Author Archives for Dallas Cobb

The Summer Islands

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The Summer Islands By Diane Strecker Thousands of years ago, beneath massive ice plates, the earth grinds and shifts and... Read Story


Main Street

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The first day I met Suzanne and the rest of the girls I never thought that they would adhere so... Read Story


Ode to Bruce

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It began as a simple end of the day trail ride, but quickly turned into an incident that we would... Read Story


The Old Tree

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The Old Tree By Michael Casper Along North Sea Mecox Rd. in Southampton, between David White’s Lane and Long Springs... Read Story


Aunt Connye’s

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My family moved to Bellmore in 1959. For those of you who don’t know, Bellmore sits in between the Meadowbrook... Read Story


Wedding Season

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I’m writing to you again, not because I told you I would, but because it allows me a distance from... Read Story


The Naked Kingdom

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The Naked Kingdom, by Joe Carson I remember being ten and climbing through the narrow passages between the limbs of... Read Story


The Porch

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Back and forth, back and forth. The breeze is making its way by smoothly touching my face and playing with... Read Story


The Slant of Light

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C.D.Rawicz East Hampton. 07/31/13 The Slant of Light Once more, the phrase popularized by Theodore Roosevelt, “Walk softly and carry... Read Story


Healing Powers

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Healing Powers by Cara J. Damer For years I had heard of the magic, the peace, the tranquility experienced when... Read Story


Deep Summer

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Deep Summer: That familiar faint rolling echoed distantly in the back of my mind followed by a gentle, yet all... Read Story


Connections

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I came to the East End in stages, with family in summers that were almost exclusively centered around children. The... Read Story


Stitches

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My daughter does well in emergency rooms. She likes a captive audience. She knew what the people waiting in the... Read Story


I Deal

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The beach club where I’ve worked for the last 12 summers is centered on a one-road thin, one-mile long isthmus... Read Story


Sunday Funday

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It’s 4:46 pm and now it’s time to make that decision whether or not I will do this. Normally I... Read Story


Traditions

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The East End is enchanting. It’s like a siren that lures you in with its special song of sea, sun... Read Story


Dear Montauk

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Dear Montauk: For as long as I can remember I could not live without you. You were in my veins... Read Story


Telling Time

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“I have to say, you have made a completely wrong decision. You don’t do that very often, but you did... Read Story


Pine Haven

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Pine Haven It’s not easy to believe in something you haven’t seen. Without ever experiencing the workings of a television,... Read Story


Oysterette

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OYSTERETTE When I reflect upon my childhood, I am overwhelmed with wonder. I was so lucky to be raised by... Read Story


Miss Adventure

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Miss Adventure It was an August morning in 1974 when I glanced through my bay window watching the fog lift... Read Story


Smacked

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It is hard to describe that day. The day I buried my old friend, who could not stop injecting heroin... Read Story


Before I Forget

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“Before I Forget…” Dickens began: “I am born…”; Camus: “Mamam est morte…”; at my age, “Before I Forget..” makes more... Read Story


The Wild Fire

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The Wild Fire The year I was born Tom Hanks was nominated best actor for his role in Forest Gump,... Read Story


At Least We Can Eat

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My Italian grandmother on my mother’s side Angelina Basso (Muz) played a big part in raising and influencing me. Unfortunately,... Read Story


Cucumber

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Cucumber Rhode Island Reds are a sturdy breed of chicken – reliable layers and never temperamental. My nine-year-old brother, Charlie... Read Story


9 Shades of Crazy

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Deborah J Taranto 917-992-0459 9 Shades of Crazy (an except from my memoir) This year my mom celebrated her 94th... Read Story


Deerfest

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Deerfest by JZ Holden To cull, or not to cull: that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to suffer the... Read Story


Gillhampton

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The inaugural GrillHampton was an evening of fine food and a festive atmosphere, enjoyed by guests and chefs from the... Read Story


Intruders

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Intruders Early quiet. For some perhaps, although not the Northern Flicker with his red mustache pecking at my deck while... Read Story


Nature’s Nudge

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NATURE’S NUDGE Last fall, as super storm Sandy barreled through the Northeast, we gathered with family in our New York... Read Story


Crescent Moon Bay

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Crescent Moon Bay Today as the snow lightly cascades down unhampered by any wind, it melts along the pavement of... Read Story


Our Beach

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It’s just a stretch of sand and too many rocks connecting a dead end road with Little Peconic Bay in... Read Story


Aids Benefit

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Irina Martkovich 425 9th Street Greenport, New York 11944 (631) 477-6912 / Irina@OhWhataMassage.com Words: 602 AIDS BENEFIT The sun was... Read Story


Monarch Mother

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Mommy is sitting on the stool in front of the easel by the yellow slide painting green apples and coke... Read Story


All The Same

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All The Same Old and tired is how I feel – not everyone who spends summers in the Hamptons is... Read Story


SPEAK-easy

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SPEAK-easy It’s never the guy with the dog that gets the girl. It’s the dog with the guy that get’s... Read Story