The outdoor setting looked beautiful. Dead flowers wall all over. Most guests arrived in all black. The photographers were taking photos of Anat and Dan. Both were wearing black. As was Jerry, the ring bearer. Marc was perched up in a tree, Alana was walking the venue. …

Jerry and Ben were playing in Central Park. Jen was watching the kids. Anat was meeting with the florist. She didn’t want live flowers. The bride to be wanted dead ones. She thought live flowers would be too colorful. Dan’s mom loved her. She knows she is strange. They had a sit-down and said she wouldn’t be an overbearing mother-in-law. But she should at least have colorful flowers. She gave into Anat’s demands of a black wedding dress. Anat wouldn’t kid anyone. Young and innocent she was not, far from that.

The trail A shaken Marc began climbing the rickety steps to get to the top of his hill. The steps used to be solid mud. Due to the site’s closure, they are overgrown with weeds and other plant life. No one has taken care of this place since 1988. People…

The place where he grew up is going away. The site with the Woodsman is going away. The land will still be there. But it may not fully be under their control. The spineless people who operate fell into a pit. They’ve never been the brightest. But the got even…

Anat dialed a few of the digits of their phone number. She held the phone for five minutes while deciding if she should type in the last digit. She placed the handset back in the receiver and had a shot of Arak. Jerry just woke up. She smiled. He ran…

After Anat’s successful bridal shower, Marc borrowed Alana’s car and went up to camp. Marc was very worried about some of the campsites. The clowns that run this place, who call themselves professionals really screwed up. Marc had to make sure the property was safe. Plus, he needed time in…

Coughing like a maniac Jay rose from the rose. He wasn’t submerged for too long. His eyes were bloodshot. But they usually are. Marc saw him rising. He jumped off the roof of the Central Park Boathouse and landed in the water. He was firing pomegranates the whole time. Marc…

By this point, most of us New Yorkers have ridden the subway. Some of us have ridden it many times. I took my first ride, June 2020 when they reopened barbershops. The subway cars were very clean and empty. …

Marc had a group of summer interns at his office. He’s only met one personally. Thanks to COVID-19, all work is done remotely. Marc doesn’t care. But he misses his office. He likes to talk baseball and Star Wars with his officemates. …