If we’re into misnomers, my native state is, of course, The Empire State. Across a certain river nearby lies another famous piece of real estate officially known as The Garden State, or, New Jersey. As a city boy in the 1940’s, I spent several summers there. These days, the state is better known for its …
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Way Back in the Day
Housing It was 1945. My parents were renting an apartment in a two- family. We later called arrangements like these “mother and daughter”. Anyhow, the Putnams, from whom my parents rented, were expecting their two sons, George and Jack back from the war, which was, thankfully, ending. One of the sons was getting married, …
Then and Now
My only grandchild, Davis McNulty, is about to turn 17 next month. No rational person would deny that the world/nation/state has changed significantly in the 70 or so years of difference in our ages. Davis is entering his senior year in one of our nation’s premier private schools. He is doing course work in high …
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