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elleng

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Mon Feb 15, 2021, 03:13 PM Feb 2021

METROPOLITAN DIARY 2

Last edited Mon Feb 15, 2021, 04:23 PM - Edit history (1)

Window Gazing
Dear Diary:

My daily workout for a while now has been a brisk three-mile walk around the Upper West Side at 7 a.m. . .

Some mornings there is a cat in one of the windows; at other times, I can see people moving around inside.

During the holidays, a Christmas tree had been put up in the apartment. I loved seeing it every morning as I passed by. One morning when I walked past and looked at the windows, I saw a man standing there.

He was waving at me.

— Sarah Maurer

Sledding
Dear Diary:

It was Dec. 16, 2020, and the biggest snowstorm in several years was beginning to blanket New York City. Our daughters were slightly upset because we did not own a sled.

My husband set out on foot to remedy the situation, but he soon came back empty-handed. . .

After making a couple of runs down the hill, my daughters went to return the sled.

“Oh, you can keep it,” the father said. “I brought it here to give away.”

— Lydia S. Dugdale

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html

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