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Boston Corner, New York

June 25, 2025 – 3:00 am

In June 2023 I traveled north by train to Dover Plains. It was my first trip out of New York since my Yulemas liver transplant. Almost everyone of the train was old. I was old too. Michael picked me up at the station. He lived on the eastern slope of the Taconic Mountains. We had […]

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ROSH A HOMA by Peter Nolan Smith

June 19, 2025 – 7:14 am

Nine years ago I sat in Frank’s Lounge with Vince. The owner’s nephew and I discussed a teaching position as a creative writer. The offer sounded good and the Fort Greene native said, “Hell, I have a four day weekend thanks to Rush a homa.” “You mean Rosh Hashanah?” My boss from the Diamond District […]

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New York State Of Mind – 2012

June 19, 2025 – 4:07 am

Last night I was sitting in Frank’s Lounge bemoaning the Patriots 20-18 loss to the Cards. “It was a fix. That holding charge against Danny Woodhead was weak. You know when the refs blow a call, when the TV doesn’t show the replay.” I was on my fourth beer and speaking loud to Paco and […]

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Black At Last – 2010 – Frank’s Lounge

June 12, 2025 – 5:22 am

Frank’s Bar on Fulton Street is black. It’s not Black Panther ‘Black’ or Malcolm X ‘Black’ but it’s blacker than any other bar in Fort Greene. Since 1972 too. I’ve been hanging out there for the last year. I have never pretended to be anything more than what I am. A white boy from Boston […]

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Blizzard Conditions 2010

June 12, 2025 – 2:52 am

Asia is hot. SE Asia especially. Thailand is subjected to 35-40 C temperature throughout the hot season. Eyeballs boil in the heat. Clothing sticks to flesh like snake skin. Tempers flared into deadly encounters. Words are not enough and neither are 3layers of clothing this evening in New York. The city is experiencing a snowacane. […]

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