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I Remember Mama
My mother died when I was relatively young, I was 23, and the year was 1977. She was 54 at the time, and I am now 58. The first few years after she died were horrible, I was so … Continue reading
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Quiet Please
There was a time, when I was younger, when I could not sit at home in silence. I had to have either the TV on, or the radio/stereo/entertainment system; or both at the same time. Well, both at the same … Continue reading
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Tagged marriage, meditation, quiet, reading, relationships, renovation, Silence, stimulus, stress. work, writing
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In Cadence, Exercise!
Before I joined the army, I had never run a mile in my life. I had done precious few push-ups, and could not climb up the rope in high school gym. I spent all my gym time on the trampoline or hiding … Continue reading
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Tagged diabetes, diet, divorce, exercise, food, Health, running, self-esteem., weight loss
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Early To Rise
It’s raining- I can hear the occasional car’s tires on the wet pavement of Broadway down below, and in the bathroom I can hear it pinging off the vent covers on the roof, since we live on the top floor. … Continue reading
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Tagged frustration, Life, uncertainty, unemployment, work, writing
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Up Up In The Sky
There is an NYPD helicopter circling the Sumner houses a few blocks away as I write. I was going to write about something else entirely but I am easily distracted by flying things. Actually only aircraft, though sometimes a bird … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Force, aircraft, airshows, Army, Fleet Week, funeral., helicopters, Marines, Navy, parachuting, planes, Things in the sky
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Just Like a Bob Dylan Song
It was 1974, and I was living with my first real girlfriend in a first floor apartment of a brownstone on Washington Ave. in Brooklyn. We were both attending Pratt Institute. The apartment was really cool; it was a studio … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Brooklyn, crazy, fire, humor, living together, Pratt Institute, relationships
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Mean To Kitty
I came home today and found out I had beat my wife home. We’d spoken an hour earlier, and she said she was in the city and on her way. I was still working, and figured she’d be home first. … Continue reading
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Tagged boundaries, cat food, cats, housekeeping, humor, living together, pets, relationships, territory
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In A New York Minute
When I was in the Army those many years ago, I first heard the expression “in a New York minute,” and it meant fast. Being from New York myself, the only thing I know for sure that happens quickly in … Continue reading
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Tagged buses, frustration, New york, speed, tourists, trains, travel, waiting
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This Means War!
Ten years ago, shortly after the invasion of Iraq, I found myself in some mid-town office building getting on an elevator. I was followed by four young women, all seemed to be in their late 20’s or early 30’s. They were all … Continue reading
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If You See something
A few months after the World Trade center bombing in … Continue reading
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Tagged bus stations, Homeland security, luggage, relatinships, uncertainty, vigilance
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