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Living with Tony and Randy was a bit like living in a railroad station. While Tony and I had regular girlfriends, Randy had a succession of short-term sweeties. His favorite tag line before a first date was to whisper " Here comes lover boy!" Tony and I were always cautiously optimistic that we might see …
We are invaded!
And the number is 197: I had a bunch today, but decided to pick these three, which are public art in Burlington, Vermont. The first is the flying Monkeys from the Wizard of Oz, then General John Stark, hero of the Revolutionary War, and this interesting torso alng a walkway.
You have no idea what it was like growing up in New York City, being a 130-pound skinny kid with a big mouth. Just try to talk the talk, and walk the walk, and have the bigger guys laugh. Right! What do you do? Whatever it is don't sink into resignation! Turn bizarre! Much can …
There are places where I was only known as Wes Carson, my performing name. In the states of Maine, and in Canada, this is how young Lou came to be known, and if you mentioned Lou Carreras, there would be a bemused "Who?" On the other hand in New York, and south to Maryland and …
When I was a little kid, we lived in a large apartment house on West 173rd Street. To be specific, we lived in the basement apartment that came free with the job of superintendent. At the end of the street was the typical, for New York City in those days, Candy store. Of course, they …
Every good revenge plot needs a Jeremy.
Our almost friend John was a con artist extraordinaire. He looked down on mere hucksters.
I don't have a lawn. I have a planting where a lawn used to be.
A walk through my tiny woodland garden yielded these views of flowers this morning: Carolina All Spice Canadian Ginger Foam Flower Silver Dollar plant Tall Bell Flower Yellow Ragwort Jack in the Pulpit Red Columbine Soloman's seal White Dolls Eyes Wild geranium The silver dollar plant is an annual remnant from the days before the …
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