PROUD THAT with hard work, discipline and sacrifice, we have paid off the Maspeth house bought in 2006, when Sara was just a 4 year-old about to enter St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic School as a pre-K. It's good to begin the new year with zero mortgage balance on a property that since its purchase has more than doubled in value! 

SARA HAD ANOTHER straight A in her sophomore year, and FLEF award in her junior year.

At Wigert's Nursery in Fort Myers, FL today.  Migrants' Iwo Jima.

 THE ERATO plantain ship and gantry crane, Red Hook.

 AT 20, SARA drives and has a friend whose last name is Albanese and assists her.

A SCHEFFLERA BANYAN stands guard on my old stoop this summer. I found this lone behemoth in a nursery on 80th Street across St. John's Cemetery in Middle Village last year, well within the route of one of my weekend walks. I didn't buy it right away, wondering where the heck will I put it in the winter, but after clearing up an outsize space by the thermostat last week, I decided I had to go back to Joe's Greenery with my truck and finally have the monster. Now its Mothman has a new stomping ground in Maspeth in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

GOT ISSUED a new ID as Sargent Kayme.

Indelible Clearing II

Uniting for Ukraine--Be A Sponsor

When will Putin-ina's war end? Here is information on DHS's "Uniting for Ukraine", a humanitarian initiative which provides a pathway for Ukrainian citizens and their immediate family members who are outside the United States to come to the United States and stay temporarily in a two-year period of parole. Find out how to be a sponsor here.

 Proud of my kid's (yearly) award.