Monthly Archives: February 2012

Bombs In Bangkok

February 16, 2012 – 11:19 am

Back in the spring of 1991 I was sitting at the Mae Sai Guest House on the river between Thailand and Burma. Coulds of butterflies floated from flower to flower in the garden and on the opposite bank of the brown stream workers washed red mud from an ancient truck. I was freshly showered after […]

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The Cliffs of Moher

February 13, 2012 – 11:08 am

Last Tuesday I boarded a plane at JFK for Orlando, Florida. My two travel companions, AP and his financier Jerry Mumbels, were attending a builders’ convention. I was just along for the ride. My seat had been reserved as an after-thought and I was seated by the window in the rear of the plane. The […]

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BEATEN BY THE OLD AGE TRUCK by Peter Nolan Smith

February 13, 2012 – 10:08 am

 
Two years ago New York’s newspapers reported that January had been the warmest January on record and I couldn’t recall a single day since early December with the temperature in the 30s. Late in the month the thermometer hit 45 on a Sunday Morning and I picked up the telephone to call Shannon. We […]

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SUPERSONIC / Bill Mure

February 13, 2012 – 9:27 am

Those were the days.

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I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

February 12, 2012 – 10:22 am
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