I’ve Been Working On The Rail Road
November 26, 2012 3:36 pm
I’ve Been Working On The Rail Road By David Holland This story starts back in June1984 ina city calledWinchester, located... Read Story
Author Archives for Dallas Cobb
November 26, 2012 3:36 pm
North Fork Turnpike
November 26, 2012 3:30 pm
The North Fork Turnpike By Dante E. Morelli To all of the citizens of the North Fork, I owe... Read Story
In the Hamptons, Summer Is A Verb
November 26, 2012 3:28 pm
In the Hamptons, ‘Summer’ is a Verb by Danielle C. Tworek As a former Manhattanite, the allure of the... Read Story
The Hand Holding Stone
November 26, 2012 3:23 pm
The Hand Holding Stone By Daniel Kakitis I was watching the small round Plovers scuttle busily about the newly exposed... Read Story
To Whom It May Concern Message From Long Island
November 26, 2012 3:16 pm
To Whom It May Concern: Messages fromLong Island By Crystal Vagnier “365.” “365? Are you sure? That seems like... Read Story
Man’s Best Friend
November 26, 2012 3:10 pm
Man’s Best Friend By Corinne Conover Being the simple guy Son was he moved up the ranks as... Read Story
Scallop Pond
November 26, 2012 3:06 pm
SCALLOP POND by Claudia Silberlicht When my friend’s dog was diagnosed with Chronic Degenerative Radiculomyleopathy, a spinal... Read Story
Our Beach, Indian Wells
November 26, 2012 3:01 pm
Our Beach, Indian Wells By Cindy Motz If you’ve spent any time here, you already know about the special... Read Story
The Great, Good Place
November 26, 2012 2:48 pm
“The Great Good Place” By Cindy Hasz In the summer of 2012, she first came to theHamptons. She... Read Story
The Pedigree Pup & The Frog
November 21, 2012 9:37 pm
THE PEDIGREE PUP AND THE FROG BY CHRISTINE AND ROBERT WEISS THIS IS A TRUE STORY OF A BOY AND... Read Story
Warm Honeydew
November 21, 2012 9:32 pm
Warm Honeydew By Christian Westerman Anyone can go to the supermarket and buy it by the pound, then... Read Story
Coming Home
November 21, 2012 9:29 pm
Coming home By Christian LaFreniere She is gone. I retreated from the safety of my house repeating those words and... Read Story
East Island Coastal Communion
November 21, 2012 9:08 pm
East Island Coastal Communion Chenoa Van Sickle Slowly tilting my head back into the lapping surface, the strands of my... Read Story
About A Devotion
November 21, 2012 9:07 pm
About A Devotion By Charles Santorello Religion, a complicated devotion practiced amongst ourselves as human beings, would seem to... Read Story
The Invasion of the Fedoras
November 21, 2012 9:01 pm
THE INVASION OF THE FEDORAS By Catherine McGuire All I wanted was My favorite breakfast sandwich from My favorite place... Read Story
Smells Like Camp
November 21, 2012 9:00 pm
Smells Like Camp By Carolyn (Kist) Kirby Have you ever noticed how sometimes just a smell can... Read Story
Out East
November 21, 2012 8:58 pm
Water People
November 21, 2012 8:57 pm
Water People By Carolyn Brown We really knew that we were “water people” when my husband’s company was making... Read Story
Dream Come True
November 21, 2012 8:56 pm
Dream Come True By Carolyn Browne My husband thought it was just a lot of talk. I believed it... Read Story
Camp Granada
November 21, 2012 8:55 pm
Camp Granada By Carlonie Hunt “Mudda Fadda kindly disregard this letter” This place is dreadful. I don’t want to... Read Story
I Lived As Steinbeck For 45 Minutes
November 20, 2012 10:01 pm
I Lived As Steinbeck for 45 Minutes By Kat O’Neill In one serendipitous moment as I am writing a... Read Story
The Paper
November 20, 2012 9:57 pm
The Paper By Kate Maier I simply adored working for the paper. Make no mistake, I would never... Read Story
Local
November 20, 2012 9:55 pm
Local? By Katharine Lusk Berger I like to think I’m a comedian, but I’m not. When I try out... Read Story
Excerpt From Will I Have The Courage
November 20, 2012 9:52 pm
“Will I Have the Courage? My Election Journal” (George W. Bush 2nd Term,U.S. November, 2004) August, 2004 ... Read Story
Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes
November 20, 2012 9:43 pm
Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes By Kathy Engel Grace Paley taught me that no showing of conscience regarding abuse of power... Read Story
What The Hamptons Mean To Me
November 20, 2012 9:34 pm
What the Hamptons Mean to Me By Kent Chan In every great story, thought, or idea- we are... Read Story
A Tale Of Two Lights
November 20, 2012 9:32 pm
A Tale of Two Lights By Krishtia Lindgren For Christmas this year, my husband gave me a good quality... Read Story
Heart Of Glass
November 20, 2012 9:30 pm
Heart of Glass Laura Euler The summers of my childhood were spent at Nana’s house in Montauk. My great-grandmother... Read Story
The Beach
November 20, 2012 9:28 pm
THE BEACH By Laura Lawerence My first beach was inFalmouth. I still have a black-and-white photo of thatMassachusettssummer of... Read Story
Beach Lives
November 20, 2012 9:27 pm
BEACH LIVES By Laura Lawerence Beach #1 was inFalmouth, Ma. I still have a black-and-white 1948 photo of that summer... Read Story
Blue Claws At Night
November 20, 2012 9:23 pm
“Blue Claws at Night” Laura Jean Perno Night crabbing is a coveted family secret that... Read Story
Fire Island Journey
November 20, 2012 9:21 pm
Fire Island Journey By Laura Perno Fire Islandused to have dunes. BIG DUNES. Before we owned... Read Story
Long Island Quahogs And Me
November 20, 2012 9:19 pm
Long Island Quahogs and Me By Laura Perno Long Island- two uniquely different shores, forked... Read Story
As Easy As Apple Pie
November 20, 2012 9:17 pm
As Easy As Apple Pie by Laura Praissman There is always a day in September that may still be as... Read Story
The East End Tag Along By
November 20, 2012 9:11 pm
THE EAST-END TAG-ALONG By Lauree Dash Post-traumatic stress? Isn’t that what people in combat get? Imagine my surprise... Read Story
The Day The Art Died
November 20, 2012 9:06 pm
THE DAY THE ART DIED By Leonardo © 2012 Each time I read that chapter... Read Story
The Night They Came
November 20, 2012 9:04 pm
THE NIGHT THEY CAME By Leonardo © 2012 Spring was waning and summer was only inches from waxing on that... Read Story
Dreaming Of The Front Row
November 20, 2012 9:02 pm
Dreaming of the Front Row By Lesley Green Leben I am clipped into my pedals, in a crowded stuffy tent... Read Story
The Kids Are Not Ok
November 20, 2012 9:00 pm
The Kids are Not “OK” By Lesley Green Leben “Who died in your family?” the boy chirped, still breathless... Read Story
Feeling Busy Three Words Location Location Location
November 20, 2012 8:58 pm
Feeling Busy? Three Words: Location, Location, Location. By Leslie Rapparlie Not long ago, it was easy to create versions... Read Story
Just Another Hamptons Day
November 20, 2012 8:54 pm
Just Another Hamptons Day By Les Paul There is nothing more relaxing than a beautiful spring day in theHamptonsaway... Read Story
The Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Dead Cat
November 20, 2012 8:52 pm
The Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Dead Cat By Lewis Gross Dear Dan, I have been a long- time fan of... Read Story
East End Daydreams
November 20, 2012 8:49 pm
East EndDaydreams by Lillian Kleinman-Litvack I started out as aFire Islandgirl. No car, no worries! I partied on the... Read Story
The Point Of The End
November 20, 2012 8:43 pm
The Point at The End By Linda Feldman Like any fish tale worth its salt, this one likely has... Read Story
Pathogens and Pulchritude
November 20, 2012 8:42 pm
Island of Pathogens and Pulchritude By Carol Huang The East End of Long Island is known for many things. There’s... Read Story
Home
November 20, 2012 8:41 pm
HOME By Linda Kopf I picked up my son in the school yard and as I looked down... Read Story
Happiest Day
November 20, 2012 8:40 pm
Happiest Day By Carla Zarse In 2003 I contracted Lyme disease while working on a horse farm in North... Read Story
Breadzilla
November 20, 2012 8:39 pm
Breadzilla Versus A Knot of Snakes or: I Should Have Changed The Name of the Restaurant Out Of Common... Read Story
Music, Summer, Evening
November 20, 2012 8:36 pm
MUSIC, SUMMER,EVENING Bob Morris It was high season in 2001 andHamptonstraffic accidentswere at an all-time high. Zoning fights and McMansion... Read Story
Memories Of Montauk
November 20, 2012 8:35 pm
Memories of Montauk By: Linda G. McElroy Oh yes, Montauk! My all-time favorite summer getaway. It all began approximately 20... Read Story
Our Youth and America’s Future
November 20, 2012 8:34 pm
Our Youth andAmerica’s Future By Bill Jones Thank you Chelsea King for wanting to change the world. ... Read Story
Back East
November 20, 2012 8:32 pm
“BACK EAST” By Linda Nemeth In the summer of 1953 my parents decided to take a 3700-mile road trip... Read Story
Towards Futurehampton
November 20, 2012 8:31 pm
FUTUREHAMPTON Anthony Haden-Guest TheHamptonsstood outside of the flow of time. I could feel that right away. It was the... Read Story
Montauk Lester
November 20, 2012 8:30 pm
Montauk Lester By Liz Roddin “Dad, how many lobsters are we going to buy?” I asked as we stood mesmerized... Read Story
Deades
November 20, 2012 8:20 pm
Decades By Lori Diorio Ahhh. The lure of the east end! What started as a spur of... Read Story
Fishing Gone
November 20, 2012 8:18 pm
A FISHING WE WILL GO By Anthony Catazaro We can all agree uneqivakly , thatMontauk Pointis the fishing... Read Story
Our Trip To Gardiner’s Island
November 20, 2012 8:16 pm
OUR TRIP TO GARDINERS ISLAND By Lorna Salzman We showed up at Robert David Lion Gardiner’s historic home in... Read Story
East Ends and Beginnings
November 20, 2012 8:15 pm
East Ends and Beginnings by Amy Buchner Powers My husband and I walked Lucy up to the beach today. I... Read Story
The Back Road
November 20, 2012 8:13 pm
The Back Road By Amy Palmer We really ought to take the back road more often. Not because there is... Read Story
North Ferry
November 20, 2012 8:00 pm
North Ferry By Alexandra Thek Girls. One with a tank top– brown, revealing– her elbows perched on the side as... Read Story
Unreported Death in Springs
November 20, 2012 7:58 pm
Unreported Death in Springs By Alexander Miller DEAR Diary, I didn’t know what THINK or how to ACT. Pete’s dead... Read Story
The Innocents Up-Island
November 20, 2012 7:54 pm
The Innocents Up-Island Alex de Havenon “Swimmers take your marks.” BEEP. The strobe goes off. So does my daughter. In... Read Story
Tales from Hollywood High
November 20, 2012 7:51 pm
Tales from Hollywood High: Chauffeured by Humphrey Bogart A. Rice In the days before Roger Rabbit got framed, an electric... Read Story
Pie’s Letter To Mom
November 20, 2012 7:25 pm
Pie’s Letter to Mom By Louise Wilkinson Dear Mom, I’ve been meaning to write but you know all too... Read Story
In The Valley Of Dry Bones
November 20, 2012 7:21 pm
IN THEVALLEYOFDRYBONES LUCETTE LAGNADO Huddled in myUpper East Sideapartment those days immediately following 9/11, all I... Read Story
Eulogy For The Springs House
November 20, 2012 7:19 pm
EULOGY TO THE SPRINGS HOUSEHOLD EXCHANGE By Lynne Heffner Ferrante She opens the rear door of her car, and draws... Read Story
Turtle Island By Mankh
November 20, 2012 7:16 pm
WITH BOTH LONG & TURTLE ISLAND, MUCH WORK by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) “The East gate... Read Story
Is It Really A Lost Generation
November 20, 2012 7:10 pm
“Is It Really a Lost Generation?” By Margarita Ukman One summer’s sunny Saturday morning my daughter became a Bat-Mitzvah in... Read Story
Let’s Just Take A Ride
November 20, 2012 7:07 pm
Let’s Just Take A Ride! By Margot McEwen Living onLong Islandfor the last 18 years has made me most appreciative... Read Story
Yard Sales
November 20, 2012 7:05 pm
YARD SALES By Maria Acevado Yard sales are hot on the heels of summer in theHamptons. Classifieds in... Read Story
Dream House To Nightmare And Vice Versa
November 20, 2012 7:03 pm
Dream house to Nightmare and Vice Versa By Marie Cristine Cardalena My realtor in Greenport on the 2J said... Read Story
Smells Like Home
November 20, 2012 6:58 pm
Smells Like Home By Maria Marasco Hi, my name is Archie. I’m what they call a shelter mutt. I’m... Read Story
Like A Good Catholic Should
November 20, 2012 6:55 pm
“Like A Good Catholic Should” by Maria Pagliarulo What do a lapsed Catholic, a practicing Muslim... Read Story
A Piece Of The East
November 20, 2012 6:47 pm
A Piece of the East By Maria Ulrich Often the memory of that fateful phone call comes to... Read Story
A Need To Remember
November 20, 2012 6:44 pm
A Need to Remember By Marie Cimaglia Years ago something happened in my life, a series of disappointing events... Read Story
Getting Here
November 20, 2012 6:42 pm
Getting Here By Marilyn Weigold It’s hard to imagine the emergence of tourism as a major component of the... Read Story
Wedded Bliss
November 20, 2012 6:40 pm
Wedded Bliss? By Marilyn Weigold Mention the East End and what comes to mind is the Hamptons and, increasingly,... Read Story
The East End- From A Suburban Perspective
November 20, 2012 6:38 pm
“The East End — from a Suburban Perspective” By Mark Donnelly If I were to draw a map... Read Story
South Fork Wild Side
November 20, 2012 6:34 pm
South Fork in the Raw By Mark Potter We live on a narrow strip of sand which is thrust like... Read Story
A Sanctuary In Our Midst
November 20, 2012 6:32 pm
Mary Ann Mulvihill-Decker A Sanctuary in Our Midst Great blue herons, broad-winged hawks, ruby-crowned kinglets, red-bellied woodpeckers. Spicebush... Read Story
Day Of Bliss
November 20, 2012 6:29 pm
A Day of Bliss By Marsha Portnoy People refer to Montauk as the end. .No! To me... Read Story
Main Street
November 20, 2012 6:27 pm
Main Street By Marsha Shainwald If you think this title refers to anything “regular”, well, read on. My... Read Story
Shannon
November 20, 2012 6:25 pm
SHANNON By Marsha Shainwald She was my love and, my warm snuggly, happy, sweet dog. That... Read Story
Keep The Light Burning, Dear
November 20, 2012 6:21 pm
Keep The Light Burning, Dear By Martha DePhillips “Keep the light burning, dear,” shouts the lighthouse keeper as he... Read Story
Doublewide Escapades In The Hamptons
November 20, 2012 6:15 pm
Doublewide Escapades in theHamptons By Martin Levinson I’m a big city guy. Been one all... Read Story
Briermere Farmstand Pies
November 20, 2012 6:09 pm
Briermere Farmstand Pies ©Mary Engels, September 2009. Reprinted with permission from Demosnews.com It took hurricane forces for me to... Read Story
How The White Dodge Dart Became Orange
November 20, 2012 6:06 pm
How the White Dodge Dart became Orange ©Mary Engels, July 2012 About thirty years ago, plus a couple more,... Read Story
The Z-Zimmer
November 20, 2012 6:02 pm
Hampton Bays and the Z-Zimmer ©Mary Engels, July 2012 My grandparents loved to entertain and they’d invite their... Read Story
Ponquogue Paradise
November 20, 2012 6:00 pm
PONQUOGUE PARADISE By Mary L. Kenny I will try to wiggle out this story, as if it’s a youngster’s tooth... Read Story
Music In The Air
November 20, 2012 5:48 pm
There is Music in the Air By Mary Latini There is something timeless and elegant about being in Montauk. I... Read Story
An Ocean’s View
November 20, 2012 5:38 pm
An Ocean’s View by Mary S. Sauerland As I surged onto the sand, I felt the smoothness of the... Read Story
The Privet On Parsonage
November 20, 2012 5:36 pm
The Wall of Privet on Parsonage By Matt Mitchell We’ve all seen the change. It has no political affiliation.... Read Story
The Joeys
November 20, 2012 5:33 pm
By Melissa Mundy It didn’t feel like the stages of grief that I had to memorize back in Psych... Read Story
Quarter Life Crisis
November 20, 2012 5:31 pm
Quarter Life Crisis By Melissa Murphy When they named Long Island they weren’t joking… its pretty damn long. From... Read Story
A Match Made In Sag Harbor
November 20, 2012 5:28 pm
A Match Made in Sag Harbor written by Meredith Fochetta It’s hard to believe how a patch of pavement... Read Story
Life On The Fast Montauk Train
November 20, 2012 5:22 pm
Life in the Fast (Unless Delayed by Equipment Problems) Montauk Train. By Michael Casper Let’s face it. Traveling... Read Story
What Are You Going To Do All Year
November 20, 2012 5:19 pm
What are you going to do all year? By Michael Casper In the wonderful Broadway musical “GreyGardens”, the character... Read Story
Carnival
November 20, 2012 5:15 pm
Carnival By Michael Dickerson Violence reared its ugly head; helter-skelter and random as the destinations of careening orbs in... Read Story
The Nature Of Children And Mischief
November 20, 2012 5:13 pm
The Nature of Children and Mischief by Michael R. Dickerson We were childhood hoboes “walking the line”, gathering... Read Story
Train Came
November 20, 2012 5:08 pm
Intrepid Adventurers by Michael R. Dickerson Our community was wealthy with young ones in the 60’s. Everywhere... Read Story
