DON'T YA' KNOW - Ch.2

Regianne Morley's roots as a 'Scaler' and Cola Adams' bloodlines on Calliope Point cross paths in past centuries.

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Santa Claus, St. Jane and St. Mary's: A Christ...

The way it was at Christmas, mid-20th century, in Manhasset, Long Island.

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Don't Ya Know[1]

One summer, and a story, about life on an Island when Inra Soba cuts off his 'don't ya know' with a hedge clipper and the pain is felt by all.

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Ninth Graders and the First Day of English Class

A high school English teacher prepares herself and her ninth graders for the first day.

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JuanTrippe, Pan Am and Mom

the secretarial pool with Juan Trippe and the PanAm Clipper.

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The Guitar in My Genes

years of loving guitars and the people who play them.

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Walking to the Fountains of Youth

A reminiscence of walking in the 60s to and from school in Manhasset, New York.

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Elvis, God, the Oz Monkeys and the Indians

Lettie McKell deals with her younger sister's noisy dreams as Zuzu is haunted by television Indians and the monkeys from the Wizard of Oz. This, accompanied by the reality of Elvis and the voice o...

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Death in the Basement

The McKell family's 1950s Rec Room on Long Island in New York can't keep death from coming to the basement.

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Buckstars - Teleplay

The first episode of Buckstars, a television series for a NYC-based sitcom centered on the baristas with their regulars as sub-cast members - like the pathetic writing group, the local hooker and a...

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NYT's: Seeking Old Manhasset in the Shadows of...

Published in New York Times, a memoir of growing up in Manhasset on Long Island in the 50s.. ALL COMMENTS APPRECIATED

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NYT's: Beach 9, Where Are You?

Published in New York Times, a memoir of Jones Beach and other Long Island beaches and the kids who played there in the mid-20th century. The feature appeared in the NY Times in August 2007. ALL ...

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Don't Ya Know[1]

Summer on the Island is launched when Inra Sobba cuts off his 'don't ya know' with his hedge clippers and sets the Police into a cycle of insanity as locals, daytrippers, and summer people struggl...

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Ninth Graders and the First Day in English Class

Advice from an English teacher to her 2009-2010 fictional class of ninth graders. First day pf high school perspective from the been-there-forever teacher. ALL COMMENTS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

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Reads: 596