A New Yorker Cover a Day Puzzle, day 20

This might be the most recent of the images. I don’t remember if there’s been a cover with a sooner date, but 2011 stands out as the most recent. I very well might be wrong. December feels like it’s gone on forever, and we’ve still got a handful of days before Christmas. I don’t know that I’ve been down in the heart of Chicago when it’s snowed, but I see the L when I look at this. I doubt that when it snows it looks like this at anytime except maybe late at night when few people are out or perhaps on Christmas morning, when I hope, the city is quieter. Generally, though, it’s noisy, smelling, crowded, and busy. It’s a nightmare to be down in. My brother had an apartment near the L and the train went right past his living room. I know I didn’t live there, so I don’t know what it was like 24/7, but I thought it would’ve been fun to live that close to the train.

Apparition by Eric Drooker

I’ve been playing around with time-lapse videos of my puzzling. This is the best so far. I still need to work on getting everything in the shot, but it’s more focused and at least facing the right direction this time.

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