A Summer Night

I'm going to give you more frequent doses of The Street Teacher on his blog - I promise!

So, last evening, and one can take advantage of this on other Thursday evenings this summer, many of us went out to Liberty Island for a dinner of lobster with corn on the cob - and a leisurely walk around the statue. A pleasant place - and quiet too - when you have the opportunity to subtract the crowds and the heat of the mid-day sun. Ahh.....

The moon was almost full, and seemed to nuzzle up against the soft side of our Lady Liberty, as she posed there in the simmering setting sun. Many were there, but not enough to destroy the calm that seemed to be with us like a calming breeze; the heat had spared us all last night, and the breezes kept us cool.

We could see our other favorite island in a quite different light:

The daily tourist, or traveler, cannot enjoy this view; the ferry stops too early for them. Only on

these Thursday nights is this possible. And we had a wonderful evening.

When it came time for us all to depart (for if we missed the ferry, as the rather abrupt ranger said in the beginning, "you swim"), we gathered on the top deck to enjoy the cruise home through the evening waves.

It was a little hard to believe that's where some of us live, but it is - and we weren't the only ones in the harbor to celebrate Manhattan.

We looked back at Lady Liberty - standing and admiring .... There were many who watched the sun caress the water, and reflect off all the buildings.

The evening may not have been long enough for some, but all of us enjoyed the life on the water of the harbor at least for a little while. Perhaps we could imagine ourselves passengers on private yachts, or crewmembers of commercial vessels of years ago ....






Yet, those dreams are but that - right? Dreams?

Yes - but we will always dream!