Holiday visits!

The angel lives on atop Maureen and Dennis' tree.



Xmas eve shopping with aunt Joan



Visiting Connelly clan on 12/25 - happy birthday Kay








And aunt Anne & the McAnanamas




And then a short visit with Barbara & Sean Reilly

And scrabble with Madine & Laura!!

Peace & love


Susan

Reid Reid Reid

Peace & love

Location:W 123rd St,,United States

Ms. Mack's classroom

From the moment I arrived the classroom was buzzing with activity on this Friday before Xmas vacation. Ms. Mack had little assignments for me like making 26 goody bags for her children. Each one had a candy cane, pencil, pencil sharpener, note pad, chocolate kisses, a stamp pad, and peanut butter cups. Also i was tasked with a 6 page stapling hw assignment. The main event was cookshop! and I was the kitchen help. We were making bean burritos, with a special curriculum by the DOE.
I washed the lettuce and pepper while ms. Mack instructed the proper way to hold the plastic knives, and elicited descriptions of tastes, smells, and stories.
Each student received a plastic cutting board and the class followed directions while eagerly awaiting the finished burritos, which were eaten with relish (and salsa)
Then came my homemade chocolate chip cookies, which I put in bags for each one to take home.
Then cleanup! Yes each plastic cutting board and everything we used had to be washed, dried, and stored until next time.
After the students were dismissed, we re-arranged
all the tables and chairs to make room for one more new student for Ms. Mack.
Too busy to take pix, so use your imagination.
Fell asleep on bus home, but left my nice white hat on bus.
Enjoyed some rice and beans and a chicken burrito
With George.



Peace & love
Susan

Location:Broadway,Bronx,United States

The seminar & ER

The seminar on broadway with CJ for her bd
Wednesday matinee

After show was rush call to 911 and I ended up in Roosevelt hosp ER.
nothing serious was found in the cloistered and cat scans ... Just vertigo, dehydration, and low blood pressure.


Peace & love
Susan

NY Botanical Garden

At the holiday train show!!














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Susan

Open Houses (apartments abound) in Riverdale

So with a little help from the nytimes real estate app for my iphone, I quickly found 7 open houses to visit on Sunday from 11:30 am until 3pm

This is a challenging endeavor, and we're just not sure if it pays to buy.....(prices are lower than they've been in 6 years) or just keep renting.  ???

It's really amazing that all the price histories are online, so there's no SECRETS anymore......
www.nytimes.com

Stand for freedom at UN

Met up with a big voting rights rally called by NAACP& others today listening & Watching big screen!
"We are the leaders we have been waiting for!"
"Occupy the voting booth"

Senator chuck showed up saying he had biked from Brooklyn!



My favorite quote was from a Muslim Imam- "we've heard a lot from some that want to take back America.... To a time when voters paid poll taxes.... We want to take America forward!!!"
Saw friends from Vets 4 Peace



And also saw Cheryl and little Lucy!! Braving the cold
To champion the rights of voters! And immigrants.




After the rally I walked over to grand central where thousands flocked to the apple store...and thousands of Santa's helpers swarmed the city.


Finished the day with a documentary movie downtown - free showing about the horrendous disaster in 1984 in Bhopal India http://www.bhopalithemovie
One man on the left was in the movie because he is a survivor of Bhopal, because his sister wrapped him in a blanket and ran from the explosion. His parents and 5 siblings died.


Quite a busy activist day in NYC.

Peace & love
Susan

Location:E 48th St,New York,United States

Curves & Wave Hill

I've been trying to get to Curves Riverdale 3x a week, and today after a good workout I walked to Wave Hill on the Hudson.


The trees were mostly bare & beautiful. Views of the Palisades opened up.



Beautiful purple berries - ??


Copper beeches all over


A nice respite after 4 day in Manhattan.

Peace & love
Susan

Location:Waldo Ave,,United States

Jolly holly fair on Staten Island

Back to our home church near Snug Harbor in Staten Island. Saw lots of wonderful old friends-
Chris, Sara, Linda, Diane, Marilyn, Lillian, Ruth, Ruth,Kathy, Jill,
Margarita, Sue, Rona, JohnA, John B, Tom





Got some yummy baked goods too and as we were leaving we ran into Maureens kindergarten teacher Mrs. troia who was happy to hear Maureen was teaching.


Peace & love
Susan

Location:Fillmore St,,United States

Workers united will never be defeated

My sign said "pensions and health care for all- no golden parachutes for the 1%


A spirited march today from herald square to union square to liberty square called by the ny central labor council.


I marched with the UFT and friend Amy


"we are unstoppable - a better world is possible"


Peace & love
Susan

Location:Washington St,,United States

No fracking in NYS

DEC hearing at BM community college



Saw some friends (cecile)from Binghamton & Ithaca
Lots of NYC electeds on right side if this !!





My sign said I can't believe I have to fight the government to protect our water and environment from corporations.

Then we walked to OWS which was meeting indoors at 60 wall St.
Action later-
I'm going to visit Reid now!!!

Gff
Peace & love
Susan

Happy Thanksgiving

November 2011

Happy Thanksgiving
 Seasonal Greetings

From Susan and George McAnanama

Writing this letter has been helpful in sorting out our feelings, emotions, joys and sorrows.   Because we love all of you, we are able to share our profound thanks for a year of challenges and changes.

Recapping the year’s events is too complicated, so we just say thanks for –

* Reid Allingham McAnanama, who will celebrate one year of life this November 21^st. ; who is growing wonderfully with the help of his loving parents, Glenn and Karen,extended family, Shelly his caretaker, doctors, nurses; visiting therapists.  You can enjoy an archive of his daily antics and visit him online at http://lilmanbigcity.tumblr.com/

* Maureen and Dennis Connelly, celebrating their marriage in July, surrounded by family & friends, joining their lives forever.   We love being close by to meet spontaneously for dinner, school trips, and sporting events.

 

* Eileen & Charles Giglia and their family enjoying life in Charlotte NC.  We plan to visit before the end of 2011, to visit Lillian, Casandra, and Christian, and all the pets.  It’s been too long!

We are thankful for old & new friends; Staten Island & Binghamton friends, and a dynamic extended family of sisters & brothers, nieces & nephews, and cousins all around the globe.    

We are thankful for the love and friendship of those that died this year.  The circle of life is a mystery.  We miss you granddaughter Avery Rose McAnanama, we would have loved to get to know you, but will treasure you forever.

We will always cherish the memories of others that lived a good long life, but still left us too soon –                         Aunt Seena Cohen; Aunt Kathleen McEntee; Aunt Flossie Oschrin; Leo Malson; Eric Loeb; Arlene Haeseler; Stuart Naismith.  It was our pleasure to know you all.   

A new baby in a family is so special, and we congratulate cousins Brian & Megan on the birth of their son Evan Cohen. 

This thanksgiving we will toast you, all our friends and family. We’ll wish for each of us the courage and will to handle life’s challenges.  We’ll also give thanks for the good folks at Occupy Wall Street, for sparking a movement that puts the needs of the 99% on the front burner of the world. We will give thanks for hardworking folks, and those that are struggling to make ends meet. We are hopeful for a better world, where the profit motive is not the only guiding star, and where prejudice is shunned by all.   

We are keeping busy, tying up loose ends in Binghamton, and living in NYC, with all its attractions. 

Sue’s blog is at www.mommack.blogspot.com and we are both keeping up with friends and family on facebook.  

Have a great Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukah, winter solstice, and 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!  

OWS - knit one, crochet too

Today I occupied again due to friend Chris having car trouble. It was a great day for crocheting outdoors, talking to people about life.
Marsha & Karen were sitting & knitting after first being barred from entering park with their chairs. Note in the picture below they have the benches along the perimeter blocked off so you can't sit there!!


After they put up a fuss, they were finally let in if they promised to not hit anyone with their chairs.



Making a scarf. - going home to watch inside job on Netflix.


Peace & love
Susan

Happy birthday Reid

Eye doctor for grandma in morning and happy birthday cupcake at night.



Yummy carrots and stringbeans are fortifying and delicious
Susan

Giving thanks

Resting after a nice long walk to the Hudson River and back.
Yesterday as I was creating our feast in my challenging kitchen I was thinking about my grandma Dinah who made some memorable meals on holidays and every day in her very tiny kitchen on Brighton 13th street. She died the year Glenn was born, but she was such a positive influence in my early years.




Thanksgiving in the Bronx turned out fine, and watching Reid pivot and crawl was a highlight.
Love my family forever.
Peace & love
Susan

Location:Broadway,,United States

OWS lives on after eviction

Saturday in the park.....liberty square with no tents.


Take back our food system
Spirited people's mic


Marcia & Karen - avid knitters who give away their creations



This young occupier lives the warm skirt marsha made for her!


Creative genius- using the "Nypd kettling netting for a dress- Saving it for Spring actions.


So Mayor BB - we're back, and bigger and badder than ever.

Peace & love
Susan

Peace and love
Susan

Walk about riverdale with BJ

Trying to avoid the other dogs today- wasn't easy


But we couldn't avoid the squirrels!




Home resting and watching mad hot ballroom with me.

Location:Greystone Ave,,United States

Dont close the Post Office here or there!!

Why should post offices have to make a profit?
Rally today at W.238th.




Peace & love
Susan

Occupying 'da Bronx

So, I watched and listened to the big N17 rally on twitter, WBAI, and lame tv.
I'm babysitting my favorite dog, ms. Brisztow Jones aka as urbanmutt.com



We walked around the hood while George joined the 99% in Foley Square and over the Brooklyn Bridge.


Peace & love
Susan

Location:Irwin Ave,,United States

Snug Harbor highlights

Spent many a quiet time here at the gazebo



Laura Jean at Tuscan garden



Chris & Claire(on leash)
at the duck pond



Peace & love
Susan

Walk to ethical culture society

Thankful for a "spiritual" society of like minded folks conveniently located 2 blocks away from our apartment, at edge of Fieldston.





We will explore this new community as we celebrate the end of our first year in the Bronx, and plan the next.

Peace & love
Susan

Location:Greystone Ave,,United States