Monthly Archives: March 2023

IRISH TWINS by Peter Nolan Smith

March 17, 2023 – 1:42 pm
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THE BEAUTY OF BALI by Peter Nolan Smith

March 17, 2023 – 10:40 am

Back in the 90s I developed an annual routine of working seven days a week at the diamond exchange during the Christmas season. The weekly income and commission from the sales provided enough money for a 5-6 month hiatus in Asia and my yearly bonus paid for the around-the-world flight. Once Richie Boy and his […]

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Happy Padraic Day 2010

March 17, 2023 – 7:36 am

My most difficult decision this morning was whether to wear a black leather jacket or a green plaid suit coat. I’ll be drinking at an East Village bar at 2 pm. My choice was green plaid. Up the rebels as my sainted mother said pouring the food coloring dye into the milk. Leprechauns. My first […]

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Beauty as a Beast

March 15, 2023 – 7:58 am

Lady Caroline Blackwood “A mermaid who dines upon the bones of her winded lovers.” Robert Lowell husband/poet

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The Loss of Caul’s Vision

March 9, 2023 – 3:44 pm

On March 4, 2020 after a simple breakfast David, my guide, and I left Kibo Hut on Kilimanjaro to descend to Hurumbo Hut. I turned often to eye Africa’s tallest mountain rimmed by hoarfrost. Near a grouping of old volcanic rocks David said, “We can get the Internet here. Maybe even a phone home.” I […]

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