9/23
Today is Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. And
a beautiful sunny day. I went down to the Village to the Bitter End to catch
the (jazz) service of my friend Rabbi Steve Blane. I was honored that he
introduced me as a clergy friend and as a singer/songwriter. The day felt
good.
Jeremy drops in for a brief meeting planning this Sunday’s
service music. He’s got an Equinox gig
happening tonight in Brooklyn.
The insurance inspector has been there all day going over
every inch and trying to think of every thing that could possibly go
wrong. Meanwhile the security camera
people are back trying yet again to get all the cameras working and the buzzer
system finally on line. Well there are kinks yet to work out. The magical from
a distance system we thought would work on our cellphones ain’t happenin’ . The
security system people and the insurance inspector make for an interesting
combination. (I was shocked to learn in
our conversation that our friends at Liberty Mutual handle upwards of 100 child
sex abuse claims a year…)
The steps have been hard all day. I’ve got to tell one of
the sisters she can’t sleep there because an angry black man is asleep in the
north doorway. Can’t be havin’ people sleepin’ there during the day. I call
Project Reachout to talk about the sisters again. Get a voicemail. I ask Dion
to please keep an eye on the steps while I’m out.
Pat O has stopped by just to make sure everything is going
right with the systems people. The peace of the Yom Kippur service and warmth
of the sun in the village seems far
away.
9/23
Sam G comes in to
talk about social media again. And a possible Grateful Dead venture and pulling
all our artists together to create a shared artistic vision statement. They
always speak of something special at West-Park. But what exactly is it? Let’s
see if we can spell it out.
While Sam and I are talking, the Dzieci folks arrive in the
darkened sanctuary and begin their warm up exercises. Jason is meeting one of
the leading trans performers and activists to keep the conversation going.
Finally connect with Project Reachout. A plan is evolving. It
will be hard but we need to move on with the sisters.
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