slopoet visits plymouth church

We'd crossed over from Hoboken to Manhattan by ferry, a gorgeous, clear day. Then we descended to the subway, zipped over to Brooklyn Heights. We were going to visit Plymouth Church, where Henry Ward Beecher preached for many years, also an important stop on the Underground Railway. Glad to find the station had an elevator, shaky knees. Imagine our delight rounding the corner in the station and finding this lovely tile representation of Plymouth Church, our very destination.

When we got to the actual church, it was locked, but we could see into the courtyard we had first viewed in the "tile" version. We rounded another corner, saw the church office door, also locked. But we buzzed. The woman who answered the buzz not only let us in, but gave us an impromptu tour of the sanctuary.

slopoet contemplates moving to the East coast

Going to turn in my retirement papers soon, by the end of the month.

Next step, get an apartment, sell the house, figure out where we're going to move.

Why not swap one university town for another? Princeton and Charlottesville are both very appealing. Full-strength coffee bars, vegetarian food markets, excellent public libraries and bookstores, all the basics. Well, Princeton just lost a first-class independent bookstore--the university bookstore might have to do.

We found great bookstores in Philadelphia (Joseph Fox and Big Jar Books). And there's always NYC.

slopoet tells terry about the new blog

This is a special message for Terry, who wants to create a personal website. I've never actually done that, but if you go to Google and register with them, you can set up a blog, through blogger. You could certainly have a journal, with pictures. Or you can create Picasa picture albums (you've seen mine). Each album can have a long introduction, which could be part of a journal, and each picture can have captions.But this is the blog. Your friends and family could write responses to your blog entries. I just set this up tonight, never have done it before.

Signed, slopoet

By the way, the photo is of the Fulton Ferry Landing under the Brooklyn Bridge.

slopoet goes to the presbyterian burial ground