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Biloxi Wintah January 1975

March 25, 2025 – 9:37 am

A gray Monday morning in Clinton reminiscing on a drive across the USA. Biloxi Wintah January 1975 An hour after sunset we passed through Ocala. Old Bill was the co-pilot. I was at the wheel. The cowboy town looked mean and I drove the speed limit. Florida was a big state at 55. We joined […]

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Excerpt From BACK AND FORTH

February 5, 2025 – 11:12 am

The afternoon sun hovered over the distant mountains and Sean checked the Inferno Bar’s clock. The hands were stuck on 10:24 and the bartender said, “It’s been broke for years. The regulars like that time. Mid-morning or three hours till closing.” Sean held out his hand to the gap between the sun and the shining […]

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April 27, 1981 – NYC – Key West – NYC – Journal Entry

November 9, 2024 – 1:08 am

April 27, 1981 – NYC – Key West – NYC – Journal Leave the Mudd Club Almost 4 Bag in hand A cab ride To the Holland Tunnel No traffic Stick out my thumb Cold Skies threaten snow___ A warming from a Transit Cop I ignore him A ride into Jersey To the Vince Lombardi […]

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Labor Day Travel

September 1, 2024 – 11:21 am

Written Sep 1, 2022 In 2008 my good friend Alan Vaughan called from Gary, Indiana. He was driving to Florida. I told him I was leaving Palm Beach for New England. We hadn’t seen each other in a good 6 or 7 years. “How you getting north?” “I’m hitchhiking on I-95. I figure it will […]

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October Crow Screening

June 3, 2024 – 8:27 pm

Dr Neil Nepola. Three nights ago an audience of fifty young peple showed up for the first screening of OCTOBER CROW. The crowd were mostly tgere for Brigette who is a star. But my dear friend of fifty-four years was drivinf from Staten Island. He was running late. To stall tge impatience of the young, […]

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