Chapter 7: “Skimming Stones at Pebble Beach…”
May 28, 2014 9:12 amCHAPTER 7 – “SKIMMING STONES AT PEBBLE BEACH…” “ …Every voice along the shoreline Standing still within time… … Bless... Read Story
Categories for 2013 Literary Prize Submissions
Trade Winds Raise Red Flags in Cutchogue
May 28, 2014 9:12 amHoly Cow! My North Fork church’s pastor got traded from Cutchogue to Glen Head for a pastor to be named... Read Story
In Memory of Stella Maris – A Thanksgiving Story
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIn Memory of Stella Maris – A Thanksgiving Story “Thanksgiving is not all about food,” lectured Sister Benedicta, pointing her... Read Story
Sink or Swim
May 28, 2014 9:12 amMy doctor told me not to cry because it’s over, but instead to smile because it happened. My friends don’t... Read Story
Room and Board
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThere was a time in my life when I was very, very broke. And I was also broken. I had... Read Story
Shelter Island
May 28, 2014 9:12 amShelter Island Ann, Liam and I drove out Sunday morning early; there was no traffic. After getting off the Shelter... Read Story
Love In A Time Of Wine
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe harvesting of the Sauvignon Blanc block had begun. September’s warm days remained and now the region’s tourism high-season was... Read Story
A Flawless Hitchhiker
May 28, 2014 9:12 amA FLAWLESS HITCHHIKER As a senior citizen, Nicole would hitchhike from Northwest Woods to volunteer at the Montauk Senior Citizen... Read Story
I Was Born To Be Victorious
May 28, 2014 9:12 amWhen I was in my twenties I moved from the safe, comfortable city where I was raised to a place... Read Story
Finders Keepers
May 28, 2014 9:12 amFinders Keepers Beth R. Barth 07-18-13 The Sag Harbor Express is spread over my dining room table. I’m reading every... Read Story
Mikaleech
May 28, 2014 9:12 amKim Feliciano July 29, 2013 Dan’s Paper Essay “Mikaleech” I met him when I was nineteen. He walked into the... Read Story
Have You Seen My Old English Surfdog?
May 28, 2014 9:12 amFor many of us, there is one perfect summer that rises above all others. A summer so wonderful, so carefree,... Read Story
At The Beach, Life Was Different
May 28, 2014 9:12 amSeventy-two. There are seventy-two steps you must walk to get down to Cedar Beach from the neighborhood called the cliffs.... Read Story
Letting Go of the Chicken Lamp
May 28, 2014 9:12 amLetting Go of the Chicken Lamp by Sharon Burns The weather forecast didn’t look good. A major hurricane was predicted... Read Story
The Summer Islands
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Summer Islands By Diane Strecker Thousands of years ago, beneath massive ice plates, the earth grinds and shifts and... Read Story
Sunrise, Sunset
May 28, 2014 9:12 amSunrise, Sunset by Edward J. Laskowski II As long as I can remember the East End has drawn me to... Read Story
I Deal
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe beach club where I’ve worked for the last 12 summers is centered on a one-road thin, one-mile long isthmus... Read Story
A Visit To The Hamptons
May 28, 2014 9:12 amMy father was a holy man. Although he was not officially a rabbi, people flocked to him as if he... Read Story
Where’s Walden Gone II?
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThere are incredibly beautiful views here on the East End that seem to have remained unchanged for, well, forever. The... Read Story
An Off-Site Consultation
May 28, 2014 9:12 amAn invitation to consult off-site is a pretty heady, ego-boosting experience, especially for a young physician early in his career.... Read Story
THE GREAT AWAKENING: “You Have Been Snooky-Looed!”
May 28, 2014 9:12 amTHE GREAT AWAKENING: … “YOU HAVE BEEN SNOOKY-LOOED!! I am a real estate agent in the Hamptons. I am one... Read Story
From Montauk With Love
May 28, 2014 9:12 amFROM MONTAUK WITH LOVE By Maria E. Sandoval Burns How long was too long? I saw this movie once, many... Read Story
Papa and Muz
May 28, 2014 9:12 amOne of the most successful restaurants my grandparents had operated was Casa Basso, located in Westhampton, Long Island, a popular... Read Story
Long Island Sounds by Maria Molton
May 28, 2014 9:12 am“Long Island Sounds” by Maria Molton I entered her on a hot August day in 2009 in Southampton, NY. As... Read Story
A Tahnksgiving Story
May 28, 2014 9:12 amA Thanksgiving Story “Thanksgiving is not all about food,” lectured Sister Benedicta, pointing her authoritative index finger at me and... Read Story
Fly On the Wall
May 28, 2014 9:12 amBy the summer of 1979, I had lived in New York City for just over a year, toiling away in... Read Story
The Mindful Ride
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Mindful Ride Eric J. Weiner 6:45 am The sound of two tires crushing fine rock and shell is overwhelmed... Read Story
Timeless
May 28, 2014 9:12 amTwo years is but a breath in the human existence, yet well over a decade in the lifetime of a... Read Story
If Ever I Should Leave
May 28, 2014 9:12 amAfter the glitz of East Hampton you drive almost too far on the stretch. It looks barren and uninviting, no... Read Story
Trouble With Fred
May 28, 2014 9:12 am“Watch out for Fred,” said the man behind the counter. “Who’s Fred,” I asked? “A swan. They’re very territorial,” he... Read Story
Safari Nights In Quogue
May 28, 2014 9:12 amSafari Nights In Quogue Back in the Pleistocene of the early nineteen fifties and before the villages on the East... Read Story
Shellfish License
May 28, 2014 9:12 amShellfish License “Come to the Hamptons with us, my boyfriend has a share house.” My fun-loving cousin Sally said to... Read Story
What Everyone Has to Know about Open-Heart Surgery
May 28, 2014 9:12 amWhat Everyone Has to Know about Open-Heart Surgery By George Silvay My neighbor, from across my weekend/vacation house is my... Read Story
Ditch Plains Surfer
May 28, 2014 9:12 amI remember my very first ride on a surfboard. It was the summer of 1976 – I just turned 15.... Read Story
Wreckless
May 28, 2014 9:12 amWRECKLESS by Nannette Porco We were a young, married couple with three children in the late 60’s. Back then, we... Read Story
Sidewalk Sneakers
May 28, 2014 9:12 amSidewalk Sneakers II July 26, 2013 Joel Reitman PO Box 528 Peconic, New York 631-765-2321 I look down at my... Read Story
Main Street
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe first day I met Suzanne and the rest of the girls I never thought that they would adhere so... Read Story
Washed Up On The Rocks
May 28, 2014 9:12 amGrowing up on the East End, I was taught that Long Island looked like a fish. Brooklyn was its head,... Read Story
Sunday Funday
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt’s 4:46 pm and now it’s time to make that decision whether or not I will do this. Normally I... Read Story
Discovering Mattituck
May 28, 2014 9:12 amDISCOVERING MATTITUCK By Diane Jeffrey In 1951 the war was well behind us and at five years old I barely... Read Story
Hampton’s My Utopia
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Hampton’s my Utopia By Sandra Senzon It was 19 years ago, when I moved to Southampton. I inherited $28,000.00... Read Story
Crescent Moon Bay
May 28, 2014 9:12 amCrescent Moon Bay Today as the snow lightly cascades down unhampered by any wind, it melts along the pavement of... Read Story
The Eastern Carousel
May 28, 2014 9:12 amNear the end of the Island there stands an old carousel equipped with exuberantly lifeless horses, mockingly stationary lion benches,... Read Story
Gray Smoke
May 28, 2014 9:12 amGray smoke By Maria E. Sandoval Burns I’m sitting on this old stool of metal and leather with my eternal... Read Story
Love … the Reason. Duty…the Excuse.
May 28, 2014 9:12 amLove … the Reason. Duty…the Excuse. By Bob Ghosio Sr. I became a caregiver. Not out of choice, mind you,... Read Story
Where’s Walden?
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThere are incredibly beautiful views here on the East End that seem to have remained unchanged for, well, forever. The... Read Story
Lobster Roll Blues
May 28, 2014 9:12 amLobster Roll Blues E.N.J. Carter When I saw the ad in Dan’s Papers, I thought–perhaps unfairly–that this Best Writer on... Read Story
The Wharf
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Wharf JT’s Wharf was a small luncheonette that stood on the eastern side of Shinnecock Canal just before the... Read Story
Road Kill
May 28, 2014 9:12 am“Road Kill” By Montgomery J. Granger Author of “Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior,” and... Read Story
In Support of Daniel Webster
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIn Support of Daniel Webster By Russell M. Cera Does Long Island hold the record for having the largest brook... Read Story
California Dreamin’
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt was summer of ‘63 and the while the world was rocking to the British Invasion, I was dancing to... Read Story
The Little Girl on the Swing
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Little Girl on the Swing BY: TOM GABRIELSEN Even though we lived so differently in two places, we had... Read Story
Dust Bunnies
May 28, 2014 9:12 amDUSTBUNNIES On a hot morning in early June, 1976, my best friend, Katy, and I met at the corner of... Read Story
Cutchogue Capers
May 28, 2014 9:12 amYes . . . the cat’s out of the bag. I am seeing someone, someone with a cat. I’m not... Read Story
It’s All Relative
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt’s All Relative By Carole and Jennifer Paquette Part I By Carole Paquette One beautiful day in late September we... Read Story
You don’t know JACK! (Or DO you?) A biography.
May 28, 2014 9:12 amYou don’t know, JACK! (Or DO you?) A biography. By Anne Henry Do you know Jack Henry? No? Actually, I... Read Story
Silence and Laughter
May 28, 2014 9:12 amCatherine was the good child: National Merit scholar; athlete; the child who’d unload the dishwasher without being asked. My brother... Read Story
East Yesterday
May 28, 2014 9:12 amEast Yesterday. It must have been about five years ago, just after the birth of my son. He was fast... Read Story
On Absence and Black Flies
May 28, 2014 9:12 amI am sitting in your chair. You are not in it. It’s three in the afternoon, I’ve spent the past... Read Story
Sunday Afternoon Drive on Shelter Island
May 28, 2014 9:12 amWe drive down on the Ram Island causeway and my NYC friend points up to a large nest on top... Read Story
Journey to the East (End)
May 28, 2014 9:12 amI came to know the Hamptons the old fashioned way, from the sea. I first laid eyes on the East... Read Story
Oysterette
May 28, 2014 9:12 amOYSTERETTE When I reflect upon my childhood, I am overwhelmed with wonder. I was so lucky to be raised by... Read Story
9 Shades of Crazy
May 28, 2014 9:12 amDeborah J Taranto 917-992-0459 9 Shades of Crazy (an except from my memoir) This year my mom celebrated her 94th... Read Story
This Does Not Belong For Me
May 28, 2014 9:12 amJesse Duthrie Word Count: 1,452 106 South Beechwood Rd. Niantic, CT 06357 jesse.duthrie@gmail.com (860) 319-7674 This Does Not Belong For... Read Story
You Again
May 28, 2014 9:12 amMy relationship with my mother improved greatly after she died. While she lived, there were a few outright gifts she... Read Story
The Girl In the Luncheonette
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Girl in the Luncheonette Something was knocking. Rap, rap, rap. I awoke with a start and was staring into... Read Story
Sunday Funday
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt’s 4:46 pm and now it’s time to make that decision whether or not I will do this. Normally I... Read Story
The Geography Lesson
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Geography Lesson This is a story that goes way back—for me, anyway. It’s set in the 60s, when music... Read Story
Long Island October
May 28, 2014 9:12 amLong Island October charles greiner For a great many of us here on Long Island, October is our favorite month.... Read Story
Towd Point Yacht Club
May 28, 2014 9:12 amTowd Point Yacht Club By Joanne Pateman We call it a yacht club. Our fleet consists of a two-person kayak... Read Story
The Creatures of the Deep
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt was a dark and stormy night. Okay, I lied… It was actually a beautiful June day, Father’s Day weekend... Read Story
Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe sun appears to be moving more to the north and each day it is a little higher over the... Read Story
Garden Of Love
May 28, 2014 9:12 amTHE GARDEN OF LOVE My story is a pattern and the poem I wrote this week exemplifies my emotions now... Read Story
At The Laudramat
May 28, 2014 9:12 amAt The Laundromat My kingsize quilt explodes through the rips in the black plastic bag as I twist and pull... Read Story
The Proposal
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe Proposal The Blessing “It is our pleasure to give you our daughter’s hand in marriage. We look forward to... Read Story
Finding Home
May 28, 2014 9:12 amFINDING HOME Once a year I visited my mother on the East End of Long Island. I never relished the... Read Story
Foul Weather Friend
May 28, 2014 9:12 amMay every pair of sweatpants you buy that loudly proclaim “THE END” on your butt shrink in the wash. The... Read Story
Moving Through Water, a Memoir
May 28, 2014 9:12 amMoving Through Water, a Memoir —by Susan Duff On New Year’s Eve, Paul and I had dinner with friends at... Read Story
Three Mile Harbor
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThree Mile Harbor, I’m under the sun It’s my little secret, I’m glad you could come Three Mile Harbor, I’m... Read Story
Outsourceing the Elder Within
May 28, 2014 9:12 amOutsourcing the Elder Within I recently re-watched the movie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel after seeing a televised interview of... Read Story
The Game: Joseph Made His Move
May 28, 2014 9:12 amWhen I was a kid, I used to think he could move mountains with one flick of the wrist. That... Read Story
Blue Like the Island
May 28, 2014 9:12 amI am only alive on this island for however long the summertime blooms in that elegantly sultry way the season... Read Story
When You Least Expect It
May 28, 2014 9:12 amWHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT It’s rare you find an irascible person who becomes less so with age. Tank Stark... Read Story
Traditions
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe East End is enchanting. It’s like a siren that lures you in with its special song of sea, sun... Read Story
Miss Adventure
May 28, 2014 9:12 amMiss Adventure It was an August morning in 1974 when I glanced through my bay window watching the fog lift... Read Story
Earning Your Stripes
May 28, 2014 9:12 amFishing was always my first love. My family owned a lake house in the Catskills, specifically in Roscoe, New York.... Read Story
Our Beach
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt’s just a stretch of sand and too many rocks connecting a dead end road with Little Peconic Bay in... Read Story
East Hampton 1970’s No Beach Stickers- by Malorie Barbaria
May 28, 2014 9:12 amThe old abandoned farmhouse at 911 Fireplace Road in the Springs of East Hampton was riled with a cobweb infested... Read Story
A Day in the Life of an East End Surfer
May 28, 2014 9:12 amA Day in the Life of an East End Surfer by Julie Moore His job ended at 5:30 p.m. and... Read Story
Montauk Moment
May 28, 2014 9:12 amAnybody Home?
May 28, 2014 9:12 amAnybody Home? My mom died when she was 89. My dad went on to live another ten years, passing at... Read Story
The Unexpected Hampton Getaway
May 28, 2014 9:12 amBorn and raised in Nassau County, to a family of very limited means, meant a horse was something only to... Read Story
Path CROSSings
May 28, 2014 9:12 amFifty years ago a bizarre event occurred in the cramped halls of Southampton Hospital. Quite simply a private moment was... Read Story
Little Woman
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIn the process of cleaning out my parents’ condominium about five years ago, my mother unearthed a doll from my... Read Story
A Shell Story
May 28, 2014 9:12 amA Shell Story by Debbie Slevin I was so saddened by the news that a dear old friend had lost... Read Story
Of Vanishing Birds, Dogs and Neckties
May 28, 2014 9:12 amOf Vanishing Birds, Dogs and Neckties When I was a small boy I learned to love hunting. I suspect, however,... Read Story
Trout Pond
May 28, 2014 9:12 amIt is mid August of 2007. I am pedaling my bicycle back to my grandparent’s house after a quick workout... Read Story
Reborn on the Fourth of July
May 28, 2014 9:12 amReborn on the fourth of July If you’ve seen one parade you’ve seen them all. The people that come to... Read Story
A Grand Adventure
May 28, 2014 9:12 amSummer in a small town can be both a blessing and a curse. For some, it’s a tranquil getaway from... Read Story
Visually Impaired Senior Plunges Into Shinnecock Canal – Saved by Local Heroes
May 28, 2014 9:12 amGenerosity in The Hamptons – First person report by Oreo Hampton Bays, July 11, 2013 – East Quogue resident, Tom... Read Story
