Among my mottoes I include “Nihilism: There’s no future in it.” I find I can only mope and grump for so long before it gets boring. So I’ve laid in a supply of unpopped kernels for my hot-air popcorn machine. Let’s watch the show. […]
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For Immediate Release All Lost Socks Returned Efficacy of Prayer Proven, Vatican Claims; Schoolgirl Cited as Probable Cause Staten Island, NY, April 1, 2019 — In what appears to be “a demonstration of the efficacy of prayer,” as Pope Francis pronounced from Rome earlier today, billions of lost socks have returned […] On Groundhog Day 2019, February 2 as always, Staten Island Chuck, our local expert, unexpectedly and coincidentally achieved consensus with his elder, Punxsutawney Phil, predicting an early spring. And we did get a record high of 78F on February 21. But winter won’t just throw in the towel around these parts, where we’ve had snow, […] If all goes as planned, over the winter and spring we will relocate to Stone Ridge, a hamlet within Marbletown, NY, a 15-minute drive away from Kingston and a few minutes more away from Woodstock, New Paltz, and Poughkeepsie. Just 90 miles due north of Manhattan, but much quieter, more rural, and definitely less abrasive than this outer-borough locale. […] |
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Dog Day Afternoons: Bits & Pieces (13)
Aside from the fact that we liked and respected each other, I never figured out exactly why Cynthia decided to put her imprint a book of my essays, Tarnished Silver: After the Photo Boom, in 1996. […]