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Posts by JoAnn Kirkland:
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The Incredible Hulk? Spider Man? Mr. Becker, is that you?
The flyers on the school bulletin boards asked, "Who would you rather see duct taped to a wall, Dr. Hynes, Mr. Becker, or senior Morgan McCarthy?" The Shelter Island School National...
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Review: Drama Club brings wit and energy to ‘Legally Blonde’
Ask almost any kid in the Shelter Island Drama Club why they are in the play, “Legally Blonde,” playing this weekend at the school, from the 12th grade veteran who...
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Column: Midnight musings
I don’t “like” Facebook and you won’t find me on it. You might find photos I’ve taken that someone else posted but you won’t find my name, to the dismay of...
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Column: Dreaming with my feet
At the age of 40, I finally learned to tap dance. Twice a week, I strapped on my Capezio Mary Janes and overcame my fear of looking and sounding stupid. What...
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Pep rally stokes school for tomorrow’s big game
Chandler Olinkiewicz, a member of the varsity boys basketball team, promised Coach Mike Mundy that if their team went to the playoffs, he’d turn cartwheels across the gym floor. At the...
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Column: Small acts of kindness — Island style
On a misty Monday morning, over 100 people of different faiths attended a memorial Mass at Our Lady of the Isle Church. The Mass was to remember the horror of...
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Christmas losses, gains and blessings
As I drive home in December’s dusk, Christmas lights wink behind the bare bones of the trees from houses I never noticed. Atop a hill, a house sits, iced with...
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Column: Fall reminds us the endless summer had its limits
For many who live on the Island year-round, summer is a beautiful curse. I wait all winter and through the rainy spring for June’s arrival, then count the days until Labor Day. Taking on as much work as I can, I feel like I’m missing the whole season. I am...
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Column: Finding lives and treasures in yard sales
If you want to create a feeding frenzy on a Saturday morning on the Island, have a yard sale. We hosted one a couple of weeks ago. It’s a good way to make a pile of money from things you don’t want. The cross-section of people who attend yard sales...
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Column: 20 years of living without a sense of smell
The other night I dreamed of Bounce fabric softener. The dream was so vivid, I thought I was awake, smelling early morning laundry in a warm dryer. But when I woke up, I was still smell-blind. I haven’t smelled anything in 20 years. Not since a surgeon, performing minor sinus surgery...
