Maroons Online Vol. 1… No. 49
Acta non verba
Observer: Summer Time
Macky’s New York: Sun Up On East 20th
William Peay: Tales From The Wood…
4th Of July: MacMurphy’s In Ridgewood
RHS 2021 Graduation: RHSAA President Bill McCabe’s Speech
Maroons Online: Enhancements
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
Observer
The summer months of July and August are usually associated, while you are growing up, with time spent on vacation and away from school. This all ends with graduation from high school. Yes, you have summer jobs but these are not coveted internships or experiences you build a resume with.
Life demands that you build a resume so you can get a good job and provide for a family. When you have completed this task, more or less successfully, you can look forward to leaving a legacy.
You might think a legacy is all the stuff you did at work, but you would be wrong. A legacy outlasts a job and even outlasts you. That is the key difference. For all that we might say we love our job, our jobs in most cases don’t love us back.
To better understand if you are polishing your resume or working on your legacy, to paraphrase David Brooks, you can begin by asking yourself whether you are leaving your community a better place than you found it. Are you working towards ends that do more than satisfy your immediate needs? If the answer is yes, then ask around who else or what group might be doing the same activity or who has the same idea in mind.
You might also do well to consult the 19th century French scholar Alexis de Tocqueville for his insights on associations. Here, historian Olivier Zunz sums it up:
Tocqueville posited the “art of joining” in voluntary associations as the “fundamental science” of democracy. He famously explained that “Americans of all ages, all conditions, and all minds” learned how to guard against such democratic perils as excessive individualism, the tyranny of the majority, and the stifling effects of administrative centralization simply by “constantly joining together in groups.”
If this seems like a bit much, you are likely filled with many responsibilities already. Though if you feel the need to take a road less travelled, then you might be ready to make all the difference.
Macky’s World
Matthew Cortellesi Photography
June 19, 2021 - Flatiron
Sun Up On East 20th
The taste of summer is in the air today as people move about before it gets too hot - tourists walk in the sun...locals in the shade.
Shot on Broadway just north of 20th street looking south.
Time 945am
#mackysnewyork
William Peay
Tales From The Wood…
Valley View looking East
4th of July
MacMurphys In Ridgewood
Hey Ridgewood!
As life long residents of Ridgewood we know how much the Ridgewood 4th of July Parade + Fireworks celebrations means to this town. MacMurphy’s wants to make sure we keep this tradition alive so we teamed up with the 4th of July Committee. On Saturday, July 3rd we will be hosting an all day BBQ with live music all day where a portion of our proceeds as well as a suggested $5 door donation will go directly to keeping the tradition. We hope to see all of our neighbors on the 3rd. Every little bit helps!
2021 RHS Graduation
RHSAA President Bill McCabe’s Speech
Maroons Online
Enhancements
Never one to sit idly by when there are stories about Ridgewood to be collected. We have added an In Memory Of By Class. One person commented already that they appreciated the memories evoked by seeing their parents names so we remember back to 1900.
Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Peace