This...

is a genius ! He's a pigeon- inside our home. Standing one "the wrong side" of the sliding door to our terrace. It's winter outside. The pigeon came in seeking warmth. Don't we all come inside, seeking the same? Our dog, Mr. Jenkins, hasn't learned to go through the doggie door we have there, so we've been keeping the sliding glass door open for most of his life. THIS bird is the first to have learned to come in.

Pigeons are feral survivors, mostly undramatic, pedestrian (odd word for winged ones). That's why we picked--I think my friend David Leslie (the Impact Addict) first suggested--having a pigeon as the logo of our EVCC, the East Village Community Coalition.

I have problems with conventional boundaries. The pigeon was pooping everywhere. I couldn't shoo him out into the cold.

This is Giovana...

...the SAME woman from The Door who was one of Carlos' two GED teachers. She was at my book reading at The Door on Thursday. Michael Zisser bought her a copy of What Else But Home. I was honored to be with the University Settlement and The Door people, who dedicate their professional lives to making class and race disparities disappear.

Adam Kluger and Mark Goodman brought me to FOX TV's "The Strategy Room" yesterday....

Thank you, Harris & Jordan & Mark & Adam.

THEN, AFTER, & some meetings, I went back to Everyman Espresso...

I wasted nearly an hour trying to find a real cup of coffee in Midtown. NOT a chain store coffee - before I biked back to Everyman, then back to Midtown for another meeting. Home is home. I wish my phone camera were sharper. It's a good coffee.