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School Daze Plus
On a certain episode of the classic TV sitcom Dinosaurs, Earl Sinclair admonished his rebellious teenage son Robbie that “School is a place you go to be out of this house.”
Posted in Automobilia, City Center, Friends, Humor, Manhattan, Raleigh, School Days
Tagged cars, childhood, growth, humanity, humor, life, Manhattan, New York, School, young
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Of Elephanants and Renstaurants and Strange Occurences
OKay now, just for fun, I happened to recall certain things from my childhood—which is still in progress, but at a later stage. I’m going to share them with you here. These are among the most intimate details of my … Continue reading
The Dance of Life, the Dance of Love—and those Ups and Downs.
My childhood playground? Funny you should ask. My father owned an eleven-story office tower in Raleigh, NC. Naturally, it had elevators, and the elevators were hands down my very favorite things in that building. In the early 1960s the old … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, City Center, Loneliness, Love, Manhattan, NC, New York, Raleigh, Uncategorized
Tagged Allan Sherman, childhood, elevators, faith, glass, history, humanity, life, love, New York City, Otis Elevators, poetry, relationships, secret places, security, technology, Unchained Melody, women
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This morning, a house guest
A friend in Fairfield, Iowa, where I’ve lived several times, put me in touch with a young guy who needed a place to crash during some film work he had here in New York. I was happy to have the … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Loneliness, Love, Manhattan, New York, Raleigh
Tagged attraction, bisexuality, friendship, homosexuality, humanity, intimacy, life, loneliness, love, Men, relationships
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I am a godless drifter sailing on the winds of a desperate sea.
This morning brought me memories of my first car, a 1973 Fiat 124 Sport Spider. I had to start writing immediately, because that car…well, I’ll simply say that without that car, I’d have been utterly miserable.
Posted in Automobilia, City Center, Friends, Humor, Italy, Loneliness, Love, NC, Raleigh, Uncategorized
Tagged Aurelio Lampredi, beauty, Bicycles, cameras, cars, children, Colosseum, Depression, Despair, dreams, faith, Ferrari, Fiat Spider, Forum Romanum, Happiness, humanity, Italian cars, Italy, knowledge, life, love, Memories, Miami Beach, Nikon, photography, relationships, Rome, Schwinn, sexuality, spirituality, Transcendental Meditation, transportation, UNC, uncertainty, worry
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In the morning’s fresh darkness
In the morning’s fresh darkness Thoughts of you crept in.
Posted in Friends, Humor, Love, Raleigh
Tagged beauty, blonde, desperation, feminine magic, friendship, frustration, girl, humor, loneliness, love, relationships, romance, the heart, whimsy, young
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A New (York) Man.
You know that feeling, feeling like you have to apologize for being alive? For taking up space in their world? For consuming their oxygen? Like you’re not entitled to it even if you’ve worked hard? New York’s a great place … Continue reading
Posted in City Center, Friends, Loneliness, Love, Manhattan, New York, Raleigh, Uncategorized, Work
Tagged bravery, desperation, friendship, frustration, growth, loneliness, love, manhood, Men, New York, relationships, romance, the heart, the mind
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