By Gary Martin
I hope you had as nice a holiday as possible.
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Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for over 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe.
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Yay Gary!
Awwww. Thanks , Gary.
Yes, this image so accurately conveys our household’s point of view and our feelings this Thanksgiving holiday after the months of drought.
Holidays…summed it up!
me too. don’t say it enough.
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Now let’s get some snow !
I don’t know about everyone else but to me it felt like, after many weeks of trying to put on a brave face, New York finally had the good cry that it needed.
Why would NYC need to cry?
Putting a brave face for what? What happened?
Sweet!
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There is always something to be thankful for.
The message we need in these times.
“These times”, did something horrible happen to our city?
What times? What is going on that is so dramatic for everyone here?
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