Illustrations for “What Is Home Without a Golf Course?,” by Elene Foster, New York Tribune, vol. 79, no. 26614, 28 Sept. 1919. (In the public domain.) https://photos.app.goo.gl/4XeS5X4sci5qrU336

Jackson Heights, 1921

The four illustrations from “Twenty‐six Garden Apartment Houses Costing $3,000,000 to Be Built at Jackson Heights,” The New York Times, 25 Sept. 1921. (In the public domain.)

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“3 of the 14 new garden elevator apartments on 19^th and 20^th Sts. Jackson Heights”

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“Garden view of new apartments under construction at Jackson Heights”

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“Group of new garden apartments on 22^nd and 23^rd Sts. under construction at Jackson Heights”

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“Floor plan of new 6 room elevator apartments under construction at Jackson Heights”

After the Blizzard

Snow on 72^nd Street between 35^th and 37^th avenues after the blizzard, Jackson Heights, 24 January 2016. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam, under a Creative Commons BY‐NC license.)

Taken with Nikon Coolpix S6900, edited with PicMonkey.

Autumn trees on 35th Avenue

My cover photo/header photo on the social media sites these days.

Trees on 35^th Avenue between 64^th and 65^th streets, Woodside, 4 November 2015. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

Equinox stroll

For no other reason than because the equinox was nigh, I took a stroll around a four‐block radius from my apartment building early this morning. I didn’t expect many persons to be out and sure enough the streets seemed to have even less human activity than usual, especially 37^th Road. (Noteworthy was a very large, drooping sash or scarf of unknown significance tied between two poles on 37^th Road near the corner of 73^rd Street, and I wondered if it were somehow related to ʻIdu‐l‐Aḍḥa/Qurban Bayramı.) There was nothing to see and nothing to do at that hour on a weekday, certainly nothing related in any way to the equinox, so I soon went home, but I was glad to be out breathing the night air and having some interaction, however minimal, with neighbors.

Yesterday, I did jury service and wasn’t even picked for a voir dire panel, let alone a jury. All I did for about five and a half hours was write in my diary, check online social networks with their free Wi‐Fi, talk on the telephone with my mother, watch movies and flirt with a few attractive men. Then for my trouble, they gave me a certificate good for four years that thanks me for my “participation and contribution to the delivery of justice.” 😌

📽 Of the shorts I’ve viewed in the Queens World Film Festival this year , a surprisingly common theme is haircutting . Barrio Boy , The Dum Dum Capital of the World and The Way You Love all had extended haircutting scenes during which a character’s thoughts are revealed . ✂💇

☔ Rain was pouring last week and the ponding on the sidewalks was so bad that it was sometimes impossible for me to span some of the lakes. A reasonable person might assume it was due to a combination of the rain and of the higher temperatures’ melting the snow and ice already on the ground, but I know it was really due to Israel’s opening up a dam in order to terrorize the people of my neighborhood.

#FloodLibel

Tree over the ḥalal cart

My current cover photo/header photo on the social networking sites.

Tree over the ḥalal cart, 37^th Avenue and 74^th Street, Jackson Heights, 27 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

IMG_1675.jpg, taken with iPhone 4. See the rest of my photos in the album January 2013.

The song playing at Foodtown was “Overcome,” by Jon Egan, as presumably performed by Jeremy Camp. (“Savior, worthy of honor and glory …/Jesus, awesome in power forever/Awesome and great is Your name….”) In Original American Chicken the following day, they were playing “I Get a Kick Out of You,” by Cole Porter as sung by Ella Fitzgerald. Guess where I felt more comfortable.

An openly gay Buddhist monk was our returning guest speaker Sunday at the Ethical Humanist Society of Queens speaking on meditation, a beneficial practice wherein Humanists should feel appropriate participating. He gave a good presentation but said a few things so abstract I couldn’t quite grasp them and a few other things with which I disagreed, one of which was his apparent belief the mind is not just a result of brain activity and saying Buddhists believe the mind is in the heart rather than the brain. He also repeatedly used the phrase food store instead of market or grocery.

June Is Gay Pride Month

📷 June is Gay Pride Month.

📆 Rainbow flags at Green Corner, 77-19 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 5 June 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed in the album on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

I Got Keys Duplicated Recently…

📷 I got keys duplicated recently and for some reason I’m fascinated with Archer Stores: so many little parts and things arranged in a small store. #JacksonHeights #NYC #HardwareStore #organization #regimentation #winter (at Archer Stores)

📆 Archer Stores, 73-21 Broadway, Jackson Heights, 30 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/VYo0_DNW_g/

Rumphool in Woodside

📷 #Rumphool in #Woodside, 2011. #ThaiCuisine #RooseveltAvenue #winter #color #ThaiHomeKitchen

📆 Lunch from Rumphool, 57-17 Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, 2 February 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/VLcmJQtW6S/

Piñata Madness at “Jaime’s Peter Pan Birthday Party”!

📷 #Piñata madness at “Jaime’s Peter Pan #birthday party”! #MusicBox #CajaMusical #Elmhurst #gaynyc #DragQueen #transgender #HispanicAndLatinoAmericans #gaylatino #latinogay (at The Music Box (Caja Musical))

📆 “Jaime’s Peter Pan birthday party” at Music Box/ Caja Musical, 40-08 74^th Street, Elmhurst, 30 January 2011. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures of that event can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/VCQdJDtW95/

Byoofoo Jackson Heights Sunset

📷 Byoofoo Jackson Heights #sunset. 🌅 #JacksonHeights #NYC #cloud #tree #orange

📆 The sky as viewed from 37^th Avenue and 75^th Street, Jackson Heights, 23 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/U3n_HaNW3s/

The Very Newly Reopened Pizzeria

📷 The workers at the very newly reopened #pizzeria were still adjusting to the renovations, but my friends and I enjoyed our food. #candle #countertop #DueFratelli #JacksonHeights #NYC (at Due Fratelli)

📆 Due Fratelli, 76-23 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 18 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UqykadtWwa/

Pretty Flowers Any Time of Year

📷 Pretty #flowers any time of year. 🌸🌺🌼 #winter #flower #JacksonHeights #NYC #supermarket #florist (at Super Compare Foods - Jackson Heights)

📆 Compare Foods, 86-02 Northern Boulevard, Jackson Heights, 14 January 2013. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UoeQl_NW6P/

Sidewalk Dog in Repose

📷 Sidewalk #dog in repose. 🐩 #JacksonHeights #winter #NYC (at Ricky’s Cafe)

📆 Ricky’s Café, 75-02 37^th Avenue, Jackson Heights, 2 January 2010. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures shot that day can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UY3T4pNW2R/

Winter Clothing

📷 Winter clothing. #gaynyc #gayjew #MountainJew #gaybear #bear #gayatheist #gpoy #me #selfportrait #gayqafqaz #Fəs #tarbush #طربوش #טרבוש (at Filldor Court)

📆 My apartment, Jackson Heights, 23 January 2009. (Photograph by Elyaqim Mosheh Adam.)

More of my pictures taken that day can be viewed on Facebook.

(Also available on Tumblr.)

http://www.instagram.com/p/UM2bZstW4A/