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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Found in NJ: Fairmount Cemetery

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On a gentle bluff overlooking sometimes un-trafficked Route 517 in Tewskbury, this cemetery is thrice removed from any easy Internet search....
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Morning in New Jersey

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This morning, seemingly in the blink of an eye, the trees were already bare in my hometown. Just one week earlier, their branches had b...
Sunday, November 1, 2015

Let's Eat, Drink and Be Merry... and Celebrate All Souls

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Two photos, years apart, on Varettoni Place, named after Dad's brother. With apologies to my life coach, Crash Davis , I’d like to p...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

10 Poems and Passages to Learn by Heart

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Here’s the full text of the poem. I owe my love of poetry to a lawyer -- and today, National Poetry Day 2015, I'd like to thank him...
Friday, October 2, 2015

It's the End of the World as We Know It

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Today I read announcements that showed technology at its best... realtime translations on Skype . And at its worst... the "Yelp for ...
Monday, September 28, 2015

My 15 Seconds of Fame

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When Pope Francis was leaving St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on September 24, 2015, I gave him a nervous, friendly wave, and he res...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

9/11 Memoirs of an Invisible Man

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I've updated a small Pinterest site I posted several years ago about Verizon's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. ...
Friday, September 4, 2015

Go Set a Calendar Reminder for Sept. 21

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Have you read the recently published “Go Set a Watchman”? One of my favorite writers, Harper Lee ( see here ), had originally submitted th...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Write As If Syd Penner Were Editing

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Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. But write as if Syd Penner's looking over your shoulder. Penner...