Pride

Still using rainbow plates and napkins from my reading. Some audience and cast members gave me super comments after, while eating the sushi and sandwiches I served. Grateful for ‘peeps’ who show up with ongoing support.And for the musicians who play string instruments at the pier. Did I hear a waltz last week on my Hudson River walk? Yes, by Strauss. I waltzed. The backdrop: New Jersey, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.Proud of my students who were at my Hunter Conference memoir panel and told me of the writing they’ve been getting published.Proud I graduated from NYU 50 years ago, that Langone is giving NYU medical students full-tuition scholarships, and Langone’s float on Sunday was spectacular.Proud I’ve been watching the Parade since 1970, live a stone’s throw away, and just saw the biggest, most thrilling one yet.