Month: September 2019

• Sometimes Losing is Winning

  [Friends Seminary. [Photo credit: Google Search.] I spent New Years Eve, 1990 alone in a bar in Binghamton.The only kiss I got was from the off-duty bartender who had started celebrating early.  He kissed the top of my head and said: “I love you, man,” and then fell backwards onto a table. I was at…

  patrickjegan

  September 18, 2019

  Blogging, Holding onto the Past, Memories, New York City, Teaching, Uncategorized

  changing schools, teaching

• Sitting In Another Cemetery

  [Me gazing at the soccer game. Photo credit: Mariam Voutsis] You, my readers, may think I’m a bit morose and morbid.  My last post was about Evergreen Cemetery, in my home town of Owego, NY.  But, if you think that I am very dark, you’re wrong.  Yes, I have a strong nostalgic mind.  But today…

  patrickjegan

  September 14, 2019

  Blogging, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Nature, Objects of Beauty, seniors

  Find-a-Grave, Paul Smiths, St. John in the Wilderness

• A Cemetery With a View

  [The grave of Sa Sa Na Loft. Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, NY. Photo credit is my own.] I’m back in my home town of Owego, NY for a reason.  I have no one to visit.  Nothing to purchase (I did buy two books at River Row Book Store), but I was there on an early September…

  patrickjegan

  September 9, 2019

  Blogging, Childhood, Family, History, Holding onto the Past, Home, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Real Personal History, seniors

  aging, my old home town, remembering

• To Say Happy Words…and Sad

  [Teri Bramlett} I’m preparing to travel back to my hometown, Owego, NY.  I’m going to attend a memorial service for a long-time friend.  It will be held at the Hickories Park. I hope it doesn’t rain. I hope my words are funny, complimentary, joyful …and sad. Because that is what you feel when when a…

  patrickjegan

  September 6, 2019

  Blogging, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Time

  memorial service, owego ny