NYC Archives - Debora Dale

This is Dedicated to…

One day, ages ago, during my high school years when I majored in photography, I wanted to head out before dawn to capture the sunrise. The only one who would join me at that hour, was my beloved grandmother. We got into the car around 4:30 in the morning and headed...

Should I Write my Will?

Family life, New York

We Will Never Be The Same Given the events of this harrowing time in our world’s history, I find myself researching how to write my will. It’s not a doomsday reaction for me as much as what feels like a logical thought. As they say, any moment could be our...

9/11 – 17 Years On

Heros, New York, Politics

“No Day Shall Erase You from the Memory of Time” Once the true horror of the attacks of September 11, 2001 became clear, once the magnitude of the attack, of the hate, of the vengeance against the West, had awakened us all, a true and gripping sense of...

Back to School

Family life, Homeschooling, New York

It’s the first day of school here in NYC. I can’t help feel sad for all the kids returning to the constant grind of early rising and carrying bookbags as big as themselves as they’re sent away from home and forced to work on command by strangers all...

Here There be Hornets

Fun truths, Lazy Summer Days, New York

Beneficial…or Deadly? Anyone who knows me knows I’m not a fan of creepy critters. Of course, I realize if they’re not in my home but rather somewhere outside, then they’re where they’re supposed to be, and I will, mostly, leave them...