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Saturday, November 24, 2018

63 Years Ago Today

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63 years ago today, Robert J. Varettoni married Frances, my mom. Above is a scene from the reception at Clifton Casino in New Jersey. T...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Thankful for the Beauty in Ordinary Things

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East 50th Street, Manhattan This past Thursday, the winter of 2018 abruptly ended the autumn of 2018. Walking down East 50th Street ...
Saturday, November 10, 2018

New York, Stylized by Google (2018)

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I woke up to find that Google Assistant -- the unseen hand behind the site storing my iPhone photos -- has again automatically "...
Saturday, November 3, 2018

NaNoWriMo 2018: 'The Third Secret'

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The Marys of New Milford, NJ November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Having made a New Year's resolution...
Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Remembering Dad: Everything Good Is Extraordinary

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Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson I woke up abruptly at 5:15 this morning -- and I think I know why. First cause was the ...
Friday, October 19, 2018

You Can Call Me Al (Smith Dinner, 2018)

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View this post on Instagram About last night... I was honored to be able to attend the NY Archdiocese’s Al Smith Dinner, ...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Stalking Mr. Met: A Happy Recap of the 2018 Season

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These past few months, I saw the boys of summer in their ruin. With apologies to Dylan Thomas' famous poem and in contrast to the N...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

A New View of the Great Falls

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Today I took a ride in the morning rain to visit the new stone amphitheater in Paterson, the centerpiece of a $3.2 million renovation of ...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

You Say It's Your Birthday?

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Just me, a few years ago. Today is Bruce Springsteen's 69th birthday. It's my birthday week too, yeah -- and the turn of anoth...