Monthly Archives: April 2017

Camp David Off The Map

April 5, 2017 – 10:16 pm

In 1942 FDR converted Hi-Catoctin in Maryland to serve as a presidential retreat. Roosevelt entertained Churchill there. Truman introduced his cronies from the Pendergast Gang to high society, Eisenhower conferred with the Soviet leader within the confines. Kennedy accepted Eisenhower’s advice at the camp. Where LBJ made war plans. Nixon did the same. Ford enjoyed […]

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A Silver Dress

April 4, 2017 – 8:25 am

High boots, silver dress. A man. A bad haircut. The smoke for pleasure.

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The Cruelest Month Of All

April 2, 2017 – 10:43 am

TS Eliot penned THE WASTELAND after the Great War. This five-part poem is considered one of the greatest works of the 20th Century combing the images of the Holy Grail with Sanskirt legends and Buddhists beliefs, while shifting times, speakers, and locales with the wind of short couplets. The poem opens with the following four […]

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Rockford Illinois

April 2, 2017 – 6:30 am

Back in May of 2009 business was slow on 47th Street. Richie Boy and I hadn’t closed a diamond deal in weeks and his father was looking to cut operating costs at the jewelry store. His eyes fell on me. “The goy isn’t pulling his weight.” Manny got mean in the low season. “I’m doing […]

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