METROPOLITAN DIARY

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Heavy Snow
Dear Diary:

The heavy snow is upon us, so my husband does what he can when two boys appear on our Brooklyn stoop. Neither is older than 12.

“Shovel your walk, Mister?”

“How much?” my husband asks.

“10 bucks,” the taller of the two says.

My husband agrees, and they get to work.

When they have finished, my husband hands them a 20.

“I don’t have change, Mister,” the taller boy says.

“No change required,” my husband says.

— Madeleine Henley


Barber Shop Window
Dear Diary:

Sign seen in a barber shop window on Columbus Avenue:

Haircut $20

Overdue Haircut $27

— Ann Russell

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/14/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html