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Being Ready

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Nancy Wait

  I thought it was always ‘now.’ Ram Das said, “Be here now,” so if I was here, wasn’t it now? Being born with the surname of Wait only helped if I remembered, and ‘to wait’ doesn’t actually mean to … Continue reading →

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Being on Timers

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Nancy Wait

The day I knew I had an inner timer was the day I heard a dinging in my soul. Continue reading →

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this Park, this Brooklyn

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Nancy Wait

This drawing, this park, this Prospect Park, these 526 acres, these remains of Brooklyn’s indigenous forest. This play area with off-leash hours. This Dog Beach just off the Long Meadow at the Pools. This drawing, these dogs, these people, this … Continue reading →

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Apple Trees

Posted on July 15, 2022 by Nancy Wait

I do not have a garden,I do not have a plot of land,I do not have a flowerTo plant and grow by hand.But what I have is paper,What I have is paint,What I have is such an urgeTo draw without … Continue reading →

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Battle Hill

Posted on July 9, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Two strong and fearless women, one in a glorious helmet and armor decorated with snakes, the other in her crown of seven spikes, her tablet a book of law.
Their eyes lock. Lady Liberty raises her torch with her right hand. Minerva salutes back with her left.

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The Color Orange

Posted on July 3, 2022 by Nancy Wait

On a gray day I went to the greengrocer for orange bell peppers and carrots to eat and to color and draw and digest. Ol’ Blue Eyes said, “Orange is the happiest color.” Van Gogh said, “There is no blue … Continue reading →

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The Green-Wood Trolley

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Ding-ding-ding goes the trolley… Except when it doesn’t. Because we did not want to wake anyone sleeping in the Green-Wood Cemetery. Cemetery is from the Greek word for “sleeping place.” This spring when I took the trolley tour we rolled … Continue reading →

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Snoozing on the Subway

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Nancy Wait

Sleepy in the spring with the rocking of the train and time to kill, having a little time-out, catching a few winks between here and there, somewhere in a Brooklyn tunnel. I’m a subway voyeur, taking photos to labor over … Continue reading →

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Drawing People on the Subway

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Nancy Wait

I’m still at it. I don’t have the wonder and awe I had in my 20s, but I remember how exciting it was learning to draw people, every subway ride an opportunity for study. From my latest (not yet published) … Continue reading →

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Seated Humans

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Nancy Wait

They are in Brooklyn, though they could be anywhere, sitting on a subway train, waiting in a doctor’s office. Waiting to be called, waiting to get somewhere, waiting for their stop. Passing the time in thought, or scrolling, or texting. … Continue reading →

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