Category Archives: friends

Women First

April 1, 2012 – 2:30 pm

For the most of the weekend my telephone runs on the silent mode. I’m a forgotten man in New York. Many of my friends think that I am living in Luxembourg or even Thailand, so I was surprised this afternoon by my cellphone vibrating on my desk. Caller ID identified the area code as originating [...]

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MEMORY LOSS by Peter Nolan Smith

March 27, 2012 – 1:19 pm

The Catholic Church and other derivatives of the Judeo-Christian faith extol monogamy as the true state of man and woman, then explain sex through the mystery of the birds and bees. Actually my parents never lectured their children on that subject, although they spoke about the stork whenever a new brother or sister arrived unannounced [...]

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Spring Has Sprung

March 21, 2012 – 2:58 pm

Snow has been absent from New York since my return from Europe. A few snow flurries have dusted the sidewalks of Fort Greene and the city experienced a cold snap in February, but otherwise this winter has been extremely abnormal. Today’s temperature reached the mid-70s and tomorrow is predicted to hit a new record for [...]

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Rock Door

March 15, 2012 – 5:57 pm

Back in the 90s my English friend AC lived in ground-floor triplex’s back door onto East 13th Street. He loved the location and his own personal exit onto the sidewalk. Homeless people also appreciated the step’s functionality as a refuge from inclement weather. “I kept walking out of my house into someone else’s home.” The [...]

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Staying In My Cage

March 5, 2012 – 4:20 pm

Back in the 70s East 10th Street between 1st and 2nd Streets was what the locals called a ‘hot’ street. Drugs of every kind were sold at the Blue Door. The Green Door was a brothel serviced by young Puerto Ricans. Street dealers conducted their business on the sidewalk with impunity. The police were on [...]

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