08.24.2024 Columns Codger’s column: Meet Mr. Miedema For some time, Codger has had his eye on Peter Miedema, which is not easy. He’s never still. He pops up in the classroom as Shelter Island’s social studies...
07.07.2024 Columns Codger’s Column: The lost week Crone began to feel symptoms on Monday, just before the first welcome wave of Codger’s and Crone’s family arrived by train. The home tests came up positive for COVID....
06.10.2024 Around the Island Codger’s Column: Cur II is gone It’s been three weeks since Cur II died and Codger is still being careful not to step on him at night or leave sandwiches where he can steal them....
05.13.2024 Columns Codger’s column: Grievances A nice day came and Cur II took Codger for a walk on Wades Beach. It had been a while. Soon enough Cur II will be banned from the...
04.14.2024 Columns Codger’s column: What’s the deal? Everywhere Codger goes these days, from a power lunch at The Islander to a Friends of Music concert to another summit confab of the Senior Citizens Foundation, he hears...