03.29.2020 Columns Codger’s column: Story time Codger’s father, Coot, told epic bedtime stories. His wondrous Cooterized versions of the Iliad and the Odyssey, layered with moral asides and modern references, could go on for weeks....
03.27.2020 Columns Richard’s Almanac: Staying in contact and coping I arrived back on the Island last week and noticed a very different feeling than when I left almost a month before. Everyone seems to be more serious and...
03.22.2020 Columns Bob’s brain teasers In the spirit of keeping ourselves sane and amused when many of us are homebound, we bring you Bob’s Brain Teasers. “These are the 15 questions that I actually...
03.22.2020 Columns Richard’s Almanac: On the road again I went on a guided tour of the various forms of vegetation in the Rookery Bay Research Reserve here (Naples, Fla.) and learned quite a bit. I must admit...
03.21.2020 Columns Column: In one moment, all can feel normal. The next, reality sets in A young couple smiled and laughed as they tossed a frisbee late Sunday afternoon at Greenport’s Mitchell Park. A pair of fluffy samoyed dogs hung their heads out the...
03.20.2020 Columns Column: Can you hear me now? Almost every day I remember that we human beings are an odd lot. Seems we’ll take care of lots of medical issues, but when it comes to hearing, we...
03.20.2020 Columns Eye On The Ball: Changes “We plan, God laughs.” That statement has never been truer than this past couple of weeks. Three weeks ago, my life, and the lives of most people I know,...
03.10.2020 Columns Charity’s column: All is well and happening on a Shelter Island porch I got Type A influenza in February, and although I was very glad to learn that the virus that caused my temperature to soar, my joints to ache, and...
03.08.2020 Columns Column: Crazy for L.L. Bean I can’t pinpoint when I first encountered an L.L. Bean catalog. I assume it was before I landed in Vermont after I completed my Vietnam Navy service. Why, I...
03.01.2020 Columns Suffolk Closeup: Trump’s saber rattling in space A while back Newsday ran a story with the headline “Trump’s ‘space force’ could offer opportunity for LI firms, officials say.” The article began: “Space is emerging as a...
02.29.2020 Columns Be sure to give the heart what it wants — and needs Because the month of February is the month with Valentine’s Day and all the attendant love stuff, I guess it makes sense that February is “heart month.” I remember...
02.28.2020 Columns Curse of the Mad Hatter: Down the rabbit hole with a Shelter Island sculptor It’s been a long struggle. I had my assistant, Fidencio, cleaning up the property two years ago. It was one huge mess of brambles and fallen trees and brush....
02.21.2020 Columns Fish on: Shark fishing in the Gulf of Mexico We’ve had our share of windy afternoons and cold weather here in southwest Florida. When a stretch of good weather with calm seas was forecast it seemed time to...
02.21.2020 Columns Grossman Column: Getting to work on rising sea levels The Suffolk County Legislature last week unanimously passed a measure establishing a Coastal Resiliency and Sea Level Rise Task Force. It would be composed of 21 members, some from...
02.17.2020 Columns Senior Column: Warm feelings at “The Big Chill” I took a break from the mid-February gloom to go to the school auditorium and watch “The Big Chill” performed by an enthusiastic group of 3rd, 4th and 5th...
