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• Kicking Leaves in Owego: my imaginarium

  [On the left, in the distance, just beyond the white house, just hidden in the morning fog, is the riverbank where I played away my childhood. Photo is mine.] Great Grandpa, what’s an Imaginarium? Oh, Great Grandson, it’s like a rambling and cluttered room, an old room, a very big room. There are lots of…

  patrickjegan

  October 31, 2025

  architecture, History, Holding onto the Past, Home, Memories, owego ny, Travel Writing, Travels, Uncategorized

  #halloweenowegony, #meetingoldfriendsandclassmates, #owegonysusquehannariver, #revisitinghometown, #thejoyofkickingleaves, books, fiction, short-story, Travel, writing

• on linda’s porch: some wondrous things are about to bloom

  [In Linda’s front yard, flowers abound in every corner. Photo is mine.] Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life ~~Steve Jobs (Probably not spoken at the Greenport graduation, but I like the quote so here it is.) Saturday 21 June 2025– Mariam and I are visiting her colleague and friend, Linda…

  patrickjegan

  June 25, 2025

  Dreams and Goals, Family, Going Away To College, High School Graduation, Home

  #greenporthighschoolgraduation2025, #greenportlongisland, #honoringgraduates, flowers, garden, gardening, photography, short-stories

• look homeward, sailor

  [Photo is mine.] “O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.” ~~Thomas Wolfe. Look Homeward, Angel. I’m not a ghost, not yet anyway, but I’ve come back. Back to my hometown of Owego. I have things to do. Getting the new enhanced driver’s license is on the top of my to-do list.…

  patrickjegan

  April 23, 2025

  Childhood, death, Family, Going Away To College, Holding onto the Past, Home, In Search of Lost Time, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, owego ny, Present, Susquehanna River, Time, Travels

  #courthousesquareowegony, #hometownmemories, #owegonyfuneralhome, #returningtomyhometown, #sailorsandsoldierscivilwarmonumentowegony, #thewatchfulsailor, fantasy, fiction, owego ny, short-story, stories, writing

• To keep you from being homesick

  [The found photograph. By unknown photographer, probably my father.] The past is hidden somewhere outside the realm, beyond the reach of intellect in some material object (in the sensation which that material object will give us) which we do not suspect, and as for that object, it depends upon chance whether we come upon it…

  patrickjegan

  March 15, 2025

  Childhood, Family, Going Away To College, Holding onto the Past, Home, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, owego ny, parents, Real Personal History, The number 420

  #foundphotographs, #memoriesofowegonewyork, #mychildhoodhome, family, life, love, memories, owego ny, writing

• Coal For Christmas

  [Another year. Another Christmas. I republish this every holiday season with a tweak here and there. This story is true and I am passing it down to new readers and my two children and my grandson. Every story from our own lives or the lives of those we once loved…every story is worth telling. There…

  patrickjegan

  December 21, 2024

  A Christmas Eve story, Childhood, Family, grandparents, Grandson, History, Home, ice, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History, son, winter

  #ChristmaseveStory, #christmasinpennsylvania, #christmasstory, #memoriesofchristmas, #myfatherschristmasstory, A Father's tale, Christmas Eve Story, My Childhood, writing

• Cyclones, Sideshows & Mermaids: A Hot Day on Coney Island

  [The Luna Park Face. Source: Google search.] I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. ~~John Lennon My wife was with a man with a mission. We exited the D Train into 87° F heat and enough humidity to drown a fish. It was the…

  patrickjegan

  June 26, 2024

  Food, Home, John Lennon, LGBT, New York City, Oceanography, Real Personal History, seniors, summer, The sea, Travels

  #brooklyncyclonesbaseball, #coneyisland, #coneyislandmermaidparade, #coneyislandsideshow, #hotsummerafternoonsatathebeach, #johnlennon, #mermaids, book-review, mermaid, mermaids, romance, stories

• yes I said yes I will Yes.

  [James Joyce. Source: Google Search.] Yes, I’m perfectly aware that the title I’ve chosen for this blog is the final sentence in the wondrous novel, Ulysses. Written by James Joyce (shown above) and considered one of the most seminal books of the 20th century. I am also aware that the quote is from Molly Bloom’s…

  patrickjegan

  June 16, 2024

  books, daughter, Family, Home, Love, Memories, parents, son, Travels

  #Happybloomsday, #Ireland, #Jamesjoyce, #Ulysses, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Bloomsday, james-joyce, Travel

• Anemonia Keeps Me Awake

  Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. ~~Richter [The Berlew Family Reunion. Orange, PA. September 6, 1926. Photo: Egan Family Archives.] I don’t think it rained that day. There are no clouds in the sky. I should know. I’ve crawled inside this photo more than once over the years. One…

  patrickjegan

  March 19, 2024

  Childhood, death, Everyday Events, Family, grandparents, Grandson, History, Holding onto the Past, Home, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, Susquehanna River

  #familyreunions, #pennslyvania, #pennslyvaniafamilyreunions, family, Familyreunions, life, memories, photography, photos

• The Gravity of Manhattan: Three Worlds

  [Upper East Side Buildings. Photo is mine.] Do you know what the sounds of this city are? Screams. All those buildings are gray with sadness. ~~ Soji Shimada As I walked down the street from Broadway, I paused to listen… When I secured a teaching position in New York City in the very early 1990s,…

  patrickjegan

  January 26, 2024

  evolution, Home, In Search of Lost Time, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, New York City, Night Sounds of the City, non-fiction, winter

  #listeningtothenight, #lonelycities, #nightsoundsofnewyork, #winterinthecity, New York City, new-york, NYC, winter

• John, Jean & Judy Play With AI/An Ode To Owego, NY.

  Pat, Best of luck to a really wonderful guy! Hope you’re always happy! Stay as nice as you are and you’ll never, but never have any problems! May God Bless! ~~Sue M. May we always be friends! [From Page 102 of my 1963 High School Yearbook Tom Tom] [Arial view of my hometown. Owego, NY.…

  patrickjegan

  November 8, 2023

  Artificial Intelligence, Blogging, ChatGBT, Creativity, Holding onto the Past, Home, In Search of Lost Time, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, owego ny, Susquehanna River

  AI, ChatGBT, memories, owego ny