Lost in New Jersey

Several years ago, I posted about a stray gravestone that was placed for safekeeping inside the fence of the historic French Burying Ground...

On the eve of my 70th birthday, it seems I have turned into an old man shouting at the clouds... Here is the poem I read last night (before ...

For some reason, this 10-year-old post, about an abandoned asylum in Totowa, NJ, consistently generates interest on this site -- and, yes, ...

Let's start with the bad: Odyssey by Stephen Fry My rating: 3 of 5 stars If you are considering reading this for context before seein...

At the midpoint of the year (on the hottest day of the year), I'm almost halfway through my book-reading goal for the year. I might have...

The entrance to Gethsemane Cemetery Gethsemane is usually associated with the sacred site at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. C...

Poet Scott Pleasants I was excited to learn that Scott Pleasants, the poet laureate of Teaneck, NJ, was planning a new poetry series so clo...