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We took an apartment on Communipaw Avenue in Jersey City in November of 1990. It was all we could afford at first. The two-fare zone made things inconvenient for zipping in and out of the ci… Read More

Smokey comes outside on Saturday mornings.He belongs to someone in the apartment building next door. He likes to cool- out on weekends with my cat, Bert.The two stripped felines spend their… Read More

It’s nice to take a breather from writing my novel to cook. I just love spending the day fluttering around my kitchen like a 1950's housewife.The remnants of Ernesto got things marinat… Read More

Hurricane season is a lot like Christmas. I’ve waited all my life to experience the power of Mother Nature’s period and by the looks of Florence’s projected path, there&rsq&hell…Read More

Earl Fox was introduced to me at a dinner at Chez Josephine, the four star restaurant in mid-town run by the gay, adopted son of Josephine Baker.Earl was not a fox but for some strange reaso… Read More

There is something about a hot August night that gets my juices flowing. I love soaking in a hot bath. I just spent more than forty-five minutes with candles burning in the bathroom and my l… Read More

It’s so exciting to see the housing market in a slump when one is not an owner of a house. My landlord has been bending over backwards lately trying to keep me comfy and cozy in the Be… Read More

It is time for a hurricane to form in the Atlantic. I feel it in my bones. Weather Girl Georgina Taylor predicts it’s just about time for all that energy in the troposphere to pour bac… Read More

I met up with Shawn on September 11th at 11:30 a.m. at his job in the city. I hiked across the Queens bridge and walked down to 43rd and Third. We decided to head up to my place in Harlem.I… Read More

When one leaves the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant on his or her way to the supermarket in the district of Clinton Hill, he or she must walk past the campus of Pratt University… Read More

When Robert Moses designed the public recreational areas along the shores of Long Island, he was sure to give just enough space for cars to pass under overpasses. He didn’t want buses… Read More

A patch of thick, green grass next to the septic tank stalled my lawn mower. I tilted the mower up so that the blades were exposed and began to peel the globs of compressed cud from the insi… Read More

Pvt. Tamburro had numerous Article 15 punishment clauses in his personnel file.“He’s a bad soldier, don’t follow in his footsteps,” Sgt. Greer instructed as he handed… Read More

Mark Short took me hunting in his pick up truck during an ice storm. It was already the second week of buck season and I hadn’t bagged one yet. There was only one day remaining to hunt… Read More

Dad sometimes digs around and tries to find out the dirt on mom’s side of the family.He’s still very bitter that my mom left him.I mentioned my mother’s mother in a convers… Read More

Mormons are so old fashioned.So many wives and so little time to do them all...That’s how the world once was, you know.Tons of wives everywhere. Some men had twelve.But here we all are… Read More

The Pink Lady Slipper is a rare orchid that grows only under ideal environmental conditions like found in the rolling hills of the Appalachian mountains.The delicate flower prefers a cool, d… Read More

"I can’t see the light! Oh no, I can’t see the light! Mamma, help me," cried Shawn as his liver failed and the toxins entered his blood stream.What does one do when a loved one h… Read More

I stopped by the Burger King on 54th Street and picked up a Whopper just because it seemed hilarious to me that New Yorkers eat food from that particular fast food joint.The smell of hot gre… Read More

"You’re invited,” an E-vite proclaimed from my inbox.“Will you make Steve a birthday cake again this year?” a separate e-mail from my closest friend, Sue demanded.I c… Read More

I have new neighbors. They moved into the top floor apartment. Nobody ever stays for long in that space.I told the landlord that $1,600 a month is way too much to charge for the place, altho… Read More

“Give me that, child of the dark!” “Tis mine. I found it first, go away vampire.” “I will punch you in the face and knock out your fangs if you do not hand it o… Read More

I met Fran while stationed in Hanau.Her parents ran a guest house right outside the military base.Fran ran a home based business of sorts in one of the rooms of the guest house.All the guys… Read More

He’s always in my way. He always leaves his toys all over the house. Daddy’s little chip off the old block—what am I? I’m sick of my parents and that little brother o… Read More