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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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Why I Still Blog
The question never fails coming from someone having no art of their own; be that as it may, mine happens to be writing. My site was launched in 2011 going into its 15th year this coming July. I...
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When Love Has The Last Say
“We’re Easter people living in a Good Friday World.” I love this quote by the writer Anne Lamott, because it’s never been more true. It has nothing to do with religion in my case, not...
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Life On The Train
Number 6 Local I’m nestled in a seat reading, thanks to the car being only half full with mid-morning travelers. Peace reigns till Grand Central where a mob no doubt will be waiting, one time...
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Me And A Dead Pope
If you told me I’d fall in love with Pope Francis after he was no more, I would have asked to feel your head. My Catholic days are well behind me, and for good reason. They harmed more than...
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Did You Know…The Kennedy Hubris Edition
Hubris is the Greek word for pride or arrogant self-confidence; a trait the Kennedys all have in their DNA. When you review their history it’s stunning how it repeats itself; entitled behavior...
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Deer Me
I’m on a train heading to Hyde Park to visit FDR at Springwood, the home he grew up in. It’s a lovely day sun streaming through the train’s window. A couple sitting across from me are also going;...
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The Significance of Memorials
After watching the ceremony at Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day, I thought about why we’re comforted by what is a reminder of something so painful. In this case three men...
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Did You Know…Little’a This…Little’a That Edition
The actor Spencer Tracy would discreetly disappear, checking himself into Brooklyn’s Hotel St. George spending a week in the bathtub drinking himself silly. Even his longtime lover Katharine...
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