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Big Ben

November 19, 2012 3:18 pm Published by

  BIG BEN By Suzanne Wetanson I am a writer. a sculptor  and was at one time an avid equestrian.... Read Story

So We Beat On

November 19, 2012 3:17 pm Published by

  So We Beat On By Sydney Reade             Sleep came fleetingly as aneight o’clocksun danced over my face and... Read Story

Finding Freddy

November 19, 2012 3:09 pm Published by

FINDING FREDDY By Zach Frankel     “I wouldn’t if I was youse, I really wouldn’t.  Besides, Bolivar says I... Read Story

The Beach

November 16, 2012 9:53 pm Published by

THE BEACH Laura Lawerence My first beach was in Falmouth. I still have a black-and-white photo of that Massachusetts summer... Read Story

Beach Lives

November 16, 2012 9:53 pm Published by

BEACH LIVES By Laura Lawerence   Beach #1 was in Falmouth, Ma. I still have a black-and-white 1948 photo of... Read Story

Got Lucky

November 16, 2012 9:51 pm Published by

Got Lucky Kat O’Neill   He had a tripod.   I had an elbow.   We both showed up to catch the... Read Story

Shelled Things

November 16, 2012 9:49 pm Published by

    SHELLED  THINGS Julie Penny   Knee-high in water, the soles of my feet are all-sensing inching over the... Read Story

Road to Riverhead

November 16, 2012 9:48 pm Published by

Road to Riverhead by Julie Burroughs Erdman             Eighteen years ago, I moved to Sag Harbor from Albany, New York.... Read Story

Funeral for a Whale

November 16, 2012 9:48 pm Published by

Funeral for a Whale Julia Leef               It’s not often something happens that brings people out of their homes... Read Story

The Prized Catch

November 16, 2012 9:47 pm Published by

The Prized Catch By Joseph Antretter I thought I caught magic once, at the bottom of an old clam rake,... Read Story

The Apology

November 16, 2012 9:46 pm Published by

The Apology   By Jon Clemens   It was late on the Friday night before Memorial Day about ten years... Read Story

Popoos Reel

November 16, 2012 9:46 pm Published by

Popoo’s Reel                                              By:  John R. Keller     For my 50th birthday a couple of years ago, my brother... Read Story

Camp Paradise

November 16, 2012 9:44 pm Published by

Camp Paradise by Joanne Pateman It was a late summer morning as I sat facing the bay in an Adirondack... Read Story

Sea Level

November 16, 2012 9:44 pm Published by

Sea level. By Joan Summo   There is nothing like being at sea level.  You feel different. You feel good. ... Read Story

That Day

November 16, 2012 9:43 pm Published by

    That Day Joan S. Powers   The February sky was steel-grey.  It felt as if night would fall... Read Story

Squaw Island

November 16, 2012 9:42 pm Published by

    Squaw Island By Jennifer Hull         When I tell people that growing up, I spent... Read Story

September Mourn

November 16, 2012 9:42 pm Published by

          September Mourn By Jenifer J. Corwin   There’s a 3’x5′ American flag, or at least... Read Story

The Stow Away

November 16, 2012 9:41 pm Published by

The Stow Away   By Jean Benacchio It was a clear sunny day with a crisp chill in the air... Read Story

Flat Fish

November 16, 2012 9:40 pm Published by

Flat fish By Jason Shields   By now the grasses sway free of the slush ice and you can smell... Read Story

Cherished Memories

November 16, 2012 9:39 pm Published by

Cherished Memories Jason Hill     Life, in its own peculiar fashion, has a way of throwing us the unexpected.... Read Story

Summer People

November 16, 2012 9:38 pm Published by

  Summer People James Cooper   As long as I can remember, we have been summering on Long Island’s East... Read Story

Shinnecock Memories

November 16, 2012 9:37 pm Published by

Shinnecock Memories by Jackie Gilligan   When you think of simple, old fashioned childhood summers, the Hamptons may not be... Read Story

Pickle Juice

November 16, 2012 9:35 pm Published by

  Pickle Juice Hilary Herrick Woodward It is July 4th 1961 in Southampton, New York.  I live in a big... Read Story

Mystery Treat

November 16, 2012 9:34 pm Published by

The Mystery Treat Hilary Herrick Woodward A long time ago, admittedly half a century, I was a little girl growing... Read Story

Appearances

November 16, 2012 9:33 pm Published by

Appearances                                                 Hilary Woodward                  My mother had a special porcelain shoe on her bureau.  Its white veneer spilled... Read Story

The Red House

November 16, 2012 9:33 pm Published by

  The Red House By Halsey Quinn   The sand whispered underneath our feet as we softly stepped along the... Read Story

Wilborg

November 16, 2012 9:30 pm Published by

    WIBORG   Memoir   By   Fred W. Nagel     There are some among us who claim... Read Story

Accabonac

November 16, 2012 9:29 pm Published by

ACCABONAC   MEMOIR   By   Fred W. Nagel     The house was built by a Finn, a contractor. ... Read Story

The House

November 16, 2012 9:29 pm Published by

The House By Fred Mohrmann   I awoke to a blaring room light and the loud sounds of pounding hollow... Read Story

Warn The Duke

November 16, 2012 9:27 pm Published by

Warn the Duke By Emily Herzlin     My parents, my ten-year-old sister and I piled into the car to... Read Story

At Georgica

November 16, 2012 9:22 pm Published by

At Georgica   Southampton: Major’s Path (age 5) Sunday late afternoons Dad would lift me onto his bike and pedal... Read Story

A Gift

November 16, 2012 9:21 pm Published by

A Gift By Elieen Smith   We called it “the end,” and in truth it was.  It was where the... Read Story

Blue Water Sailor

November 16, 2012 9:21 pm Published by

     Blue Water Sailor By Edward R. Wagner I graduated from Patchogue High School in 1958 without the slightest... Read Story

Holmes Hill

November 16, 2012 9:19 pm Published by

Holmes Hill By E. Sayre De Castro   Part 1 We did not realize she was filming us all summer. ... Read Story

Sposalizo 2012

November 16, 2012 9:17 pm Published by

  SPOSALIZIO ! By Donald Wilson   No was the answer.   It was Halloween, a warm sunny day at... Read Story

Son of a Bitch

November 16, 2012 9:17 pm Published by

“SON OF A BITCH” By Don Wilson My 2 year old grandson Ben (we call him Benjamuffin) came to visit... Read Story

Beneath Sag Harbor

November 16, 2012 9:13 pm Published by

Beneath Sag Harbor By Craig Alfano   Four quick pops, then five, followed by splashes of bright purple and red. ... Read Story

Ode to DC

November 16, 2012 9:13 pm Published by

Ode to DC Corinne Conover He used to take us out in the hatchback in the mornings on Sundays down... Read Story

Last Stop-North Fork

November 16, 2012 9:11 pm Published by

Last Stop – North Fork By Colette Sewall After you linger too long on your mother’s gray, cracked Philadelphia stoop,... Read Story

Chores with Grandma

November 16, 2012 9:10 pm Published by

  Chores with Grandma Christine Giordano “YOU DON’T CARE!!!” I shouted so loudly that even the neighbors could hear.  “You... Read Story

Gordon’s

November 16, 2012 9:05 pm Published by

  Recollections of Gordon’s By Carl Mink   “Good afternoon, Gordon’s.” “Hello, I have a 7:30 dinner reservation and wish... Read Story

Freedom

November 16, 2012 9:00 pm Published by

  FREEDOM                                                                       By   Barry Libin     “Why are you  here?” He was the quietest and gentlest of... Read Story

Summer of ’77

November 16, 2012 8:58 pm Published by

Summer of  77 Ari Dupree            There once was a young women ,  lets call her Lovey,  who had... Read Story

A Canvas Tent

November 16, 2012 8:36 pm Published by

A CANVAS TENT Albert Tiseo     So there we were, the four of us, me, Barbara, Victor and Lisa.... Read Story

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