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Book Club
Book Club I took this photo in front of my friend Helen’s beautiful waterfront home on City Island in the Bronx. [...]
Maybe I’m Amazed
The summer before college I had a job that changed my entire life. If only it had changed the nation's history as well.
Sorting Old Pictures – A Bittersweet Effort to Put Life in Order
For some pictures, it was easy to say good riddance. But the photos of people I love – that’s another matter.
In it for Life
All efforts to improve health are based on helping the body to heal itself, be it through emotional support, listening, [...]
Predicting the Future
Over the years, I’ve read many types of magazines from gossip rags to National Geographic. I read Teen Magazines to follow [...]
1968: From the Reactionary South to the Revolutionary West
“You say you want a revolution...we all want to change the world,” sing the Beatles.
Piercing the Solstice
In the early 1970s, I landed back in San Francisco. For three years, me, my partner and her two children had been living a [...]
More than Horseshoes
You would think that with the name Mr. Ed, I wouldn’t have much to say about shoes. What is there to say about U-shaped [...]
Tumbling Dice
Board games with dice, mah jongg with dice, and the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York.
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