The Spirit of The Spirit

Another one of my favorite things about New York is The Spirit, a local paper for the Upper West Side.  It's hard to capture what's so special about it, but it probably has something to do with the local interest articles, or the news about no news, or the events near me, or the voices of the people that write the various columns.  

In this last category there is one particular voice that I fell in love with the moment I read her column, "Graying in New York," and I write her name here because I am such a fan and would love to one day meet her, and dare I timidly say, even be her friend: Marcia Epstein.  I'll leave the link to the first-ever article that I read of hers, "The Importance of Friendship," which is about just that, and also the evils of Amazon Prime (I couldn't agree more!).  https://issuu.com/westsidespirit/docs/sp_090116/9

I always enjoy Marcia's balance of unpredictability and germane insight.  The article in this latest edition spoke about the connection of family beyond oneself.  Perhaps like these blog entries, her columns always seem written through, beginning to end, without too much concern about editing.  I always get excited to see that she has written something, and make myself save it until I've read up to it in the paper.  It's a little treat.

Anyway, here's the latest:  http://www.ourtownny.com/columnsop-ed/20170718/family-dynamics/1&template=mobileArticle