Scene and heard...

... on the Subway

After you settle into a new neighborhood in NYC, you get to know the same subway "performers" on your usual commute home because they are VERY consistent. There's this one guy on the F that Scott despises. He plays medleys, really long medleys on this little keyboard, you know the kind you blow into? And it's always the same set of songs. And it really does go on. The only time I heard him switch it up was when he did a Christmas medley which is even more horrifying than the usual.

But the other day, I was nearly brought to tears by this other regular who's thing is Sam Cooke songs. I think it was all the optimism of the inauguration and the hope that's been floating around that things are going to come around for the better if we all just stick together. He was singing acappella, "It's been a long, long time coming... and a change gonna come. Yes it is."

It's moments like this that make me happy to be back. Every subway ride has a story. I have so many, I've been jotting them down. Will have more to share...