Orts #862
an extraordinary article by an extraordinary man:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/opinion/eyesight-going-blind.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion-columnists
key passage: "The oddity of my situation—the emotional riddle—is the distance between the manageability of my current circumstances and what tomorrow could bring."
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New York by water: the new ferry from Queens to Wall Street, with stops in between:
https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000005546351/see-why-new-yorks-ferries-are-so-popular.html?emc=edit_nn_20171130&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=69099250&te=1
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Life is a party on death row.
— Anne C. Klein (1947- )