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Scary stories: It’s Halloween time!
Once again, I’m all in for Halloween decorations! (Photo: DY, 2013) As a kid, Halloween was all about trick-or-treating. It basically involved the short-lived joy of my brother Jeff and I returning...
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Earthy, historic, mysterious, delicious New Orleans
New Orleans has a mythology, a personality, a soul, that is large, that has touched people around the world. It has its own music (many of its own musics), its own cuisine, its own way of talking, its...
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Derby-Pie, baseball bats, and a Gatsby-esque hotel in Louisville
Featuring Scott, Big Al, and maybe a ghost or two (photo: DY, 2014) I was reminded how travel is one of the benefits of my work when I made a quick trip to Louisville, Kentucky to speak last Friday at...
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Of ghosts, goblins, and the Great Pumpkin
(Picture: abc.com) Tonight I took a short break to watch an old favorite, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, one of the classic Peanuts TV specials. It’s funny, sweet, innocent, and clever. As a...
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Classic movie report: August 2015
I declared as one of my New Year’s resolutions that I would watch more classic old movies, so each month I’m devoting an entry to how I’m doing with it. This month I dug back to 1976 for a couple of...
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New England autumn, that Halloween feeling, and scary stories
Boston Common, October 2015 (Photo: DY) Friday was a raw, wet, overcast October day here in Boston. For me, it meant that fall has truly arrived in New England. As my wholly repetitive earlier posts...
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