Category: Misc.
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Bring Out Your Dead
It seems like every neighborhood in RI has at least one long-forgotten graveyard. There must be at least a dozen within a two-mile radius of my house. Some are overgrown with brush and trees just beyond the stonewalls that run through every backyard and neighborhood. Others are in danger of spilling onto the roads of…
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On the River
When we were young and had ready access to powerboats, my friends and I would sometimes travel up the Connecticut River to explore or stop at the Gris for drinks and dinner. I recently heard the river was once again home to bald eagles—I’d just seen two eagles in the Blackwater on Maryland’s Easter Shore—and…
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To the Editor
A letter in the Connecticut Examiner: “Fifty Years Have Passed, and Little Has Changed for Connecticut’s Beaches”
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Read All About It!
Finally, some forty years later, I make the student newspaper at the University of Rhode Island where I got my PhD.
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And an Oyster
A friend recently reminded me of this quote by Anthony Bourdain: Eat at a local restaurant tonight. Get the cream sauce. Have a cold pint at 4 o’clock in a mostly empty bar. Go somewhere you’ve never been. Listen to someone you think may have nothing in common with you. Order the steak rare. Eat…
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The Richest Boer
Just deleted my Twitter account. I can’t be associated with a bigoted Boer from the Transvaal like Elon Musk. Go home, Elon.