lou thanks for turning me on to this. do you have it on pdf by chance?
Like · Reply · September 11 at 1:26pm
No pdf, sadly unsure emoticon I checked out one of the Uni's hard copies. I'm thinking of buying one myself though. The end notes are really rich for some references, including a book in German about English Coffeehouses of the 18th and 19th-centuries. Reminds me of our talks at Kava smile emoticon
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:24pm
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Hippie Lou my understanding is back then the coffeehouse was the public sphere smile emoticon
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:25pm
That's something Habermas highlights. But he keeps drawing from a particular text: Englische Kaffeehäuser als Sammelpunkte der literarischen Welt im Zeitalter von Dryden und Addison
See Translation
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:28pm
I understand the gist of the title now after learning some Danish--though, I'm sadly not as good at that yet as I really should be. I imagine learning German wouldn't be so hard after this. It's so rich with overlapping vocabulary.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:30pm
Hippie Lou English coffeehouses as a rescue of the literary world in the era of Dryden and Addison?
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:34pm
That's what GT says, but "sammelpunkte" on its own comes out as collections...which is closer to what I would have guessed. But not knowing German, I wouldn't know which direction it really leans in. It's easy to see how collections and rescue can overlap in that rough context.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:36pm
It's just nice seeing the scattered German words in parentheses in the text and being able to decipher the gist from the similarity of Danish terms.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:37pm
Hippie Lou i like rescue...just had an aha moment! name a coffeehouse public sphere. no laptops! perhaps a metaphorical "rescue" of society could be incubated at such a place.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:41pm
I think the laptop thing is interesting. People can still spark up a conversation over a computer. And computers are powerful tools for information's representation and discussion. I think it's just a matter of roping the thoughtful people into that loop (still one of my ambitions). In ten years, it won't be an issue anyway.
Like · Reply · 1 · September 11 at 2:46pm
Hippie Lou never saw someone speaking to you at kava while working on a laptop. or me for that matter. smile emoticon
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:48pm
Hippie Lou and what loop are you referring to (with regards to roping the thoughtful people into)?
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:49pm
Not at Kava, but at other shops, I've seen it at different places. It helps if you see other people programming and chat them up about what they're working on. Sometimes that works, sometimes not. That could easily be the case if computers were better translated to how non-programmers work.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:50pm
Hippie Lou fyi - i often followed up our discussions with extensive use of a laptop...to look up and read about the ideas/references we discussed. so i think it is a good complement. but in the coffee shop i feel it attenuates interaction and human connection.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:51pm
It could be looked into more. In Paris I was surprised how many analog readers and writers I saw at cafes. It was lovely.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:53pm
Hippie Lou it's so funny...at the coffee shop i'm at now the three baristas i am closest to all regularly travel to paris. and they feel more at home there, i think.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:55pm
It would be interesting to see some survey numbers depicting trends on that. I've seen cognitive load comparisons for digital/analog tasks that reported less load for analog tasks, which, if still true today and further, if that remains true in 10, 20, 30 years, it could mean more conscious resources poured into the task at hand. I've been surprised to notice how much more easily it is to write on a computer now that I program. I don't think I would have the same approach to writing if I didn't learn the process analog first.
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Hippie Lou thanks for turning me on to this. do you have it on pdf by chance?
Like · Reply · September 11 at 1:26pm
No pdf, sadly unsure emoticon I checked out one of the Uni's hard copies. I'm thinking of buying one myself though. The end notes are really rich for some references, including a book in German about English Coffeehouses of the 18th and 19th-centuries. Reminds me of our talks at Kava smile emoticon
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:24pm
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Hippie Lou my understanding is back then the coffeehouse was the public sphere smile emoticon
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:25pm
That's something Habermas highlights. But he keeps drawing from a particular text: Englische Kaffeehäuser als Sammelpunkte der literarischen Welt im Zeitalter von Dryden und Addison
See Translation
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:28pm
I understand the gist of the title now after learning some Danish--though, I'm sadly not as good at that yet as I really should be. I imagine learning German wouldn't be so hard after this. It's so rich with overlapping vocabulary.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:30pm
Hippie Lou English coffeehouses as a rescue of the literary world in the era of Dryden and Addison?
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:34pm
That's what GT says, but "sammelpunkte" on its own comes out as collections...which is closer to what I would have guessed. But not knowing German, I wouldn't know which direction it really leans in. It's easy to see how collections and rescue can overlap in that rough context.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:36pm
It's just nice seeing the scattered German words in parentheses in the text and being able to decipher the gist from the similarity of Danish terms.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:37pm
Hippie Lou i like rescue...just had an aha moment! name a coffeehouse public sphere. no laptops! perhaps a metaphorical "rescue" of society could be incubated at such a place.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:41pm
I think the laptop thing is interesting. People can still spark up a conversation over a computer. And computers are powerful tools for information's representation and discussion. I think it's just a matter of roping the thoughtful people into that loop (still one of my ambitions). In ten years, it won't be an issue anyway.
Like · Reply · 1 · September 11 at 2:46pm
Hippie Lou never saw someone speaking to you at kava while working on a laptop. or me for that matter. smile emoticon
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:48pm
Hippie Lou and what loop are you referring to (with regards to roping the thoughtful people into)?
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:49pm
Not at Kava, but at other shops, I've seen it at different places. It helps if you see other people programming and chat them up about what they're working on. Sometimes that works, sometimes not. That could easily be the case if computers were better translated to how non-programmers work.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:50pm
Hippie Lou fyi - i often followed up our discussions with extensive use of a laptop...to look up and read about the ideas/references we discussed. so i think it is a good complement. but in the coffee shop i feel it attenuates interaction and human connection.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:51pm
It could be looked into more. In Paris I was surprised how many analog readers and writers I saw at cafes. It was lovely.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:53pm
Hippie Lou it's so funny...at the coffee shop i'm at now the three baristas i am closest to all regularly travel to paris. and they feel more at home there, i think.
Like · Reply · September 11 at 2:55pm
It would be interesting to see some survey numbers depicting trends on that. I've seen cognitive load comparisons for digital/analog tasks that reported less load for analog tasks, which, if still true today and further, if that remains true in 10, 20, 30 years, it could mean more conscious resources poured into the task at hand. I've been surprised to notice how much more easily it is to write on a computer now that I program. I don't think I would have the same approach to writing if I didn't learn the process analog first.
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