Author Archives for Dallas Cobb

A Canvas Tent

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November 16, 2012 8:36 pm

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


Hamptons Summer

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

You know every day I awake with the feeling that I’ve forgotten something. I open my eyes burdened with the... Read Story


Azure Blues

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

I love BLUE. Always have. ‘BLUE’. Blue;  Reminds me of home. Azure blue reflections painted my childhood’s oceans.   Oceans... Read Story


The Other Side

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

The Other Side (WC 1487) Hector Joseph Silva Anyone traveling past the Westhampton Beach 7-11 can’t help notice the crowd... Read Story


Why Build?

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

Why Build? We did everything in threes. Talked to three architects. Interviewed three builders. Researched three approaches to building a... Read Story


Driving Hannibal

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

“How long is Long Island driver?” Hannibal Lecter asked from the back of the limo. Too long, maybe, to drive... Read Story


My Rosebud and the Table

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

MY ‘ROSEBUD’ AND ‘THE TABLE’ Stephen Rosen [Excerpted from “YOUTH, MIDDLE-AGE, AND YOU-LOOK-GREAT: DYING TO COME BACK AS A MEMOIR”]... Read Story


The Classroom

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

THE CLASSROOM At the Stony Brook University Southampton Campus, under the direction of my creative writing instructor, the well-known (actually,... Read Story


East End Shangri-La

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

“For thirty-eight years, our entire married life, we’ve lived in apartments. I want a garden! We’re getting out of Queens... Read Story


Green Smoke

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

Green Smoke Joel Reitman PO Box 528 Peconic, NY 11958 631-765-2321 Blue smoke once filled the air, and finely tuned... Read Story


East Islander

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

IF PEP WERE HERE TODAY he would tell you stories that only a lifelong bay man could. He would predict... Read Story


What Price Redemption

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF YEMENITE BABIES DURING THEIR ALIYAH TO ISRAEL 1949-1954 Over 60 years ago Israel captured the imagination of... Read Story


Across the Pool

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

On the south side of the Village of Westhampton Beach a narrow barrier island runs from the Moriches Inlet where... Read Story


East End Envy

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

The first time I visited the East End I thought someone had slipped something into my food. I felt high.... Read Story


The Seagull

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

June 2014 The Seagull By Linda Pashley Murray I flew over the soft breaking waves that morning. There were a... Read Story


Hampton Sounds

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

In the summer, I’d lie awake in my room long after everyone else had gone to sleep. My hands would... Read Story


Life Expectancies

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

I’m sitting with my girlfriend Amita and another couple, her friends, in Della Femina’s in East Hampton. Though I grew... Read Story


Dan The Man

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

Reality always strikes me when my friend Phyllis, opeans her Westhampton beach house for the summer. It is then that... Read Story


The Thread

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

I was a difficult child. A child of the 80’s who wore the scars from being bullied by pretty girls... Read Story


The Acorn Reader

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

The Acorn Reader About eighty years ago, a builder purchased a pie-shaped slice of land densely covered by towering oaks... Read Story


Rooms

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

A three-story multifamily dwelling is never what her clients are looking for here in Greenport. Nonetheless, Jane always shows it... Read Story


A Glitch

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

Like many married women, I had high hopes for our annual, extended-family vacation—with my siblings. We would roast marshmallows and... Read Story


Plus Ca Change

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

Plus ca Change I watch the sun glisten on his small but muscular body as he runs towards the breaking... Read Story


Memory Will Serve

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

We’re at the water’s edge right where Old Fireplace Road becomes Gerard Drive in Springs, steps away from my wife’s... Read Story


Finding Home

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

“I just wanna go home. But considering who I am and the path I have traveled, I’m not exactly sure... Read Story


The Beach

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

When I was young I used to play in the sand at the beach for hours during those long hot... Read Story


The First Race

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

The First Race Under 42 minutes. This 10K road race goal is achievable by few. The annual Shelter Island 10K... Read Story


The Plot

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

The Plot I wasn’t too keen on the idea of buying a cemetery plot in the first place. Neither of... Read Story


Maria E.

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

My grandma always says, “A man never truly grows up. His toys just get more expensive.” But for all her... Read Story


A Lost Love

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June 1, 2000 3:00 pm

Typically we refer to people and life when we consider our sense of loss. Yet one can experience loss of... Read Story