Change Stinks

I was reading ‘The Ambassadors’, daydreaming about this day in 1971, five days before my twelfth birthday. I’d just moved… Read more Change Stinks

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On July 3, 1976, my cousin Larry married Rose in Queens. Each year my father’s relatives get together on Independence… Read more Annual Ritual

ORDINATION AT ST. AGNES CATHEDRAL Today at St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, New York, six men were ordained to the… Read more Ordination Of Six New Diocesan Priests

Long Beach , New York, is quite an active little city. We have many craft fairs over the course of… Read more Long Beach

Technically, according to what the photos say, it was four years ago yesterday. The kin and I spent the day… Read more It Was Four Years Ago Today

R.I.P. WPLJ It’s such a very sad day in New York radio.

When I was a kid in Queens Until just before my early teens There was a road called Up the… Read more Up the Hill

This post is adapted from a talk I gave at the Queens Theatre on April 28, 2019. The present post… Read more 80 Years Ago Today: The 1939 New York World’s Fair Opens — (Travalanche)

New York Harbor was visited by Giovanni Verrazano in 1524. The Hudson river was first explored by Henry Hudson aboard… Read more Blogging From A To Z Challenge~Letter N