This picture showed up in my inbox today from our friend Joey who just got it himself from a mutual friend. A long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time ago Joey organized a sail on a schooner around lower Manhattan for a bunch of friends and co-workers. Just because. Just because we all lived our lives by the water but rarely went out on it to get a good look at our beautiful city. I have lots of memories from this cruise but one of the most vivid was a gorgeous sunset as we sailed through New York Harbor towards the the Narrows. Matthew and I had just started living together at this point and our future together was slowly taking shape. The one part of the future that we never imagined is obvious in this shot. It's a picture from a world that's gone. Our private world and the world over Matthew's shoulder. It's both an image I want to put at the bottom of a box in the back of a closet and one I could stare at all night.
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July 09, 2009
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Posted by: Heather B. | July 10, 2009 at 11:26 AM
wow...it's a ghostly, terrifically sad feeling to see those buildings show up
in any shot.
Posted by: maggie may | July 10, 2009 at 01:18 PM
I have so many photos from childhood from Liberty Island and the Circle Line of the World Trade Center. It really does seem like our equivalent of Pearl Harbor. To be honest, I always thought the towers were very ugly and had no class, unlike the art deco-ish Empire State Building or the Chrysler Building. Now the WTC seems so symbolic.
Posted by: Neil | July 11, 2009 at 03:45 PM
Happy 6th Anniversary to you 2 today (JUly 12th, 2009). Love prevails. xo
Posted by: Nancy S. | July 12, 2009 at 05:27 PM
O. was born a year and a half after the towers fell. For some reason, he is fascinated by them and asks question after question. At a certain point I just can't answer. Not yet.
Posted by: E. | July 13, 2009 at 04:35 PM
haunting.
Posted by: Kyran | July 13, 2009 at 09:12 PM
Isn't it ironic how this is? I've lived in this city forever but I haven't really gotten the chance to "visit" and marvel at the wonderful laces it offers. Maybe one of these days...wishing...
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Posted by: Maricris | July 14, 2009 at 01:44 PM
I am so glad I know you now, would have been happy to do so then but we take what we can get on this strange trip, I guess.
I didn't know the city at all before, as I think I told you, and therefore have never been able to fathom the loss and have left it to the people who lived it with great respect for your experiences. I'm a fan of survivors, though, and have found great beauty in that in learning to love New York these past few years.
Posted by: Laurie | September 30, 2009 at 02:19 AM