USA - Posting from Brooklyn
I should not be surprised by the USA, I have been coming here for three decades but I am always struck by its vastness. Normally when I write these entries, it is in retrospect having given myself time to contemplate what it is I wish to convey. This however is being written as I journey. Nevertheless there is a retrospective element to it as part one if the adventure has been undertaken. This early part to me to the fascinating city of New York. What can I add to the many words of writers more gifted than myself? Very little poetically but I will offer a small insight into my personal journey. There will be more to come in subsequent entries but I begin in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is not Manhattan as anybody from the island will tell you but Brooklyn is fighting back in a good way. I was staying in an apartment near Fort Greene. It was apparent to me that this area had been smartened up over the years. Look in the window of any Estat...