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  • Jaeschkes Apple Orchard

    Famous Florida Mountain Turnip

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 23rd, 2014

    At 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.

  • Trip Diary

    On the Road with Stuart Davis

    By: Stuart Davis - Nov 23rd, 2014

    Because 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.

  • Moosh Magique

    Berkshire Tripping

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 22nd, 2014

    Through the bitter cold Berkshire night the spirit of Moosh Magique danced in the hearth. La vida loca.

  • Vintage

    The Rarest French Wine

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 22nd, 2014

    A Berkshires Christmas Eve on Mt. Shango. Experiencing two rare bottles of 1940s French wine.

  • Poem for My Birthday

    Levitation

    By: Jane Hudson - Nov 21st, 2014

    Days separate the births of Jane Hudson and Charles Giuliano. For many years they celebrated when she roasted a duck.

  • Thanksgiving

    1940s When the Boys Came Home

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 20th, 2014

    Recalling 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.

  • Irish Sport Pages

    Here Today Gonzo Tomorrow

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 20th, 2014

    A blip on the radar screen of infinty. Then what?

  • Gypsy

    Delivered but Didn't Collect

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 16th, 2014

    During the Great Depression now and then Dad made house calls. Like delivering a Gypsy baby in a Brooklyn storefront.

  • Sicilian Doctor

    An Offer He Refused

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 16th, 2014

    As a young Sicilian doctor in Brooklyn he might have become a made man. Late at night he refused.

  • Coney Island

    Riding the Ambulance

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 16th, 2014

    An 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.

  • Undocumented

    Seizing the American Dream

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 15th, 2014

    The 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.

  • Disruptive Innovation

    God as a California Genius with a Garage Band

    By: Arnie Reisman - Nov 14th, 2014

    The 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.

  • Squam Day

    Annual Chowder Race

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 13th, 2014

    A 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.

  • Silence

    Taking the Heat

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 13th, 2014

    As a rookie at the Herald Traveler I got dusted up. My mentor, Ian Forman, gave me sound advice that still sticks with me.

  • Cigars

    Taxing Situation

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 12th, 2014

    Our family trip to Europe almost went up in smoke passing through French customs.

  • Pre Med

    It Came to Blows

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 12th, 2014

    It was assumed that I would go to med school. At the end of freshman year I had other ideas.

  • See Section

    Birth on a Hot Summer Night

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 12th, 2014

    Dad was tired on that hot summer night in the 1950s. He asked me to drive him to the hospital.

  • Elvis

    Teenager in Love

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 12th, 2014

    During rare intervals of peace Dad let me borrow his car. What a sweet ride.

  • Barge

    Sketching Alfresco

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 11th, 2014

    While we explored the sites Dad would take his sketch pad and wander off. In Venice that led to a chance adventure.

  • Streetcleaner

    When the Wind Blows

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 11th, 2014

    On a streetcorner in Rome, waiting to cross, Dad and I encounted Italian labor. It explains why nothing gets done.

  • Solstice

    Sock Talk

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 06th, 2014

    We 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.

  • Cure

    Daily Dose

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 06th, 2014

    They say that a bit of daily whiskey is good for the heart.

  • November

    Red Tide

    By: Charles Giuliano - Nov 05th, 2014

    Red tide. Morning after post election hangover. America signed, sealed delivered by megarich creeps. Screw the frigging Holidays.

  • Movie Stars

    From Here to There

    By: Charles Giuliano - Oct 30th, 2014

    The rich and famous live in LaLa Land. Expressways are the equalizer. They drive like Kamikazes on the freeways.

  • Hollywood

    Way Out West

    By: Charles Giuliano - Oct 28th, 2014

    View from terrace of LA County Museum.

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