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Waiting

Waiting Ex-lovers meet by chance, 27 years later, in an airport waiting room and share more than memories. The announcement from Gate 16 was not so loud, but oh so clear, “Flight 1087 to JFK has been delayed due to the expected late arrival of the aircraft from Bradley Hartford…

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Nov 23, 2022

Hawkeye

As I watched Serena Williams’ final appearance (?) @ the US Open tennis championship, I realized my life had morphed into a TV cartoon — Jetsons of course. I looked around the US Open Tennis court @ the Billie Jean King Tennis Center to confirm what had appeared to be…

Pediatric Cancer

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Pediatric Cancer

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Jun 24, 2022

@ the Crossroads

@ the Crossroads Amidst all that is going on in the world and right here in the US of A, there is one bright spot — online sports betting in my home state of New York. With inflation raging, and parents not knowing if they’ll see their child return safely…

Gun Violence

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Gun Violence

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May 20, 2022

On Top of the World

Written - July 2015 The Summer Doldrums have not yet sunk in, yet I just heard my first Back To School radio spot. I mean, it was just July 4th. And the @USWNT won the Women’s World Cup! Congratulations on a job well done. I think about all those aspiring…

Us Womens Soccer Team

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Us Womens Soccer Team

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Apr 26, 2022

It’s beginning to look a lot like Kitty Genovese.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Kitty Genovese. The 28 year old woman who was brutally attacked and murdered on the street not far from her apartment in Queens, New York City in 1958. The New York Times reported, two days later, that some 30 people watched the entire…

Ukraine Crisis

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Ukraine Crisis

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Feb 17, 2022

Army Dujuor

Oh wait. Is Putin puling some of his troops and Billion dollar weaponry away from the Ukranian border? As I did sixty years ago, when playing war with my friend Cliff. Our troops were a mere few inches high, khaki color of course, and featured soldiers in various forms of…

Putin Ukraine Invasion

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Putin Ukraine Invasion

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Jan 6, 2022

We Gotta . . .

The new year brings with it baggage indeed. There’s COVID — Omicron variant — and then inflation at a higher rate than in a long time. It costs more to fill up the gas tank, for those of us holdovers still driving cars / trucks fueled with fossil fuel. And…

Covid-19

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Covid-19

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Mar 8, 2021

High Anxiety

What’s left to say about the Pandemic? Responsible for more deaths than WW I & WW II combined, in a fraction of the time. The front line workers, who lost patients in droves, hopefully saved others from lessons learned. Dr. Fauci’s mantra: wear a mask . . . stay 6…

Mental Health

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Mental Health

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Jan 21, 2021

After the Insurrection . . .

After the Insurrection . . . Five died. And the world was left to ponder what to make of the user generated photos and videos of the riotous mob that sought to engineer a coup and stop Congress’ certification of the 2020 Presidential electoral college votes. It had been 206…

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Aug 31, 2020

Civil War II

As our next National Holiday arrives later this week, Oregon, the first state to make Labor Day an official public holiday, is back in the news. It looks like a production, of what might run at the Qgunquit Playhouse on a cool summer Maine evening. The actors take the stage…

Civil War

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Civil War

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Steven Wilson

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