john hassell

I'm John Hassell, and this is my tumblog. It catches the interesting bits that are too much for my twitterfeed but don't quite make a blog post at the exploding newsroom.

Remembering Francis X. Clines' New York stories

For years, I read Clines’ little time capsule tributes to life in New York City, and every now and then a little snippet of one flashes into my mind. Today, I saw a couple jogging and remembered Clines overhearing one city runner turning breathlessly to a partner and asking, “Where are you, heartwise?”

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