New York City, March 9, 2017

★★★★ Warmth lay on the morning but it wasn’t tied down and the breeze kept pushing it around. The multiple gems in a woman’s ring glittered coming one way while a sparkling back gleamed going the other. A man walked up Fifth Avenue in a sleek gray-blue sport coat, speaking loudly into the wire of his phone about a meeting he’d had with a major retail CEO. Light and people were everywhere. Cement mixers spun busily. The wind gathered force and began throwing invisible grit and water spray from somewhere up the block.