Monthly Archives: September 2012

Mantis Cannibalism

September 11, 2012 – 11:43 am

My old hillbilly girlfriend posted on Facebook that she’d just found a baby (or teenage?) Praying Mantis on our screen door. In the desert! Brought out by the desert summer thunderstorm that looms over Joshua Tree Park and threatens to come this away? Several of her friends suggested that praying mantis were good luck and […]

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9/11/12

September 11, 2012 – 11:10 am

There is no smoke in the noon day sky. Jets skate the flight path down the Hudson. People around New York go about their business. It’s eleven years since 9/11 changed America by taking away our rights and giving many of us new fears. Not me. I’m only scared of those who fear more than […]

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A DAY FAR FROM NORMAL by Peter Nolan Smith

September 10, 2012 – 4:22 pm

That September morning a jet roared above the East Village. I opened my eyes. Lots of planes and helicopters flew over Manhattan. None ever went this low or fast or loud. Thirty seconds later the windows shook with a muffled thud. It was more from an explosion than a sonic boom. The screaming children in […]

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Warhol on Sale

September 10, 2012 – 9:39 am

My old boss Manny at the Diamond Exchange loved showing diamonds. I loved even more saying, “It’s one of a kind, how many do you want?” His son Richie Boy and I groaned at this utterance, however more times than not the octogenarian would complete the sale and his son would shrug with acceptance, “After […]

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Dead Presidents For Dead Man’s Art

September 9, 2012 – 1:30 pm

A reporter once asked Andy Warhol his opinion about art. The pop icon answered without hesitation. “It’s a nice name for a man.” Warhol has been dead for years, yet his paintings made up 17% of auction sales of contemporary art in 2010. Millions upon millions for his foundation and friends. Proving that while you […]

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