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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Offering Prayers for the Homeless on Thanksgiving

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This morning at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, Dr. Kim Harris led the congregation's response in song to Psalm 34 (a psalm t...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Non-Fiction for Adults: Weinstein to Hart to Nabokov

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A book store in Nyack, NY; photo by @bvarphotos With the untimely death of the New York Mets 2019 season, I’ve had time to catch up on...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Veterans Day in My Hometown

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My hometown -- New Milford, NJ --  held its annual Veterans Day observance on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year ...
Monday, October 28, 2019

Good at Twitter vs. Bad at Twitter

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Yesterday Father John Burns, a priest from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee who at one time studied business marketing at the University of No...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019

A Job Where Anything Is Possible

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Imagine a PR controversy involving Mother Frances Cabrini -- a woman who is, literally, America's first saint. It happened in New Yo...
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Sunday, October 13, 2019

The Day My Ancestors Took My Breath Away

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On a chilly weekday in October, I set off to find my grandmother's grave. Before his death nearly 14 years ago, Dad used to visit Ca...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Hope Springs Eternal at the End of the Season

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Images from Citi Field, 2019 Tonight the Major League Baseball playoffs begin. Once again, without the New York Mets. Oddly, I'm n...
Friday, September 20, 2019

100 Words (Exactly) About 3 Things I Love

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About New York In New York, everything is temporary. The young are only temporarily young; the powerful, only temporarily powerful. On th...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Roses in September: A Visit to Summit

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Last week a single pink/white rose bloomed at the entrance of my driveway, reminding me how desperately everything clings to summer. In ...