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THE CLOSET OF LOST THINGS – YOUTUBE VDO BY Peter Nolan Smith

May 21, 2021 – 10:38 am

“If you lose something, then it wasn’t yours to begin with.” Nana Nolan, my Irish grandmother. To view THE CLOSET OF LOST THINGS filmed by Andrew Kozak, please go to the following Youtube URL

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THE GIFT OF UNGIVING by Peter Nolan Smith

December 24, 2020 – 3:43 am

Most of my old landlord’s friends were married couples with kids. His wife and AP regularly invited them over to the Fort Greene Observatory for weekend lunches and evening drinks. I keep my distance from his guests, since my marital status is an enigma and after a few glasses I tend to recite a litany […]

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The Closet of Lost Things

June 12, 2011 – 5:58 pm

The Nuns of Our Lady of the Foothills taught their students math, English, religion, history, geography, and a scattering of basic subjects. Their educational technique depended heavily on rote memorization and harsh discipline. The Palmer penmanship was beaten into our rebellious right hands. The left hand belonged to the Devil. Laziness on small ts earned […]

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