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I was returning from a one-week stay-cation. Well, we didn’t call a vacation where you didn’t go anywhere a stay-cation back then but that’s what it was. Probably the most memorable part of that particular vacation was when my son … Continue reading →

I posted this in early a while back but I find myself in need of another visit to the Park. Hoping you are all having a marvelous Saturday and a nice walk in your special park. Starting in the summer … Continue reading →

Chill is such a wonderful word, especially if you live in Florida. You soon get to appreciate a good chill, you know, like when the temperature in your pool is 84 degrees? I guess chills are relative after all. I … Continue reading →

Today marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. I had to specify “Japan” because so many Americans have a desparingly lack of historical knowledge and appreciation. Just for additional clarification, we dropped … Continue reading →

  The Mercy Rule should be invoked. You know when a baseball game is getting out of hand with one team holding an 11-0 lead? I mean, there is no mystery as to whom will win the game so, let’s … Continue reading →

I was watching “Opening Day” at Yankee Stadium the other night when the oddity of opening day in late July and the fact that there were no fans in the stadium was obscured by a revelation. For the first time … Continue reading →

It would always seem to me that, once August had arrived, summer was on a fast track to autumn. Getting off the train at Speonk at 8:05, I would be greeted by an ever sinking sun so that by the … Continue reading →

It’s a song, not a meeting. The Collegians sang it in the days when Doo Wop was king and ruled the airways of our transistor radios. To be honest, my brother Michael had a copy of the record, and he … Continue reading →

It seems like yesterday, or maybe, twenty years ago. In early March, there were reports that the President was going to close down the country due to the Carona virus. Many people panicked. Some went on panic shopping sprees. I … Continue reading →

I remember that first night in London still feeling the lag of a long flight and time change. It didn’t keep me from going out and having a pint at the local pub. Now, back from my European excursion and … Continue reading →