Monthly Archives: February 2023

A map of western Coney Island, (lower right) ‘The Coney Island Creek is right above where it says “Coney Island” on the map.  Staten Island is on the left and the Verrazzano Bridge is in the upper left corner.  I … Continue reading →

‘Retribution’ She lay beside the bridge. The German troops had reckoned to cheapen her by this. Instead, her nakedness was like an ancient statue’s unadorned perfection, was like unspotted Nature’s loveliness and grace. We covered her and carried her. The … Continue reading →

Patricia Krenwinkel – a Manson family member -in prison over 50 years, the longest serving female prisoner in America.  California’s Governor thinks even at 74, she is “too dangerous” to let out notwithstanding a recommendation by the parole board t … Continue reading →

Well Toritto finished his federal tax return yesterday.  Haven’t filed it yet.  Will wait until next month. I owe the Feds money. I owe the Feds $615. That’s $615 over and above what I had withheld during the year from … Continue reading →

14″ X  17″ Soft Pastel Chalk, Colored Pencil and Magic Marker Pam and Rob are doing well and settling into their new nomalcy.  Pam continues to work and has taken up her artwork again.  She is planning to enter a … Continue reading →

Mary Seacole was born Mary Grant in Jamaica in 1805, the daughter of a Jamaican mother and a Scottish soldier.  She was born at a time when many Black people in the Caribbean were forced to work as slaves, but … Continue reading →

Last week the tooth fairy visited, took one baby tooth and left me $5!  (Inflation effect!) That’s me with my new smile! Then the fairy came back and took a second tooth!  No corn on the cob for awhile!! 🙂 … Continue reading →

Parkland, Florida February 14, 2018 . . It’s getting so routine the murder of innocents crying teens and mountains of flowers quickly forgotten in mere hours. Yet fear not, ye who weep alone, for those mighty in the House and … Continue reading →

May 1963.  She was 17. Twas the moment she said “Hi!” to me as I left the luncheonette her face recalled but not her name though she remembered mine. I said “hello” and “how are you?” as we both turned … Continue reading →

In dreams I undress with a youthful hunger obsessed with the mysteries of you. I will not conceal my longing with senseless fig leaves for while I am merely naked, you are immortal. Her body rises as I kiss her … Continue reading →