Category Archives: photo-romans

RAINY SEASON by Peter Nolan Smith

July 27, 2023 – 8:25 pm

Last week New York was scorched by a heat wave. The temperature ranged from 95 in the shade to 110 on the tar. I hid out in the 169 Bar, but decided to leave the comfort of my favorite to take the ferry to Rockaway Beach. I called Geoffrey. He was always up for the […]

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FEAR OF HEIGHTS By Peter Nolan Smith

July 1, 2023 – 1:06 am

As the summer surrendered in August 1989. The days were colder on the Cote du Rousillion. I ended my stay in Perpignan by the Spanish border and hitchhiked east to visit English friends in the Luberon. We had a great time touring the historic valley. There I survived a suicide attempt when a wild boar […]

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Summer Times Blues

June 20, 2023 – 1:37 pm

Today was the official summer solstice for the northern hemisphere. The day lasted almost sixteen hours in New York and the sun never set in Murmansk, Russia. I woke well before the dawn and went to sleep far past sunset, as the Earth polar cap tipped toward the nearest star 93 million miles away from […]

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A Long Walk Into Year 66

May 29, 2023 – 1:42 am

Last year Chef Dave from 169 cooked a Memorial Day BBQ on his roof deck in Bushwick. I brought a bottle of Chardonnay. I ate hamburgers, hot dogs, and drank wine, Jagermeister, and tequila. Someone gave me a magic mushroom. It had a red cap. Another handed me a marijuana gummie. I did them all […]

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SEA LEGS by Peter Nolan Smith

May 10, 2023 – 6:50 am

The oriental lore of processing roots, seeds, and bark into food enhancers inspired western travelers to seek various detours around the Arab middlemen profiting from the lucrative East-West trade route. Adventurous voyagers stood to reap fortunes from their success. Failures were many. In 1493 Christo Colon returned from the New World with tobacco and slaves, […]

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