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The Mast-Head: Crossing the Sound

Cerberus and I had the crossing to Old Saybrook to ourselves. I could stand a year of Octobers, I thought.

Oct 26, 2023
Gristmill: Well Lunched

I’d been looking forward to Cormaria’s “Sunday supper” takeout offering for weeks.

Oct 26, 2023
Gristmill: Now More Than Ever

If you’re questioning the sanity of spending time in front of a television watching professional football, read on.

Oct 19, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Hard Things

We are either cynical or naive by nature. I believe this to be true.

Oct 19, 2023
Point of View: The Village Is Whole Again

Gubbins is back and I have a pair of bright, shiny new Asics sneakers on to celebrate the sports store’s return.

Oct 19, 2023
The Mast-Head: Deer Without Fear

When was the last time you saw the tail of a white-tailed deer? They no longer seem to care about the human presence at all.

Oct 19, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Joshua’s Box

There has been all too much clinging going on in this family.

Oct 12, 2023
Point of View: The We’s Have It in Bonac

It says “Forever” on our stamps, and we say we live in the UNITED States, but I wonder. East Hamptoners, though, give me hope.

Oct 12, 2023
The Mast-Head: Sorry, Sammy, It’s Sammis

The Star last week called it Sammy’s Beach, on Three Mile Harbor, when, in fact, the correct name is Sammis, as in the local family that lived there.

Oct 12, 2023
Gristmill: On a Bronx Side Street

When a campus visit becomes an urban tasting tour that smacks the complacency out of your mouth.

Oct 12, 2023
Point of View: Where’s My Hair Shirt?

Watching people running at each other like careening trucks while safe in the comfort of one’s own home is probably something to atone for, and yet football is “as American as apple pie.”

Oct 5, 2023
The Mast-Head: Jury of Three

It was toward the end of the 2014 Hamptons International Film Festival, and I had been asked to be a juror in the documentary film competition.

Oct 5, 2023