Monthly Archives: January 2020

THE EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS by Marjory Stoneman Douglas

January 6, 2020 – 1:06 am

The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas was published the same year as the formal opening of Everglades National Park. Her writing began as a small article on the Miami River. “About an inch long,” she supposedly said of the piece. Her book The River of Grass covered the historical and natural aspects […]

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The That That Was

January 4, 2020 – 12:47 pm

I left my native Boston for New York at the age of 24. Much of my life has been spent overseas in Europe, Latin America, and Asia. When I returned to the States in 2008, friends asked, “Don’t you miss anything about the United States?” “I miss Warmuth’s Restaurant and Hi-Hat Lounge in Boston, the […]

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Pattaya Redux

January 4, 2020 – 12:13 pm

“Have you lost your Pattaya fever?” My friend Chas asked in his air-conditioned office on Sukhumvit Road last January. He had been a resident here for over 20 years. His internet service company was doing well, despite the current economic downturn. His wife had cut her hair. The boyish coif was very attractive. He was […]

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Stupid People Speak Stupid Too, Especially The Rich and Powerful

January 4, 2020 – 7:43 am

Around the world Government officials go to the same school. They wear the same clothes. Their families are interconnected by marriage. This inbred clique has produced a strain of humanity whose intelligence rivals a collie and back in 2009 the Phuket Land Director revealed his venal acumen by announcing that any foreigners using their wives […]

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Nothing 2015

January 1, 2020 – 3:46 pm

Someone once told me, “How you spend New Year’s Day is how you will spend the rest of the year.” Back in 2015 after a pleasant dinner west of Times Square I walked down 42nd Street to catch the N train at 7th Avenue. The sidewalks were crowded with revelers and the police were struggling […]

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