Category Archives: NEW YORK

Amagansett

September 8, 2016 – 2:06 pm

Amangansett is the last beach community on Long Island before Montauk. The European community was established in 1630. Amagansett derives its name from the Montaukett name for “place of good water” from a water source near what today is Indian Wells beach. Long Island was formed from the sediment of the glaciers of the last […]

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ATLANTIC SLAPDOWN by Peter Nolan Smith

September 8, 2016 – 2:03 pm

Last Saturday afternoon the streets of Brooklyn sweltered in the sultry August heat and my landlord invited me to join a family excursion to the beach. I had only swam in the ocean twice all summer, so my answer was quick and to the point. “Gimme five minutes.” I ran upstairs and changed into my […]

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Flotsam From The Flood

September 8, 2016 – 1:15 pm

According to Wikipedia flotsam is floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo. Jetsam is part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is purposefully cast overboard or jettisoned to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore. Lagan is cargo that is lying on the bottom […]

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98 And That’s All

August 14, 2016 – 2:28 pm

Thursday the temperature in New York City hit the high 90s. The humidity soaked my shirt within a few minutes of exposure to the outside weather. I drank three large bottles of Perrier, ate a quarter of a watermelon, and downed about five iced beers in a vain attempt to keep up with my projectile […]

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Bad Pigeons At The Plaza

July 16, 2016 – 10:08 am

The park before the Plaza Hotel in New York has a fountain bordered by leafy shade trees. Most people avoid sitting on the stone ledges or benches, since thousands of pigeon rest on the branches and thousands of them defecate every day. These two women ignore the danger to eat ice cream out of the […]

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