The Art Of Not Asking Why

Don't ask me why, I'll tell you anyway

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    This morning, made Seitan tacos as part of improving my cholesterol intake. I don’t know that I’ll go full vegan, but I’ll go back to “my roots” and past it. 📷

    Auto-generated description: A pan contains a tortilla with guacamole, cooked ground meat, and shredded cabbage.
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    Spotted on a weather appreciation walk. 📷

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    Nature takes over… good day for a walk today. 📷 Auto-generated description: A black lamppost stands by a paved path surrounded by lush greenery and trees.

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    One of the things I realized (again) on this staycation: I am curious and my hunger for technology didn’t go anywhere. It was just squished under layers of workload.

    A paved path leading into a park. Surrounded by lushly green leaves a d a tree.

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    Captured this guy this weekend 📷. We’re enjoying “hunting” birds: Nat identifies them using the Merlin app, and I try to capture them with the camera. It’s not easy, and I’m rusty, but it’s fun!

    Auto-generated description: A small bird is perched on a tree branch surrounded by budding leaves.
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    I’m visiting my mom, who lives with her boyfriend of several years. As a New Yorker, this place is huge - a garage for two cars, two showers and a half, a dining room separate from a kitchen and a foyer, and more space that I don’t know how to name correctly. I’d say it’s a big house, not a huge house, somewhere in Pennsylvania where you can afford something like this on a mortgage without robbing a bank, I guess.

    I’ve lived in NYC for over a decade, and I’m used to small spaces. My new bedroom is huge compared to anywhere else I’ve lived before, but the apartment itself is small, but not in a contrasting way, it’s comfy. I don’t understand why people need all this space.

    Most people my age (40s) have a family and kids, so a few more bedrooms make sense, two bathrooms and showers, sure, but let’s say you only have one kid, or maybe the kid moved out, or maybe you just don’t have kids. I think (and I may be wrong?) most people live in houses, and these houses have space, and, well, what do you do with this space?

    Over here, they love plants: 📷

    Auto-generated description: A lush indoor garden lines a sunlit room with a variety of green plants in pots and planters on a wooden floor.

    And then there’s the art they like to get, and the basement has a lot of tools and additional storage, and then there’s another old fridge in the garage, and the dining room has a table, but you can also eat in the kitchen - but why? I feel like I’m criticizing and not coming from the angle of “this is wrong,” I just don’t get it. Maybe if I were to live in a place like this for a while, I would. What do you get out of the extra space and extra stuff?

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    Walked from Canal to WTC to catch the path. Good weather for a brisk walk. I like the style of the area 📷

    A vintage storefront features a faded LIQUOR STORE sign above a window displaying hanging white clothing and a WINES sign. A narrow street is lined with historic buildings featuring a prominent neon BAR sign and an exterior metal fire escape.
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    Monkey Room. 📍

    This is quickly becoming a favorite spot, now that we’re are local.

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    Good morning ☀️ 📷

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    East Harlem. I used to run here when I lived in the area. 📷

    A highway runs alongside a river with cars traveling on the road, while a rusty metal railing in the foreground has graffiti on it saying I can’t stop writing on shit.
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