The son of the man who built my house lives on my street. He lived in my house as his father built the other homes on my street. When a big snow happens he fires up the old snow plow and he and the bride mosey up and down the street giving everybody a few passes, especially the street side of...
Had 1911's in USCG 1975-79.
On the ship (378', flight deck, 5"/38, and torpedoes) doing Fishery boardings on the Grand Banks usually just the Officer was armed. Down south in Windward Passage doing buccaneer patrols we were all armed.
On my small boat at Coast Guard Stations I would give the...
The first standing ovation I ever got was from a Manhattan Grand Jury. I helped catch a crazy, just released felon with a gun, running around the neighborhood. I had just gotten off Active Duty and onto FDNY 1980.
The ADA was Sonya.
I hope I didn't help launch her career.
Snowshoe and everything else are great to know about. The parking lot is where you need the ice cleats . Don’t break a hip before you get on the trail .
The sale of raw milk is not illegal in NY, but it is regulated. Regular testing of product by Health department. The farm in Pine Bush got tired of the interference(or wouldn't pay the payola) The farm in Otisville has a thriving business, people drive in from NJ and CT.
My daughter went to school in Montreal for a few years. She said all the locals wear fur.
Got her up to school ahead of a winter storm, gassed up my car before checking into the hotel, -28 C
She walked to rehearsal in the am , -30 C . Told me her nose hairs froze. She wore a long ankle length...
If Kennedy lived I wonder what he would say about David Halberstam’s “Best and Brightest”
How our best and brightest got us into Vietnam and couldn’t/wouldn’t get us out.
Biblical reference to the Second Coming of the Messiah. (According to my Jesuit upbringing)
He does not come born into a manger to a poor carpenter and his wife.
He comes as a Prince who most people hate.