31 October 2017, Wednesday

Walked over to Ass’d/কাওরান, Roosevelt Ave., for fruit and cream and so bought sour cream and cheap strawberries (a dollar a pound) therefrom, and I think I got the only two packages of the seven or so on the shelf that didn’t have mold. Cashier was the not unattractive رحمان.

In our weekly telephone call, האמא said she’d been diagnosed with macular degeneration.

Halloween.

I walked out of my building wearing my dinosaur hat and green clothing and passing it just that moment were a couple in the most tall elaborate dinosaur costumes that put mine to shame (and I told them so) (2319).

37th Ave. (2319–2509). Various neighbors in costume, and then the Halloween parade. Carlos, Beatriz and Maya in butterfly and catcher costumes (2380–98). Jo (2391–93). Misbehaving dog, תאומא R. waving like a celebrity (2417). “LGBT network” (2418, 2425–27). Frontier family with horseless stagecoach (2478–85). Early cleanup (2499, 2508). Dalmatian dog distributing sweets (2503–08). Walk home, traffic jam (2509).