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Category Archives: This & That
Saturday Night I Stayed Up Late with Frank O’Hara, A Bad Influence.
My dad and I go to breakfast every Sunday at 7:30 A.M., regardless of how much or how little sleep either of us has had the night before. Last night, I had not much, I must confess. (I did get … Continue reading
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Friday Night Fish Fry with the Folks!
My mom (Effie) has been hankering to try this fish fry at the VFW on First Street in Somers Point for years now. Every Lenten season she says, “I’d like to try that fish fry.” Well, tonight was your lucky … Continue reading
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On Demanding Task-Masters & March.
I had a moment yesterday sitting in the Stockton campus center when everything seemed ok, and I was happy with myself & fine. It seems rather crass to say (I was happy & fine), but I can be a bit … Continue reading
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February, Adieu.
I’ve had a bout of “the mean reds” off and on this past week; I chalk it up to February. Even though we haven’t had much of a winter here in South Jersey, I am really looking forward to the … Continue reading
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Is that you, Tenn?
I haven’t used WordPress in awhile, apparently. When I went to publish this first post for rarlington, a Tennessee Williams quote popped up. This seems to bode well –– somehow and for something.
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Monday Night I Practiced How I Could Pass Myself Off as French-Canadian and Memorized a Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem; Also: Watched Gossip Girl.
Today (Tuesday), I was asked to pick up our visiting writer-speaker Paul Lisicky from the train station. I was a bit early to the Mays Landing environs, so I had time to stop at the Starbucks for the usual (a … Continue reading
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