Posts under ‘Greenwich’

  Lawrence,   I thought I would ask Rev. Al this question but I couldn’t find a way to get in touch with him so you are my second choice.(only because the Rev.has closer ties to “the street”) My question has to do with the female and male reproductive system and the intense interest by [...]

Remember the man carrying the double billboard, claiming THE END IS NEAR? People wondered what his message was. Was he warning us we’d better start behaving, or else? Did the man himself believe it meant the end of the World? Or was he being paid to carry the billboard for some secret reason, perhaps even [...]

   Isaiah Clark House, Brewster, Massachusetts Bed & Breakfast on Cape Cod   Isaiah’s Favorite Crispy Waffles   3 large eggs 1 1/4 cup milk 1/2 cup melted buter 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 2 teaspoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until thick. Add [...]

In, I believe, 2001, the 60th anniversary of the day that will live in infamy, the Daily News asked me to write a column about my recollections of that day. This turned out to be the only column or anything else I ever wrote for the Daily News. I went looking for it today to [...]

Bob and I were at the Polo Grounds that day. I think my father was the public address announcer. He announced that all service men, (though it may have been only Officers), report to their military stations immediately. But he didn’t announce that Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor, ostensibly because it might cause a stampede [...]

I was 11 years old on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. I had no idea where Pearl Harbor was. Most Americans didn’t. My father knew it was a Navy base on an island in the middle of the Pacific, but not much else. We had just sat down to our traditional [...]

November 2011 and corruption is rampant!  Every day discouraging news comes out at a fast and furious pace and it is difficult to remain optimistic. Americans are reeling from the events of the Penn State community scandal.  A retired football coach has been accused by many young boys of rape and sexual abuse for more [...]

Empathic Women With Hangers From what I have seen, the people who are the “right to life-ers” are good people with a good cause, but they are not able to expand their belief in a realistic context. Yes, protecting life is a worthy cause. Yes, it would be great if every fertilized egg could get [...]

A MID-WATCH BECOMES ELECTRIFYING by John Robben One night I walked through the barracks when everyone else was sleeping. The deck was made of wood and creaked when I stepped on it. I tried to walk softly so as not to wake anyone up. I had the first half of the mid-watch, from 2400 to [...]

  KEEPING SECRETS, TELLING STORIES by John Robben   “Wherever men have lived,” wrote Thoreau, “there is a story to be told, and it depends on the storyteller whether that is interesting or not. You are simply a witness…to tell what you know about your neighbors and neighborhood.”   ******   When I finished reading [...]