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Happy Birthday Bill
I was thinking of you Bill when a cardinal landed at my feet. A woman nearby said it was a sign from someone no longer here. It startled me, and not because of what she said, but that it always...
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Chickens On The Avenue
I’m on Madison walking single file. There are so many people you have no choice. My least favorites are the ones on their phones either holding up the line or screeching in your ear as you attempt...
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A Future First Lady, With Cheese
Roma Pizzeria Third Avenue and 87th Street One of the things I love about a pizza parlor is how one minute it’s packed, the next empty. No one lingers; you pay, you eat, you leave. Thinking...
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Did You Know…First Edition 2025
Actress Mariska Hargitay better known as Olivia Benson on Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit, is the daughter of actress Jayne Mansfield and Body Builder, Mickey Hargitay. She was 3 years-old in...
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Putting It To Rest
I have a thing for graveyards and cemeteries. I like visiting, always placing a stone down to say I was there; Alexander Hamilton buried in Trinity Churchyard; Herman Melville and Miles Davis at...
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Did you Know… A Little A This ‘N’ That
My grandma, she can make a soup, With a little a’ this ‘n’ that. She can feed the whole sloop group, With a little a’ this ‘n’ that.…Pete Seeger (1963) A policeman in civilian clothes is called a...
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The Zelensky Affair
I rarely pen anything political, but the meeting that took place on Friday between Mr. Zelensky and Mr. Trump is haunting. It wasn’t necessarily what was said, but how. Respect was absent in the...
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Kindness Gone Missing
I had someone question why I cared so much about President Zelensky enough to write about him. Let me say, pausing to take in stupidity is an art. The person thinking Donald Trump should be...
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Notes From The Carlyle
The only thing I miss by no longer drinking is writing these. But here I am, my excuse for dropping twenty bucks on a cup of coffee knowing it will be well worth it. You can’t beat the Carlyle for...
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Did You Know…Mixed Bag Edition
Meryl Streep holds the record for receiving the most Academy Award Nominations…21 in all, winning 3. Katharine Hepburn and Jack Nicholson tie at 12; she winning 4, he 3. But Walt Disney beats them all...
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