A few years ago I started looking for a piano in New York City. Many friends offered their keyboards but I’m sorry I wanted a real piano. It didn’t have to be pretty and it didn’t have to be tuned, but I wanted a real piano. At the time I was working a few days […]
Author: anne
I ride words and I write bikes. I mean...
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in the country of capitalism. Yes, even more than America, I belong to capitalism. It is amazing to me, how much I belong to capitalism. Economic growth is good. Yes we need growth. Even if it means skinning the earth alive. I speak the language of jobs. Let’s create jobs. Each person […]
I think that dead starfish might have to do with my hair falling out
My hair has been falling out. Sometimes I tell people this and they ask me why I think it is falling out and the answer is I don’t know. But trust me, I’ve spent time trying to figure it out. I tried brushing it. I bought organic shampoo. I bought a new pillow that’s not […]
Speaking of getting lost
In his book Deep Survival Laurence Gonzales writes about how to survive life-threatening situations in the wild. One of these life-threatening situations is getting lost. If you find yourself in this scenario, here is what you should do: When you realize you are good and lost, stop walking. Do not hurry to the ridge over […]
Vote
IDK if you heard but we’re voting republicans out of office today.
“Pretty soon it’ll seem strange that you could ever lose someone, or get lost.”
–Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad My phone broke a few weeks ago. It was an iPhone 4. I had it for a long time and it was already getting slow and causing problems, so when the screen went black and refused to turn on it wasn’t a surprise. I ordered a new […]
How to shop at Whole Foods in Williamsburg on Sunday
Baskets. Not carts. Baskets. Do not make eye contact. Making eye contact means acknowledging people’s humanity and that’s not why you came here. Go to the cheese section where there are usually samples of cheese cut into generous portions. Take three. Do not stop in the beauty section. Yes essential oils seem nice but aren’t […]
Money part 2
There is a man who lives in Brunswick Maine named Mitt. He works at a diner there. And sometimes he gives out free breakfast and coffee to people on long bike tours. Mitt rides his bike a lot, too. Once he rode it across the country and he says it’s the best thing he ever […]
Money part 1
I was on my way into a Rite Aid when I saw the woman begging on the sidewalk near the door. Honestly I wouldn’t have stopped except there was a backlog to get into the Rite Aid and while I waited the begging woman started talking to me. Could I get her something to eat? […]
Swimming rules
After three hundred years of economic expansion, we are so impoverished that we lack the wealth and freedom of a squirrel. The indigenous people who lived here before the Europeans arrived had the run of the land. They had the simple freedom to say, “Let us climb that mountain. Let us swim in that lake. […]
Anne Foster 