Category Archives: New England

Excerpt from WHEN FAT MEN FLY

November 6, 2010 – 6:02 pm

My failures of German 101 and Multivariable Algebra in 1971 destroyed my chances of graduating ‘magna cum laude’. I worked nights at a discount chain next to the Quincy Shipyard. My best friend from store lived up the street. Wayne’s second-story bedroom accommodated a bed, table, two chairs, a sofa, black-and-white TV, and a stereo. […]

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Winter Ist Hier

January 29, 2010 – 9:13 pm

It’s cold outside my Brooklyn apartment and I’m debating whether to bolster my interior heat core with a bacon and eggs from the Academy. The temperature is 19F. Cold, but I’ve been colder. -40F atop Wildcat Mountain across from My. Washington. The year was 1971. The chairlift operator warned that that our run would be […]

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The Old Man in the Mountain

May 22, 2009 – 7:01 am

The Old Man of the Mountain was the symbol of New Hampshire. The profile of the granite cliffs on Cannon Mountain were emblazoned on the state’s license along with the motto ‘Live Free or Die’. Daniel Webster immortalized the stone face with the words. “Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe […]

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Northern Maine 1991

April 21, 2009 – 6:09 pm

Northern Maine. 1991. There was no winter in New York. Everyone was heading to Miami. It was trendy. My friend Philippe and I decided to drive to the farthest reaches of Maine. We listened to NEVERMIND and did speed. Ft. Kent was really winter. I wanted to cross the St. John’s River into Canada. Philippe […]

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Going for It – Mr Pattaya 2009

April 2, 2009 – 4:55 pm

“I’m like the Acropolis. My body is in ruins, but you can tell it once was something.” My friend David Tidball used to tell me that although the British artist never exhibited any vestiges of an athletic physique. I’ve adopted his line and my body is giving way to decrepitude. Nothing a few years in […]

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