Category: In Search of Lost Time

• the four green fields blog14: the goddesses of the moon

  [Unenhanced photo of the moon. Sailing west, looking south. The North Atlantic Ocean. Photo is mine.] Whenever people look at clouds they do not see their real shape, which is no shape at all, or every shape, because they are constantly changing. They see whatever it is that their heart yearns for. ~~Eduardo Agualusa, A…

  patrickjegan

  October 12, 2025

  autumn, Childhood, England, Ghosts, In Search of Lost Time, Ireland, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, moon, Myth and Mythology, New York City, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Oceanography, photography, Real Personal History, The sea, Travel Writing, Travels

  #greekandromanlunargodesses, #lunargodesses, #transatlanticcrossingQM2, #voyageinthenorthatlantic, life, moon, photography, poetry, writing

• the woman who birthed me

  [My mother, Mary Hotchko Egan. She is striking a very ’50s pose in our backyard in Owego, NY. Photo is mine.] “Don’t toss that saucer in the air. You’ll drop it.” ~~My mother to me, sometime in the late ’60s. Of course I wouldn’t listen. I tossed it up and caught it, until I missed.…

  patrickjegan

  May 11, 2025

  A Mother, Childhood, death, Family, grandparents, In Search of Lost Time, Memories, Mother’s Day, non-fiction, owego ny, Real Personal History, Time

  #maryhotchko, #memoriesofmymother, #mothersday, #mymotherfrompennsylvania, #scranton, family, love, mom, Mother’s Day

• 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

• Peter, Lenny & pat’s big adventure

  [The route. The dark blue line. Disregard the time notation. Source: Google Maps.] “I remember it was up hill all the way.” ~~ Lenny Schmidt “There is a cow outside of our tent.” ~~ Patrick Egan Oh, the exuberance of youth! The innocence of the young! The pure and wild wind in our hair and…

  patrickjegan

  April 2, 2025

  Blogging, Childhood, Friendship, grandparents, Holding onto the Past, In Search of Lost Time, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, owego ny, Real Personal History, Susquehanna River, Time, Travel Writing, Travels

  #adventuresonaschwinn, #ourschwinnbikes, #pabicycletrips, #peddlingtolakewinolapa, 1960 bicycle trip, biking, Camping, cycling, hiking, Travel

• Is Our Destiny Foretold?

  [Is this the world we want? Image source: Google search.] We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change. ~~Sheryl Sandberg A year has passed and here I am once again laying in bed with my heavily bandaged right foot propped on a dark red…

  patrickjegan

  February 23, 2025

  Childhood, In Search of Lost Time, LGBT, Melancholy Thoughts, Real Personal History, Religious Intolerance, Silent Political Protest, winter

  #february28economicblackout, #footsurgery, #postopmusingswhilelyinginbed, blogging, books, life, politics, writing

• Aethelgifu, The Teenage Abbess: A Peak Inside The Walls Of The Shaftesbury Abbey

  [Gold Hill, Shafesbury] Silence isn’t empty, it’s full of answers. It was a chilly day, this fourth day of October. Chilly and windy. Mariam and I had just had a very enjoyable lunch with a former student of mine, Sally, and her husband, Matthew. Sally was in my Geography class when I had the joy…

  patrickjegan

  October 6, 2024

  England, Folktales & Legends, History, In Search of Lost Time, Real Personal History, Religion, Travel Writing, Travels

  Dorset, England, English Saints, europe, Henry VIII, History, Holy Relics, King Alfred the Great, Shaftesbury Abbey, Travel, united-kingdom

• Dark Odds Indeed

  [The Nobel Laureate. Robert Zimmerman, aka Bob Dylan. Source: Google Search.] Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ~~Henry David Thoreau Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter, will be eighty-three years old on May 24. As I write this I realize that that’s old. True, not old to many people who are…

  patrickjegan

  May 24, 2024

  Blogging, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Lyrics, Childhood, daughter, Holding onto the Past, In Search of Lost Time, Love, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, music, non-fiction, son, Time

  #agingrockstars, #bobdylanlyrics, #bobdylansbirthday, #rockstars

• The Last Quarter Moon Gives A Pale Wintry Light/Late Night Thoughts Following Spinal Surgery

  {Author’s Note: This blog post contains a photograph of an x-ray of my lower back taken six days after my spinal fusion. If the image of hardware screwing together two of my vertebra is irksome to you, my gentle readers, then feel free to search for another fine read. I have 645 in the bank.…

  patrickjegan

  February 16, 2024

  Blogging, death, Holding onto the Past, In Search of Lost Time, Medical Center, medicine, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, music, New York City, owego ny, Premonitions, Real Personal History, seniors, Time, winter

  #lumbarsurgery, #melancholoythoughtsatnight, #nancigriffth, #newyorkcitylatenightthoughts, #painandinsomnia, #patioatnight, #postsurgerypain, #sarahjaroaz, #waltwhitman, life, love, poetry, short-story, sleep

• 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