I’ve been thinking a lot lately.  Thinking about Summer.  Two particular summers, in fact.  Two special summers, long ago.  Sometimes they seem long ago, anyway.  Sometimes they seem like yesterday.

I visit these summers from time to time anyway.  Sometimes I think that’s what summer is about, once you get to a certain age and summer mostly just means that it’s the air conditioner that’s on in…

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Summer In The City

So after a couple of heavy posts, it’s time to lighten up a little.

To get the party started, here is last year’s post about the sounds of summer in the City.

(Bows head in a moment of silence out of respect for the passing of the last Ramone.)

I know that the Youtube video linked in that other post for the Lovin’ Spoonful’s Summer In the City has been taken down, so here’s something to fill that…

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Walking The Dream of Coney Island

This past Saturday, I visited Coney Island for what will probably be the last time until Spring comes around again. The end of summer means the end of summer places, and let’s face it – Labor Day is the end of summer, no matter what the calendar says.

My original plan was to set my alarm and get up at 6:30, so I could arrive very early, when there would be few people. Unfortunately, it didn’t…

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It’s the Fall of 1994 in the small milltown of Belford, New York. The leaves are turning, the kids are going back to school, and the heat of Summer is giving way to a cool, misty season. It happens every Fall.

Only this Fall, people are disappearing into that mist. Some people are found torn apart, some people are found dead for no reason, and some people aren’t found at all. Other people see strange things in the mist: ghosts and campfire stories.

There’s something out there in that mist. Something old. Something that has slept for a long time, but has now woken up hungry. Maybe the people of Belford could resist it, but as the terrible Fall wears on, more and more of them start…changing. Acting bizarre and violent. In the end, only a small group of teenage defenders are left to make their stand.

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Shadows walk in the autumn mist.

It’s the Fall of 1994 in the small milltown of Belford, New York. The leaves are turning, the kids are going back to school, and the heat of Summer is giving way to a cool, misty season. It happens every Fall.

Only this Fall, people are disappearing into that mist. Some people are found torn apart, some people are found dead for no reason, and some people aren’t…

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I Always Think About Home This Time Of Year…

The weather has finally turned in New York City.  The extended summer has finally come to an end, and Fall is upon us.  There’s a chill in the air, and the leaves are starting to change.

I love Fall.  It’s my favorite time of year, my personal time of renewal.  What Spring is to most people, Fall is to me.  Still, whenever Fall rolls around and the colors come out, I start to get nostalgic.  I…

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The Guardian Cats of New York City: The Watcher On The Shore Is Back!

The cats keep the ancient bargain.They are still among us, hidden here and there; the cats who remember the Old Compact: you provide a home for us, feed us, take care of us in our illness, and we will protect you from the dangers of the night. They operate below the sight lines of humanity, dealing with dangers that we would never notice until it was too late. They remember the old magics of…

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