Category Archives: history

The Elegance of the Wampanoags

November 25, 2021 – 8:07 am

They were not the savages.

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Times Square Of Yore

November 14, 2021 – 11:05 am

Close to 300,000 people pass through Times Square every day. A good percentage are commuters heading to the Port Authority bus terminal and the rest are tourists, who come to gawk at the theaters’ bright lights, shop at the name-brand stores, and dine at the chain restaurants. Times Square wasn’t always that safe for citizens. […]

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September 10, 2001

September 10, 2021 – 12:15 pm

I remember 9/10/2001. It rained all day in New York. The day before I had almost gone swimming at Lake Awosting, except the park ranger blocked the path to the old granite swimming hole. No one was allowed in the lake after Labor Day to avoid legal problems. There was no one swimming at the […]

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SEPTEMBER 3, 1978 – JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE

September 3, 2021 – 2:55 pm

Last night offered eager high school girls from Dalton, they acted sexy as if they had rehearsed the wanton kisses and yearning smiles before the bathroom mirror at home. The music at the clubs was tolerable, but I wished I had been alone. Not to cheat, just to be free. After CBGBs closed at 4am, […]

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The First Words On A Telephone

July 23, 2021 – 10:40 am

On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell said the first words on a telephone to his assistant, Thomas Watson, “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you.” Five years later the native of Salem Massachusetts resigned his position with Bell to farm stones in East Braintree, then became a successful Shakespearean actor until founding the Fore […]

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