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Jaeschkes Apple Orchard
Famous Florida Mountain Turnip
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014At the base of Mt. Greylock in Adams is Jaeschkes Apple Orchard. Just a short distance from us I drove over for their famous Florida Mountain Turnip. It's a huge job to hack them up. But real sweet and special. Now and then they sell them cubed. But you have to ask, no insist. It's a festive dish I am bringing to Thanksgiving dinner this week.
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Trip Diary
On the Road with Stuart Davis
By: - Nov 23rd, 2014Because of the terse, tight, short sentence poems of Charles Giuliano friends suggest sources. There are parralels to the Word Poets according to Robert and another mentor advises reading William Carlos Williams. Pat Hills sent along diary entries by the artist Stuart Davis (December 7, 1892 – June 24, 1964). Yes. Good get.
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Moosh Magique
Berkshire Tripping
By: - Nov 22nd, 2014Through the bitter cold Berkshire night the spirit of Moosh Magique danced in the hearth. La vida loca.
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Vintage
The Rarest French Wine
By: - Nov 22nd, 2014A Berkshires Christmas Eve on Mt. Shango. Experiencing two rare bottles of 1940s French wine.
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Poem for My Birthday
Levitation
By: - Nov 21st, 2014Days separate the births of Jane Hudson and Charles Giuliano. For many years they celebrated when she roasted a duck.
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Thanksgiving
1940s When the Boys Came Home
By: - Nov 20th, 2014Recalling childhood Thanksgiving with Flynn grandparents. Rambling old house where he was waked in the living room. Long since razed for generic apartjment building. When holidays were a time for warmth and wonder with family.
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Irish Sport Pages
Here Today Gonzo Tomorrow
By: - Nov 20th, 2014A blip on the radar screen of infinty. Then what?
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Gypsy
Delivered but Didn't Collect
By: - Nov 16th, 2014During the Great Depression now and then Dad made house calls. Like delivering a Gypsy baby in a Brooklyn storefront.
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Sicilian Doctor
An Offer He Refused
By: - Nov 16th, 2014As a young Sicilian doctor in Brooklyn he might have become a made man. Late at night he refused.
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Coney Island
Riding the Ambulance
By: - Nov 16th, 2014An intern on call round the clock Mom took naps in her uniform. When the bell rang there were minutes to hop in the ambulance. At Coney Island Hospital she saw it all from drowning victims to mob hits.
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Undocumented
Seizing the American Dream
By: - Nov 15th, 2014The Republicans are outraged. With executive power Obama is spoiling the well. Cutting a deal for millions of the undocumented. Like my Sicilian grandfather Andrea. His nine children, including my father, were born as American citizens. Now others will have that opportunity.
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Disruptive Innovation
God as a California Genius with a Garage Band
By: - Nov 14th, 2014The Poet Laureate of Martha's Vineyard and distinguished journalist Arnie Reisman takes a fresh look at the muth of Creation. In this take God is a California genius with a garage band including Adam on guitar, Eve for vocals and the Snake on drums.
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Squam Day
Annual Chowder Race
By: - Nov 13th, 2014A highlight of summer was the annual Chowder Race hosted by the Annisquam Yacht Club. It started at noon with delicious cxhowder quaintly served in tin pans with a fresh plain donut stuck on the handle. Then the fleet set sail for the open sea.
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Silence
Taking the Heat
By: - Nov 13th, 2014As a rookie at the Herald Traveler I got dusted up. My mentor, Ian Forman, gave me sound advice that still sticks with me.
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Cigars
Taxing Situation
By: - Nov 12th, 2014Our family trip to Europe almost went up in smoke passing through French customs.
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Pre Med
It Came to Blows
By: - Nov 12th, 2014It was assumed that I would go to med school. At the end of freshman year I had other ideas.
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See Section
Birth on a Hot Summer Night
By: - Nov 12th, 2014Dad was tired on that hot summer night in the 1950s. He asked me to drive him to the hospital.
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Elvis
Teenager in Love
By: - Nov 12th, 2014During rare intervals of peace Dad let me borrow his car. What a sweet ride.
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Barge
Sketching Alfresco
By: - Nov 11th, 2014While we explored the sites Dad would take his sketch pad and wander off. In Venice that led to a chance adventure.
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Streetcleaner
When the Wind Blows
By: - Nov 11th, 2014On a streetcorner in Rome, waiting to cross, Dad and I encounted Italian labor. It explains why nothing gets done.
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Solstice
Sock Talk
By: - Nov 06th, 2014We in New England are enchanted by the dramatic daily nuances of transition from fall to winter. But I have a more personal way of marking the changes of season.
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Cure
Daily Dose
By: - Nov 06th, 2014They say that a bit of daily whiskey is good for the heart.
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November
Red Tide
By: - Nov 05th, 2014Red tide. Morning after post election hangover. America signed, sealed delivered by megarich creeps. Screw the frigging Holidays.
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Movie Stars
From Here to There
By: - Oct 30th, 2014The rich and famous live in LaLa Land. Expressways are the equalizer. They drive like Kamikazes on the freeways.
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Hollywood
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