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Craven Terrace: In Case of Fire – Do Not Reenter the Building

Posted on February 4, 2012

Before               You go to bed Make sure you know The means of escape In case Of fire Know how And where To raise The alarm Always pledge That doors Between Across Corridors Stairways … Continue reading →

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WAR HORSE: In praise of Schmaltz

Posted on January 16, 2012

                                                                                                                                                                    I was impressed by some of the promotions of  the Broadway play War Horse; the wicker puppet horses that exuded a Lion King feeling though in much more dire circumstance. So I am not sure what I expected from … Continue reading →

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Waiting For The Osprey – Peacefully

Posted on January 15, 2012

The nest is perched high atop a pole (compliments of Monroe County) about 200 yards from my morning deck. Most mornings there is no movement and with an obtuse spotting scope I can see the beginnings of a nest of … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Fingerprints: You Are What You Read

Posted on January 5, 2012

I have just completed the short story, The Bus Ride by Sahar Sabati. It is a fairly straightforward narrative about a nurse who gets off work early and finds herself  (the assumption here is that the nurse is female) on … Continue reading →

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Yep, I’m an Author – update

Posted on November 14, 2011

No, an agent has not crawled out of the innards of my computer to tell me he/she has been tracking my fabulous facility with the written word and, by the way, here’s a six-digit check for anything else you might … Continue reading →

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In Parenthood: No Crime Warrants This Catastrophe

Posted on November 5, 2011

I don’t know what the death of a child means – its purpose really – nor am I ready to lay the cause for such pain and misery at the feet of some ostensibly benevolent entity. Two former colleagues will … Continue reading →

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Searching for Howard Beale: The Fall of Our Discontent

Posted on October 29, 2011

*Picket lines and picket signs Don’t punish me with brutality Talk to me, so you can see Oh, what’s going on What’s going on Ya, what’s going on Wall Street: a neighborhood that handles the finances of those elusive job … Continue reading →

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Picture Paris: a Photo Essay – The Metros

Posted on October 15, 2011

 Let Us Not Forget Paris My lapses in travel posts show a laziness that embarrasses and motivates me at once.  However, my time between posts was not all idle; I did use it to process my experiences in Paris – … Continue reading →

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What Matters Most…

Posted on October 6, 2011

I work for a NYS educational institution that, curiously, expects students to attend          classes on Veterans’ Day and gives the same students Columbus Day off. Then I got this e-card which informs me just why these students need this explorer’s … Continue reading →

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Helping The Help: The Sliding Scale of Victimization

Posted on October 2, 2011

Helping The Help: The Sliding Scale of Victimization.

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