Living Around

When the winter comes knocking in New York, certain birds stay the course and make the season less severe for the rest of us. It is [...]

November is the month to be thoroughly thankful. Not only do we celebrate Thanksgiving, but as patriotic Americans, we remember Armistice [...]

Some insider information: when responding to a query as to where ideas for Octo Observations originate, I heard myself chuckle and say that [...]

You’ve heard the name on traffic reports, but like most New Yorkers, you probably have no idea what it is, nor where it’s even located. [...]

For the past 23 years, schools, libraries and organizations have celebrated “National Family Literacy Day.” Political and educational [...]

When teenagers obtain drivers licenses, most parents sit on pins and needles. Even with good driver’s education programs, and required [...]

Who knew that just two miles off the coast of Riis Park, there are whales and dolphins frolicking, eating, and just having a ball.  [...]

Living the final chapters of life awakens many of us “old guys” to irrefutable realities. We feel an urgency to share values that have [...]