Posts by Natalia Saw Lady
Doubled-Over People
When I got to the Music Under New York spot at 59th street & Lex there was a lady standing there all doubled over, looking at the floor… She stood like that for a while – maybe 10 minutes or more, then just straightened up and walked away as if nothing is unusual… A gentleman…
Read MoreA Guy in Need of a Prayer
A homeless lady in a red shirt took the elevator from the train platform to the mezzanine of the Times Square subway station. She told me that she will starve tonight. She passed the morning sitting on the platform with a sign hanging from her neck, hoping for donations, but, she told me that people…
Read MoreA Pigeon in the Subway Station
As I arrived at the Music Under New York spot at Union Square I found Clovia, the homeless lady who likes to paint on clothes, sleeping on the bench. Her huge cart was by her side. She had a coat and a couple of bags she painted hanging from the cart, and she was wearing…
Read MoreThe X-Pick-Pocket-Girl and the Homeless Man
My amp battery died… so today I had to use the old ‘Mouse’ amplifier which has a muffled sound… When I got to the Music Under New York spot at Times Square an Andean group was playing there. The pan flute player from the group gave me the info of a good place in China…
Read MoreMy website has been hacked
To all my faithful subscribers who might be wondering what is going on… My website and blog had been hacked! I wouldn’t have even known about it if it wasn’t for the New Yorker magazine who called to let me know about this (THANK YOU, John!!!) Well, my husband worked around the clock over the…
Read MoreKalimba a Terrorist Threat?
I got to the Music Under New York spot at the Times Square subway station at about 11:30AM, and found 2 Andean musicians playing there. I also found a film crew waiting for me! Monique, a sensitive, intelligent young lady studying film at the Barnard school came to film a short documentary about me. With…
Read MoreSummer Vacation in the NYC Subway
Today was a quiet day – The guy who is a percussionist walked by and introduced me to his mother who is visiting NYC. Some kids asked me to play the theme from ‘Harry Potter’. I asked them how they knew that I could play that and they said they heard me do it some…
Read MoreLife in the New York City subway is very transient
This morning I walked to the subway station, lugged my gear up two stair cases, and took the train to Times Square. Fortunately the elevator was working at the Times Square subway station. It was very hot (89 degrees outside). As I came out of the elevator at 11:30AM I heard no music. The ‘Music…
Read MoreMake Music New York Day
Video 1 – CBS2 TV News at 5 report of the ‘Make Music New York’ Day Video 2 – Documentary about the ‘Make Music New York’ Day that Clarence of Street Films shot Today I participated in the ‘Make Music New York’ Day. It’s the first time NYC is celebrating this day. Many other cities…
Read MoreMy heart is still in your pocket
Don Witter, the guitar player, was playing at the ‘Music Under New York‘ spot when I got there. It was raining outside, and usually it would also rain INSIDE at this station, but today there was only one little puddle inside, and Don said it actually didn’t rain by the spot today. Could it be…
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