Like Thonton Wilder,
I never inquire why.
Enjoy the cookie.
Monday #haiku
“My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it is on your plate.”
― Thornton Wilder
Times Square
#nyc #photography (@bvarphotos on IG)
JPMorgan Chase Tower, showing off in #NYC
#photography reflections
A view of driving toward New Jersey on the George Washington Bridge
Without fear, we drive
Headlong into the abyss.
Fate obscured by fog.
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"The Great Gatsby" was first published by Charles Scribner’s Sons 101 years ago today. Re-reading it always marks the beginning of summer for me: varettoni.blogspot.com/2016/05/anot...
Time will never heal
Our imaginary loves:
Roses without thorns.
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The graffiti is a line from poet Anisa Rahim - part of an exhibit, “We Built This City: NJMML Community Artists Honor (Im)Migrant Labor in Northern NJ,” on view at the Paterson Museum until Friday, April 10
St. Patrick's Cathedral on Holy Thursday evening
#nyc #photography
Cityscape of Paterson, NJ, from the overlook at Garret Mountain Reservation
The scenic view of Paterson, NJ, years ago
Late afternoon view of the Queensboro Bridge in NYC
Evening view of the Queensboro Bridge in NYC
Last night (left) vs. 3 years ago on the same day
Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, #NationalPoetryMonth - Learn how you can join in the celebration at: poets.org/national-poe...
Following my earlier sharing on @harvard.edu 's treasures, here's the Library of Congress' recordings of Frost, TS Eliot Rich and Williams. How fantastic is this?! www.loc.gov/programs/poe... #poets #poetry #archives
Lonely Easter bunny at a mall in Hackensack NY this morning
MOMA, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Darkness swirls above.
This sadness lasts forever.
RIP, Vincent.
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#vincentvangogh born this day, 1853
#lastwords
Scenes from a springtime walk at New Bridge Landing in Hackensack NJ
Where was I in the 90s? Working for Verizon (or NYNEX or Bell Atlantic) and helping to raise two young daughters ♥️
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/a...
Collage of the exterior of three churches were memorial services were held this month.
3 churches in March.
Jamie, Gioia, and Matthew.
3 lives, countless prayers.
Monday morning #haiku
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...
Resurrection Church in Randolph NJ, where his parents have donated a sensory room in Matthew Macchia’s memory as a welcoming environment for neurodivergent parishioners. Above the church's altar is the stone outline of a resurrected Christ. (Posting church images every Sunday at @foundinnj on IG)
Two cats at a window
Caturday
Reflection of a tree along the banks of the Hackensack River
Reflections on a walk on the first day of spring
Photo of a fenced-in empty/abandoned garden
My grandmother's former garden.
Related poem here: varettoni.blogspot.com/2025/11/publ...
A man walking on frozen Budd Lake, New Jersey
Winter miracle:
Frozen memories of you
Walking on water.
Monday #haiku
Black and white portrait of Diane Arbus. The adjacent text is "Unblinking. Diane Arbus. March 14, 1943-July 26, 1971."
Photographer Diane Arbus changed who we look at and how we look at them. The portrait below was taken by her husband Allen Arbus. She was #botd in 1923 as Diane Nemerov; the poet Howard Nemerov was her brother. She died by suicide in 1971.
#photography
Here’s last night’s story about USAID, why the Trump Administration has gutted it, who is being impacted, and how many nice things John can say about George W. Bush. It’s more than zero! By a very narrow margin, it is more than zero. youtu.be/tU8S13xYJNM
A girl flying a kite
Distant memories
Are illusions to fathers.
Daughters never age.
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