Posts by Linda Marsanico

Fall is an enjoyable season in New York. As my eyes take in the colors, I feel comforted and happy: November encompasses my birthday, and my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. On a recent weekend, I found myself engaged in a seemingly routine, even mundane task. My clothes were washing and drying as I ‘puttered’ (my favorite…

With a sense of freedom that a day without commitments can bring, I set out to do a number of errands in Brooklyn and Manhattan last Wednesday. Off I went to Atlas Bank on Fifth Avenue (21st St.) to make a deposit, planning to take the F train at the Bartel Pritchard Square (15th Street)…

Some Buddhists embrace chaos and become one with it. This seems like a variation on the theme of connectedness. (Let’s remember, we are all connected…) In last week’s blog I wrote about feeling more lucid after I found compassion for myself, Oscar and the would-be hackers. My inner clarity was reflected outside of me as…

I am a changed woman. After reaching compassion for Oscar, myself and the would-be-hackers (the subject of my blog of October 28) I feel different…more clear…more present. Let me explain. A few days after this incident, getting off the F train at the Broadway/Lafayette station, walking along Houston, left on Broadway and right to Prince,…