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Cross Country 1996

March 9, 2023 – 8:21 am

In August of 1996 I left Bali for America. My good friend Slim met me at LAX in her Studebaker Lark. On the way to Hollywood the native Californian told me that she had fallen in love with an artist in New York.” “That’s good news, except it’s 3000 miles from here.” “I know and […]

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ERICA’S REVENGE fotos by Ellen Von Unwerth

November 25, 2022 – 2:58 pm

Erica had a lot to learn from Alice. Raising your eyes was a sin. Erica knew better. Alice was about to learn what was best. Afternoon masquerades were held in the garden. The crowd liked to take and not give. Erica was an expert at either. Erica was back to being herself. She didn’t question […]

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Stormy Weather NYC July 2022

July 26, 2022 – 10:29 am

The Northeast has been in the depth of a long drought worsened by a past week of plus-90 temperatures. I had planned to go up North, but the heat was too wicked for an old man and I opted to remain in New York. I haven’t left the apartment in days, except to get food. […]

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MAUVAIS MECS by Peter Nolan Smith

March 22, 2021 – 9:59 pm

That year winter had been mild in Paris. Farther to the North snow covered Germany and I was glad to have been detoured from Berlin to Paris by an urgent phone call. Vonelli was in trouble. When I got off the train in Gare Du Nord, no one waiting at the station, which was a […]

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Life Is Illusion in the Combat Zone

February 18, 2020 – 6:47 pm

Back in 1969 Jerry Brendt took this photo of two brothers messing around with white girls. This was not Selma, but Boston’s Combat Zone where people could be people. The Caddy is a convertible and the girls love the horseplay. Everything seems perfect. Everything depends on your point of view or disposition. “it’s just a […]

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