Category Archives: youth

SEASON OF THE WITCH / Julie Driscoll and Trinity

October 28, 2014 – 8:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpizS9h-1Xk

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WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

October 22, 2014 – 9:41 pm

Summer ended in 1966 on a Cape beach with me dancing with a girl on the last day of our vacations. WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN played on a radio. Her father beeped the horn. She kissed me and ran to the car. The back of station wagon was packed high. I never saw […]

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Berth on Nantucket

October 20, 2014 – 12:48 pm

Frank Sinatra brought his 21 year-old bride Mia Farrow to Nantucket on a rented yacht. My family was holidaying on that mythic isle at the same time. Mia had just finished filming ROSEMARY’S BABY. Mia Farrow was five years older than me. Not like Frank Sinatra, but my love was reserved for Janet Stetson, who […]

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BAD CROSSING by Peter Nolan Smith

June 24, 2014 – 4:39 pm

My college tuition in 1973 was $2000 for the year. I hacked a cab for Boston Taxi to support myself. Our garage was next to the old Boston Arena. If a driver booked more than $100 a night, the payout jumped from 45/55 to 50/50. My classmate Hank Watson and I were the top earners […]

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60 Is The New 15

May 29, 2014 – 11:55 am

Two days ago I was at a Memorial Weekend lunch in Millbrook. The 1830s house belonged to a nice couple from good families. Their kids and those of the guests were playing in the pool. Our host and I drank vodka and lemonade. My good friend Camp congratulated me on my upcoming birthday. “How old […]

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