Category Archives: photo-romans

FALLEN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN by Peter Nolan Smith

November 11, 2024 – 2:05 am

On November 11, 2011 I accompanied the British and the American ambassadors to the US military cemetery outside Luxembourg City. Luxembourg was a small duchy. I looked out the window of the Jaguar, as we exited from the city. The morning sun struggled to break through the low fog. It would have little success on […]

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Bridges On The Hudson

November 6, 2024 – 7:52 pm

Written Sep 2, 2018 The Kaaterskil Creek flows East out of the Catskill Mountains Into the Hudson River___ The creek has existed since the Ice Age. For millenium the primordial Glacial Shield sheared off the tops of much high mountains forming the Catskills. Granite tops their ruined peaks. A land of wonder. In 1818 at […]

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Cleveland Ho

November 1, 2024 – 1:02 am

In April of 2011 I drove south from New York to the Northern Fork in Virginia. Ms. Carolina was recovering from yet-another battle with cancer. Her husband thought my visit might cheer up the blonde beauty. The Potomac River was cold, but I jumped from their dock into the frigid water. Ms. Carolina laughed at […]

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SEA LEGS by Peter Nolan Smith

September 24, 2024 – 6:50 am

The oriental lore of processing roots, seeds, and bark into spice inspired ancient western travelers to seek various detours around the Arab middlemen profiting from the lucrative East-West trade route. Adventurous voyagers stood to reap fortunes from their success. Failures were many. Adventurous voyagers stood to reap fortunes from their success. Failures were many. In […]

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Neolithic Equinox

September 23, 2024 – 6:57 am

I first visited London in the fall of 1978. My girlfriend Lisa was a model for Elite. The New York owner John Casablancas thought her beauty might sell better in Europe. The blonde from Buffalo was only 5-7. We lived next to the Chelsea Football Stadium and had never left the apartment on match days. […]

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