03.13.2024 Around the Island Column: Remembering Faye I knew her a little bit in Los Angeles when I was in low middle management in Metro at the L.A. Times. She had been hired away from The...
02.02.2024 Around the Island Just Saying: A survey on successful snoring Disclaimer: The following column is not, in any way, shape or form, based on any actions or personal traits of my wife. It is based on my general life...
08.15.2023 Around the Island Just Saying: Look to the heavens When I was a kid in grade school, I became quite focused on two subjects that fell outside the usual academic regimen: Egypt and astronomy. How this came to...
07.02.2023 Around the Island Just Saying: Underwater Many years ago, on our first trip to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on the West Side of Manhattan, we spent a good part of a day...
06.03.2023 Columns Just Saying: Perhaps to dream … Shakespeare once wrote, “O sleep! O gentle sleep! Nature’s soft nurse …” And he pretty much nailed it. As I slog into my mid-70s, I find myself looking forward...