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The Mast-Head: A Surfboard Story

Believe it or not, there was a time not all that long ago when the surfing scene looked very different around here.

Jul 13, 2023
Gristmill: Lights Over the Harbor

Thoughts on the Fourth after missing out on the Fourth.

Jul 6, 2023
Point of View: Leaning in, Lying Back

Every moment’s a poem.

Jul 6, 2023
The Mast-Head: My Least-Favorite Car

Each year, a new source of vehicular irritation gets my attention — this year it’s the black Audi.

Jul 6, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Skyfall

The supernatural Saharan skyfall of 1994 was on my mind last month when we were visited by the first heavy haze from the Canadian wildfires.

Jul 6, 2023
Gristmill: Lincoln Speaks

Words of unity at a graduation ceremony on Pierson Hill.

Jun 29, 2023
Point of View: No Better Elixir

Giving it all at a Little League game.

Jun 29, 2023
The Mast-Head: Summer Jobs

Lessons learned in early employment.

Jun 29, 2023
Gristmill: Mister Marvel

On John Romita, the smooth illustrator who remade Spider-Man and the entire look of Marvel Comics.

Jun 22, 2023
Point of View: Idiot Savantism

I was called an “idiot” the other day by a doubles opponent, and I couldn’t entirely disagree.

Jun 22, 2023
The Mast-Head: Mystery Solved

It had been missing for nearly a year, so when I found my wallet at the bottom of a bag of life jackets earlier this week I felt like a dope.

Jun 22, 2023
Gristmill: Tick Attack

When a certain body type is irresistible to parasites.

Jun 15, 2023
The Mast-Head: The Nostalgia of Things

Nostalgia is a funny thing when it is wrapped up in an object, in my case a favorite cooking utensil.

Jun 15, 2023
Gristmill: UnHampton Blues

In Sag Harbor and in the unenviable position of envying East Hampton its diner and pizza parlor.

Jun 8, 2023
Point of View: Hoist by Its Own Petard

From good news (the Fox settlement) to bad (a departed tennis partner).

Jun 8, 2023
The Mast-Head: Back Under Sail

Taking Cerberus out for its first sail of 2023.

Jun 8, 2023
Gristmill: In Memoriam

Family war stories.

Jun 1, 2023
Point of View: Is the Air Sweeter?

The more oblivion looms, the more you want to pay attention, the more you want to listen and learn, the more you want to do things as well as you can.

Jun 1, 2023
The Mast-Head: Bird on the Chimney Top

Considering how many osprey one can see around here these days, it is hard to imagine that not all that long ago they were thought to be in danger of extinction.

Jun 1, 2023
Gristmill: Of the Flesh

The ravaging rays, the dermatologist’s knife.

May 25, 2023
Point of View: He Is Still Frog Boy

I’d like to recommend to you Rich Mothes’s show of paintings at Clinton Academy. I knew him back when he was coaching East Hampton High School’s boys tennis team.

May 25, 2023
The Mast Head: People, Just Be Nice

Previous calls for summer-season civility did not go so well.

May 25, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Cooking With Gas

I am devoted to my Crown range. It was my grandmother’s, an inheritance.

May 25, 2023
Gristmill: Coffee’s On

The pleasure and pain of the all-nighter.

May 18, 2023
Point of View: I Have Been Cleaning Up

Maybe if I were less attentive to bed-making, my other attempts at tidying up might rise in estimation.

May 18, 2023
The Mast Head: No Second-Rate Turkeys Here

The spring rush can also be seen in the letters to the editor of this paper.

May 18, 2023
The Shipwreck Rose: Sing Cuckoo

What we need around here is a hedgerow movement.

May 18, 2023
Gristmill: Out of the Blocks

Dispatches from the SUNYAC outdoor track championships in Oneonta.

May 11, 2023
Point of View: A Host of Daffodils

A requiem for newsrooms? Not so fast.

May 11, 2023