believe: hurricane relief

whales and ships and icebergs for hurricane relief

I couldn't bring myself to round up a make-believe post this week. Instead, here's a list of ways that you can contribute to rebuilding post-storm. Thinking of those who are displaced and without heat on this snowy November morning.

1. eat a cookie 2. open your home 3. take a class 4. go to a reading 5. buy a t-shirt 6. or a plant 7. volunteer 8. donate

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< two fifty: life in a tiny apartment.

Count your blessings.

I don't mean to belabor the point and I know that I've already written about keeping perspective, but last week's hurricane has left an enduring impression and now I'm worrying about tonight's impending storm.

I hate the electrical outlets in our apartment. They're grungy (despite cleaning) and spattered with paint and they were never properly installed. Whenever we unplug anything from one of them, there's a moment or two when it looks as though the whole thing will tear loose from the wall.

Last week, of course, was not a week (if ever there was one) to bemoan a few loose outlets. My sister and brother-in-law were out of power for much of the week and they trekked to our place by foot, and by cab when they could find one. Instead of the usual two in this tiny place, there were four of us. Each of us plugged in our computers and took full advantage of our still-working wi-fi to hunker down and keep up with deadlines and commitments. Believe me when I say none of us were complaining about the close quarters.

We've been incredibly lucky to come out of this storm unscathed. Susannah's photographs of the destruction in Rockaway are mind-boggling, to say nothing of all the other places and people along this seaboard still suffering.

I'm thinking it's a good time to take count of our blessings. Loose and functional electrical outlets among them. 

How about you guys? How are you faring? 

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< two fifty: life in a tiny apartment

Keep perspective.

I'll be the first one to admit that the events of the past few days have brought a slightly different meaning to the term survival tip. When you're busy filling your bathtub with water and stocking up on peanut butter and jelly, the difficulty of surviving life in a tiny apartment pale in comparison to the hazards of a hurricane.  I don't have much to say this week other than to send lots of well wishes to the people in this city and along this seaboard who are still suffering. 

Donate here.
Register to volunteer here.
I'll be here.

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home again, home again.

My hometown has a way of making you miss her in the fall months.

Over the weekend, James and I were back home for the wedding of one of my oldest friends. We shuffled down familiar roads, kicking up the sort of bright red and orange maple leaves that are entirely absent from fall in our Brooklyn neighborhood. We stood on old sea walls and watched a rising tide while I blathered to James using the first and last names of people he will never know--a small town habit that I've not been able to shake. I'm sad to think how much this place will have suffered in this storm. Ironically, it's the sandy parts I'm most worried about.

Back here in our corner of Brooklyn, things are whipped and worn, but generally still standing. Other corners have not fared so well and the stories are still unfolding. Sending out love and wishes for people to stay tucked in and safe today.

xo.

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