I was a young reporter, working at my first on-air television job in New Jersey, when I was assigned a story about Donald Trump’s ability to cover the debts at his newest Atlantic City casino, the Taj Mahal. Working the …
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A Final Farewell for a Special Sailboat Looking at all the boats tossed on shore by Hurricane Helene’s record storm surge in Florida prompted me to pull up these photos of O’dege—a sailboat at the heart of my sailing experiences …
Congrats to Prince Harry! His memoir, Spare, which came out a year ago–same as mine–sold, according to his publisher, 3.2 million copies in the first week. By contrast, NOT ON ANY MAP: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes, and the …
A Tale of Two Memoirs (or, What Exactly is the F*#k You 5,000?) Read more »
“Every so often, someone with a sharp eye and a way with words lands in a unique locale, pays attention and then nails it in print. Such is the case with Margie Smith Holt who fled to Coral Bay in …
NOT ON ANY MAP: One Virgin Island, Two Catastrophic Hurricanes, and the True Meaning of Paradise is an adventure story, a love letter to the island of St. John, and a warning about climate change. What is paradise? That’s the …
Inspiring Memoir by Margie Smith Holt Debuts at #1 on Amazon Bestseller List Read more »
There was a time in my professional life when I would have thought a book party with no books was a tragedy. I mean, seriously. A book party with no books? One of the things I learned from living on …
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Central Park Says Goodbye to Retiring Shakespeare Gardener To business that we love we rise betime, And go to ‘t with delight. –William Shakespeare The Bard might have been talking about Larry Boes when he wrote those words. For the past …
Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Leonard Cohen, Anthem
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is. Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea Happy Thanksgiving.
Wish you were heading to a concert in the park in these waning days of summer? Or an all-day music festival on the waterfront? Or a baseball game? Or even your cousin’s stepson’s wedding? So do the event planners, caterers, …