The Kids Are Not Ok By Lesley Leben
The Kids are Not “OK” By Lesley Green Leben “Who died in your family?” the boy chirped, still breathless from running across the field to the airless tent where I sat under the sign “Talent Show.” I was caught off guard by the nonchalance with which it was asked by the freckle faced eight-year- old. “My grandmother,” I replied, …
Back East By Linda Nemeth
“BACK EAST” By Linda Nemeth In the summer of 1953 my parents decided to take a 3700-mile road trip “back east” with my maternal grandmother, my brother and me in tow. This was at a time before super-highways, when one would drive across mountains on narrow roadways without guardrails, overlooking drop-offs of anywhere between one and six thousand feet …
Montauk Lester By Liz Roddin
Montauk Lester By Liz Roddin “Dad, how many lobsters are we going to buy?” I asked as we stood mesmerized by the huge tanks at Gosman’s Dock in Montauk, full of the blackish/greenish shellfish, water spilling from the tanks above into those lower down. There were tanks for lobsters of every size – one for one to three pounders, one …
Deades By Lori Diorio
Decades By Lori Diorio Ahhh. The lure of the east end! What started as a spur of the moment trip has extended into a twenty plus year tradition. Visiting friends vacationing in Montauk I remember thinking, “That much for a little trailer!” But as we walked and talked the magic took hold, coming in with …
Our Trip To Gardiner’s Island By Lorna Salzman
OUR TRIP TO GARDINERS ISLAND By Lorna Salzman We showed up at Robert David Lion Gardiner’s historic home in East Hampton village one summer morning sometime in the late 1970s. Gardiner opened the door and professed consternation at having two extra guests on the trip, but the large wicker lunch basket wielded by his Chinese butler indicated there would …
Let’s Just Take A Ride By Margot McEwen
Let’s Just Take A Ride! By Margot McEwen Living onLong Islandfor the last 18 years has made me most appreciative of its pleasures. Up on the north shore is a wonderful coast line where one can enjoy the views of Long Island Sound. Although rocky shores abound, a pair of beach shoes will protect your feet from the rocks and …
A Piece Of The East By Maria Ulrich
A Piece of the East By Maria Ulrich Often the memory of that fateful phone call comes to mind. The evening began like so many others, banal, like beads on a string, the type that just blurs into your subconscious. This evening, in the summer of 1970, however, proved to be different. This particular evening is etched forever …
Main Street By Marsha Shainwald
Main Street By Marsha Shainwald If you think this title refers to anything “regular”, well, read on. My first experience in this comfortable, beautiful home was joyous. While it is true that “joy” might be an emotion experienced by many, the circumstances that intimated this were special. I had adopted my daughter, two months earlier. My parents fell …
Briermere Farmstand Pies By Mary Engels
Briermere Farmstand Pies ©Mary Engels, September 2009. Reprinted with permission from Demosnews.com It took hurricane forces for me to wait online early one morning for a farm stand blackberry pie – but that’s exactly what happened on a late August weekend. Town after town’s beaches closed due to Hurricane Bill this past summer. The greenish grey tides rose …
The Z-Zimmer By Mary Engels
Hampton Bays and the Z-Zimmer ©Mary Engels, July 2012 My grandparents loved to entertain and they’d invite their friends and neighbors each year to a beach party. About halfway down this Hampton Bays beach, high on the rocks and sand, my grandpa had built a wooden deck complete with an ice bucket holder. He christened it the Z-Zimmer …
