The End by Richard Scholer
THE END Richard Scholer This is the beginning of the end. I titled this paper the end because, for me, it’s the end of an era on the East End of Long Island. For the past fifty years I have managed to make the East End a part of my life. When I first discovered it I was in my …
Lost And Found By Kenneth Spadafora
Lost and Found By Kenneth Spadafora “Hazy Hot and Humid” the radio announcer chortled suddenly, waking me abruptly. I shifted slightly, rolled, hitting the snooze button much harder than I should have, while ignoring a damp, clammy sheet. Three sleep slumber seconds later, it was show time again, he was back on! “Really going be quite a scorcher” he blared again” the …
See No Evil By JZ Holden
During the last great depression, the WPA sent writers and photographers to the heartland to document the hardships of the common man. Living with these impoverished families, the writer’s grew as close to the families as family members. LIFE magazine published the stories, and they changed the course of society. This essay was researched in East …
Focal Point By Julie Cahn
Focal Point By Julie Cahn It used to be that when you were pregnant and in a Lamaze program one of the first orders of business was to choose a “Focal Point”, a place or image that when conjured up would transport you from the pain and anxiety of childbirth to a more peaceful, bucolic place. As the prevailing, …
Summer Break By Julie Burroughs Erdman
Summer Break by Julie Burroughs Erdman The photograph betrayed nothing of my internal storm. Bikini clad, smiling, and tan enough to suggest a healthy glow, my arm was around a beautiful Latina woman I was friends with at the time. Surrounded by a small group of young men in swimming trunks who looked happy just to be there, nothing …
Living In The Hamptons By Julia Leef
Living in the Hamptons By Julia Leef Hi. My name is Julia, and I live in theHamptons. Now, I’m sure you’ve got a lot of questions for me, so I’ll do my best to answer them as best I can. No, I’m not rich. No, I don’t live in a big fancy mansion by the beach. Yes, a lot …
The Spirit Of Mecox Bay By Jude Hofmann
THE SPIRIT OF MECOX BAY By Jude Hofmann Eden was born, bred and raised in a modest neighborhood in Queens where life had been mostly unkind to her. Ahhhh but, even cruelty has a way of turning dreadful fortune into something spectacular IF you keep your faith alive and if you believe in the miracle of the lofty summer reeds that blow by the wind of Mecox Bay. She arrived …
The Millstone Tavern By Joyce DeCordova
THE MILLSTONE TAVERN, MOM AND THE PINK CADILLAC By Joyce DeCordova The time was the ’60′s and The Millstone Tavern was a naughty place. Located in Noyac opposite the now defunct race track, it was the first gay bar in the Hamptons. Straights were allowed in (there was a bouncer at the door) but basically they provided cover for the …
Out East By Joshua McCuen
Out East By Joshua McCuen PortJeffersoncan neither be defined asEastern Long Islandnor a commuter town toManhattan. Somewhat lost, it lays halfway between Orient Point andNew York Cityon the north shore. PortJeffersonis where I spent the first eighteen years of my life. The town itself is situated like a bowl tipped to the harbor; to leave means taking a boat …
Snow Day By Joseph Trezza
Snow Day By Joe Trezza Rare birds are the ultimate puppet-masters. Whether it be a dazzling harlequin duck in North Dakota or a mountain bluebird – as it is on this cold January day – misplaced just outside the old airport in Calverton, thousands of miles from its home, our feathered friends have the innate ability to show …
