Coffee on the Upper Eastside
Posted: August 3, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, coffee, D/s, dievca, friendship, Health, Life, Love, Monday, Morning, NYC, photo, Summer Leave a comment
dievca took a friend to an early morning outpatient medical procedure. One is not allowed to sit in the waiting room for the pick-up, so dievca wandered down to the East River to enjoy her coffee. An excellent choice.
Note: dievca brought her own coffee in an amazing Japanese brand ZOJIRUSHI thermos that a friend gifted to her.
Photos: dievca UES 07/2020
This lapsed Catholic wonders~
Posted: August 2, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Musings, Relationships | Tags: BDSM, Catholic Faith, D/s, dievca, Humor, Life, NYC, photo, UES Leave a comment
Photo: dievca E. 90th Street NYC
Is there such a thing as an “Our Lady of Bad Counsel”?
A lapsed Catholic is a baptized Catholic who is non-practicing.
Such a person may still identify as a Catholic and remains a Catholic according to canon law.
Wikipedia
Roadside Farm stand – Something of Use – NYC style
Posted: July 31, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, convenience, D/s, dievca, fresh produce, Life, Love, NYC, photo, Shopping, UES Leave a comment
Photo: dievca E. 93rd St
dievca remembers stopping by farm stands in the Midwestern Summers to buy fresh produce. There was even a place that dievca’s Mother found to dig up and buy mushrooms – a dark, musty space with soil.
As she was driving to the Delaware River dievca spotted similar stands along the road in New Jersey, she forgot to stop on her way back to NYC.
The NYC farm stands are not as good as the local ones, but they offer a reminder and convenient option to eat healthily.
Something of Use!
sheen
Posted: July 21, 2020 Filed under: Poetry, Relationships | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, erotic, Hot Summer, humidity, Life, photo, Sexy, submissive 1 Comment
the river slides by
silky, sexy
much like the sweat
enveloping my body
moisture rise
denied
leaving a sheen
Photo: dievca, Delaware River 07/2020
How to beat the heat in NYC – old school
Posted: July 10, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), Vintage | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, FDNY, Life, NYC, photo, retro, Summer, Summer heat, water Leave a comment
Mayor Hylan turning on the water for the first shower, July 6, 1921. West 47th Street near 8th Avenue, New York City. Photo by International Newsreel.
Enjoying the Croton Surf Under the Fire Department Sprinkler on 85th Street Near Lexington Avenue, August 17, 1920. Fire Department erects sprinkler for kiddies at 85th Street & Lexington Avenue, NYC. Kids enjoy bathing during hot weather. Photo by International Newsreel.
Kids in New York City splash around in a street flooded by fire hydrants, circa 1957. Keystone/Getty Images
Play Street and street shower alongside the Queensboro Bridge, June 22, 1934. Department of Bridges, Plant & Structures Collection, NYC Municipal Archives.
Denis P. Gorman Memorial Playground, Jackson Heights, Queens: Opening ceremonies, children grabbing for melon, August 11, 1934. Department of Parks & Recreation Collection, NYC Municipal Archives.
Kids in Harlem, New York City, cool off in front of a fire hydrant, circa 1966. Harry Benson Getty Images
dievca is ready to run under a fire hydrant sprinkle shower if the FDNY would oblige…
Beach, Heat, Outdoors, Social Distancing~
Posted: July 4, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Vintage | Tags: 1950's Household Kink, 4th of July, BDSM, beach, D/s, dievca, photo, Pin-Up, retro, submissive, Summer Leave a comment
Susan Hayward and Virginia Dale 4th of July
Happy 4th of July!
Looks like Susan Hayward had the same challenges as dievca with humidity and wild-a** hair!
Enjoy your Day!!
What Macy’s is doing with their Fireworks~
Posted: July 1, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: 4th of July, BDSM, D/s, dievca, Fireworks, Life, Love, Master, NYC, photo, submissive, Summer Leave a comment
Getting the Party Started! (a slideshow)
dievca had the unexpected pleasure of looking out of her window to see two Macy’s barges offering a personal Fireworks display. she and Master had a conversation about the fireworks just that afternoon – Master thought they would cancel it all. dievca thought that the fireworks needed to be used and wasn’t sure of a solution.
Apparently, the Macy’s barges will be offering fireworks around the city along the Hudson and East Rivers (Harlem River?) in smaller and more personal displays. An absolutely lovely and elegant solution for limiting the crowds, yet still bringing Joy to NYC.
Photos: dievca Hudson River 06/2020
Instant numerate – just add coffee~
Posted: June 29, 2020 Filed under: Accessories, Entertainment, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, coffee, coffee cup, D/s, dievca, intelligence, Life, Math, Monday, photo, submissive Leave a comment
dievca: coffee 06/2020
A little morning coffee to get the neurons firing….
A little Math to get the neurons firing…
Good Morning!
Insider: Viral Math Equations which Stumped the Internet
Mashup Math: 10 Super Fun Math Riddles
moist with a hint of the ocean
Posted: June 27, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), Poetry | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, humidity, Life, Love, Morning, NYC, photo, submissive, Summer Leave a comment
Photo: dievca NYC Hudson River 06/2020
The sun is peeking up to reveal a world cocooned by humidity.
Moist air smells of the ocean, a river glistens like glass.
Suspended motion
broken by the cry of a seagull, the honk of a car horn
…and the results of the COVID-19 test are….
Posted: June 23, 2020 Filed under: Analysis, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: antibody testing, art, BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Health, Hudson Yards, Life, photo Leave a commentA quick recap:
dievca tried to get a COVID-19 antibody test the morning after the riots started in NYC. she walked to three midtown urgent care centers and they were all closed. Apparently, the decision to close was made that morning for workers’ safety – it wasn’t known to dievca at 8 am. Then she drove 2000 miles, roundtrip to her Mother.
dievca was finally was able to get an antibody test last week and play detective when she scheduled an appointment at the NY.gov temporary tent medical center in her neighborhood. On her walk to have blood drawn she ran into some new park artwork:
The COVID-19 antibody test came back negative. That means that her co-worker who ended up with a positive test did not get sick at work, they picked up the virus in Queens.
PS. she’s not planning on kissing the Frog Prince with COVID-19 lurking about~
Photos: dievca NYC Hudson Yards 06/2020
And then something brings absolute Sparkle to your day~
Posted: June 17, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Relationships | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, elderly parents, Joy, Life, Love, Mother, photo, Summer heat, swimming Leave a commentLike everyone, dievca has her worries. They add up to create fatigue. Then there is evidence that one of the worries is bucking the trend and involved with something you know brings them shear Joy. dievca started crying when her Mom’s caregivers sent photos of something beautiful:
Mom looks like the Goddess she is…
a gift for the ride
Posted: June 10, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, beauty, D/s, dievca, Life, Love, photo, Spring, submissive, travel, Weather 4 Comments
10 hours to go with a little color to spark some energy!
The Midwest is beautiful.
Photo: dievca 06/2020 rainbow midwestern road
Mists in the Silence
Posted: May 26, 2020 Filed under: Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC), Relationships | Tags: COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Life, Love, NYC, photo, Relationships, Spring, submissive 3 Comments
New York, New York, 1955©Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
It’s a misty morning here in NYC.
That and the silence of the relatively empty city
make for strange bedfellows
A surreal and beautiful moment
I am really going to miss the silence
Find the Sun and avoiding ‘scolds’
Posted: May 24, 2020 Filed under: Analysis, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Health, Humor, Life, NYC, photo, Spring, submissive, Sun, Vitamin D Leave a comment
Several groups of researchers from different countries have found that the sickest patients often have the lowest levels of vitamin D and that countries with higher death rates had larger numbers of people with vitamin D deficiency than countries with lower death rates.
Note: The early research is not yet peer-reviewed, and other experts say the scientific proof is lacking that vitamin D could prevent COVID-19 or make the infection milder.
dievca is getting her Vitamin D early and away from as many humans as possible for the following reason:
scold
/skōld
verb
remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily.
noun ARCHAIC•US
a person, in particular a woman, who nags or grumbles constantly.
Two women in full PPE suits and masks, power-walking in the middle of the road at Central Park scold the biker (15 feet away) for not wearing a mask.
Warning – the scolds are out, do not respond, and move away quickly. It could turn dangerous in more ways than one.
Photos: dievca, Hudson River NYC 05/2020
The Smell of Spring
Posted: May 17, 2020 Filed under: Poetry | Tags: BDSM, crabapple trees, D/s, dievca, Emily Dickinson, Life, Love, NYC, photo, Spring, submissive Leave a comment
Photo: dievca Crabapple blossoms Hudson River Path 04/2020
Pink, small, and punctual,
Aromatic, low,
Covert in April,
Candid in May,
Dear to the moss,
Known by the knoll,
Next to the robin
In every human soul.
Bold little beauty,
Bedecked with thee,
Nature forswears
Antiquity.
~Emily Dickinson
Every patron has a coffee…
Posted: May 11, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Vintage | Tags: 1950's Household Kink, BDSM, coffee, D/s, dievca, Diner, Life, Love, Monday, Morning, photo, submissive Leave a commentThe first railcar-style diners popped up in New Jersey in the early 1900s.
New Jersey essentially became “ground zero” for diners.
Railcar-style diners were modeled after rail carriages or sometimes converted from the original train cars into stand-alone eateries. Diners were constructed in factories and then shipped to their destinations, much like mobile homes, and were relatively affordable to purchase at just $1,000.
Once they arrived, the utilities simply had to be connected. Since diners, or “lunch cars,” had to be shipped using a truck or railcar, they were designed to be narrow.
At one point, nearly 95% of the shippable restaurants were manufactured in New Jersey.
Source: Telegraph
And a “Thank You” to Insider.com
The energy you expend
Posted: May 3, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, submissive, Vintage | Tags: 1950's Household Kink, BDSM, dievca, energy drain, Humor, Life, photo, retro, sleep Leave a comment
has to be regenerated, somehow.
dievca passed out early and hard, woke up late, and is re-energized.
Happy Sunday to you!
misty morning dreaming
Posted: April 18, 2020 Filed under: Musings, Poetry | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, East River, Emily Pauline Johnson, Life, Love, Morning, NYC, photo, Spring, submissive Leave a comment
All the long day the vapours played
At blindfold in the city streets,
Their elfin fingers caught and stayed
The sunbeams, as they wound their sheets
Into a filmy barricade
‘Twixt earth and where the sunlight beats.
A vagrant band of mischiefs these,
With wings of grey and cobweb gown;
They live along the edge of seas,
And creeping out on foot of down,
They chase and frolic, frisk and tease
At blind-man’s buff with all the town.
And when at eventide the sun
Breaks with a glory through their grey,
The vapour-fairies, one by one,
Outspread their wings and float away
In clouds of colouring, that run
Wine-like along the rim of day.
Athwart the beauty and the breast
Of purpling airs they twirl and twist,
Then float away to some far rest,
Leaving the skies all colour-kiss’t–
A glorious and a golden West
That greets the Lifting of the Mist.
The Lifting Of The Mist – Poem by Emily Pauline Johnson
Photo: NYC East River View
April Showers in COVID-19 NYC
Posted: April 14, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Hudson River, Life, Love, NYC, photo, Rain, Spring, submissive Leave a comment
Seen on the way:
- One sad male young adult in cotton shorts and t-shirt soaked
- One fit female runner in matching bra and leggings with pink Beat headphones
- One millennial dog owner with a Husky mix the female runner kept admiring
- Four soaked Navy Corpsmen in shorts and masks running back to the USNS Comfort
- One dievca always prepared in a huge raincoat.
Vetements Libra Raincoat
Photos: dievca Hudson River 04/2020
Stop and smell the flowers – update.
Posted: April 4, 2020 Filed under: D/s Relationship, Entertainment, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, elderly parents, Family, Life, Love, Master, music, NYC, photo, submissive 2 Comments
A pretty sight, right? The pink flowers match the lingerie from yesterday. dievca didn’t get a photo of the flowers before the post. Here’s the order of activities:
- A two-CD mix made for dievca’s Mother took a full day to source and collect songs, then find a burner for the CD’s. Her Dad is failing badly, so she asked the Caregivers to play the music from “Carmen Jones” and “Das Boot” via YouTube on the tablet for expedience. The CD’s are for the stereo – both of dievca’s parents are going deaf.
- The next day after work, dievca took a 1.5-hour walk around the City – to get out of the apartment. The wind was brutal-you can see the birds fighting the chop on the Hudson River. she found one place to walk up to buy coffee – it was a treat tasting a different flavor than her coffee.
- The 3rd day, dievca biked up the Hudson River Park trail in the rain to get to Master. Master’s windows offered an elegant view of two Magnolia trees in bloom.
And she shared dinner and wine with Master after a little D/s play.
If dievca’s Dad dies – she won’t be able to get to her mother for the funeral. There is a two-week quarantine for New Yorkers heading out of State via air travel. dievca hasn’t been sick, but she would prefer to be careful. Understandably, as dievca’s Mom wouldn’t make it through a bout of COVID-19 under Hospice care.
Photos: dievca 04/2020 NYC - graphic from a good friend.
Empty Nest
Posted: March 21, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Hudson Yards, Life, NYC, photo, Relationships, submissive Leave a comment
And the City echoes in its Silence
Photos: dievca Hudson Yards 'the vessel' 5pm on a Friday 03/2020
And the tourists are gone!
Posted: March 18, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, COVID-19, D/s, dievca, Life, Love, NYC, photo, Spring, Staten Island Ferry, submissive Leave a commentOK, there are a few tourists still lurking about…
Look tourists in NYC are tolerated because they bring money to the City,
but they are not well-liked.
It’s pure joy to wander around a quiet town,
doing things that you have avoided for 15+ years
because of tourists.
Here is dievca’s 1st Staten Island Ferry Trip:
Photos: dievca Staten Island Ferry NYC 03/2020
A ray of hope
Posted: March 13, 2020 Filed under: Home and Garden, Neighborhood Anecdotes (NYC) | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, hope, Life, Love, photo, Spring, submissive Leave a commentThe first sign of Spring, the symbol of hope:
daffodils
Too funny.
They are the first thing dievca saw when the craziness about COVID-19 broke into her Life and she was riding home.
Symbolism of the Daffodil Flower
The daffodil has similar uplifting meanings across cultures, probably because this bright flower appears as the cold, dark days of winter wane and the warm rays of spring appear.
- China: The daffodil symbolizes good fortune in Chinese culture. In fact, it is so esteemed for its ability to bring forth positive things that it is the official symbol of the Chinese New year.
- Japan: To the Japanese people, the daffodil means mirth and joyousness.
- France: In France, the daffodil is a sign of hope.
- Wales: A Welsh legend claims that the person to find the first daffodil bloom will be blessed with more gold than silver in the upcoming year.
- Arabian Countries: The Arabians believe the daffodil flower was an aphrodisiac and cure for baldness.
- Medieval Europe: The medieval Europeans believed that if your gaze caused a daffodil to droop it was an omen of impending death.
- United States: In the United States, the daffodil is the official symbol for the American Cancer Association, symbolizing hope for a cure. It is also the flower for March and the symbol of the 10th wedding anniversary.
Photos: dievca NYC 03/11/2020
surfacing (haiku)
Posted: March 4, 2020 Filed under: Poetry, submissive | Tags: awareness, BDSM, D/s, dievca, erotic, Guido Argentini, Life, Morning, photo, Submission Leave a comment
Photo: Guido Argentini
The eyes are open
Aware but barely knowing
To slide thru the day
Clear Eye’s – Sunny Skies (something of use)
Posted: February 28, 2020 Filed under: Accessories, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, cleaning, D/s, dievca, eyeglasses, Life, photo, practical, Shopping, Slave, submissive, useful, Wal-Mart 1 Comment
Do you remember being a kid with dirty glasses?
dievca does.
Then she smartened up in High School and started using dish soap to wash her eyeglasses.
Finding a sink and soap is not very convenient on the fly – so dievca moved on to lens wipes.
Too bad they aren’t environmentally friendly…
- one use
- non-recyclable
Something of use that lessens the environmental impact, isn’t as messy as soap/water, can be carried in a bag and offers the cleanest vision dievca has found:
Wal-Mart’s Equate Lens Cleaner at $2.88.
This brand is dievca’s favorite. The solution is good for glasses, camera lenses, phone screens/lenses, computer screens, etc. – all at an excellent price.
An 8 oz. bottle lasted dievca about a year with a clean rag/towel doing the wiping.
Argh – dievca is out~
dievca will have to make a trip to New Jersey to visit a Wal-Mart…there’s none in Manhattan.
Start with a salad add a little protein – Eating Healthy
Posted: February 25, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, erotic, Food, Master, photo, Sexy, submissive 1 Comment
Presentation Outfit
Cockworship
Orgasm
Does your mind go where dievca’s does?
It started like this:
Posted: February 11, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, D/s, dievca, Family, Humor, Life, Love, photo, Relationships, snowstorm, submissive, travel, Winter Leave a comment
New gates at LaGuardia (LGA) – quite a nice view!
Everyone gets their own chargers – now if they could add a cup holder~
We moved into this:
The low-pressure system dopped 5 inches over 3+ hours. dievca had a shitty umm, not so great – midsize rental for the 1-hour drive (it took 2). To upgrade the car would have been $38-$76 per day. She passed on the upgrade and drove carefully.
After helping the caregiver shovel the driveway, dievca moved on to
What her Sister-In-Law left for her:
Not glamorous, but of use
Posted: February 7, 2020 Filed under: Accessories, Disasters, Home and Garden | Tags: BDSM, Cold Weather, D/s, dievca, Footwear, Life, Love, Mukluks, photo, Shopping, slippers, submissive, Winter 3 Comments
Photo: dievca’s view 2019
So, let dievca tell you about having floor to ceiling windows: amazing views all the time, plus warmth when the sun is shining.
Aunt Marty’s Nose Warmer Amazon
In the winter, the windows get cold when the sun doesn’t shine, so when one of the HVAC units goes kaput and maintenance needs to order a whole new unit– it gets chilly in the evenings and on poor weather days.
dievca is layering up with clothing and blankets, but she refuses to wear a ‘nose warmer’. dievca will stoop to wearing wool Mukluk Slippers.
Remember those? Wool knit top with a leather patch bottom? dievca’s first pair were from Pier One, then she wore holes in her Aunt’s pair – had them ‘repaired’ with patches of leather and is onto her 3rd pair.
These mukluks are not for Presenting, but they solve the problem of cold feet.
Which comes under the definition ‘something of use’ in dievca’s book.
Hippieshop.com Wool Mukluk Slippers $16.95 (click this photo for the website)
And, yes, dievca’s nose is still cold.
Cold nose warm heart.
Lingerie Inspiration: Ava Gardner
Posted: February 6, 2020 Filed under: Entertainment, lingerie, Vintage | Tags: Ava Gardner, BDSM, D/s, dievca, Elegant, erotic, photo, Presentation Outfits, Submission, submissive, Undergarments 3 CommentsIt’s a pity nobody believes in simple lust anymore.
~Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner, 1942.
Get it together, dievča!
Posted: February 4, 2020 Filed under: Discussion, Entertainment | Tags: 1950's Household Kink, BDSM, D/s, dievca, erotic, Kink, Life, Natalie Wood, photo, Sexy, submissive Leave a comment
Natalie Wood, pie fight from The Great Race
The idiom: брать/взять себя в руки
Literal translation: “To take oneself in one’s hands.”
What it means: “It means ‘to pull yourself together.’”
Other languages this idiom exists in: Translators tell us that there is a German version of this idiom too: “Sich zusammenreißen,” which translates literally as “to tear oneself together.” And in Polish, the same idea is expressed by the phrase, “we take ourselves into our fist (wziąć się w garść).”
