Category: non-fiction

• Waiting For All Hallow’s Eve: III: “The Hunchback of 420 Front Street”

  “Helen, take the kids inside and lock the door.  He’s back.” “Who is this guy, Stan, haven’t we seen him around the neighborhood before?” “Helen, do as I say.  He may be dangerous.  After all, he goes to St. Pat’s School.” “Remember, lock the door,” Stan shouted over his shoulder as his wife and daughter,…

  patrickjegan

  September 10, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, Everyday Events, Family, Holding onto the Past, humor, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  Anthony Quinn, Charles Laughton, embarrassment, halloween, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lon Chaney, neighbors, owego ny, Quasimodo, siblings, teasing

• Two Elderly Gentlemen Walk Into A Pub

    An older man walked into a pub in Burlington, Vermont on a recent Saturday afternoon.  It was minutes away from a heavy rain.  The guy went downstairs to the men’s room.  He was there at the pub to meet an old friend and he was about two minutes late.  As he climbed the stairs,…

  patrickjegan

  September 7, 2014

  Blogging, Everyday Events, History, Holding onto the Past, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  aging, Burlington VT, fly-fishing, growing up, old friendships, owego ny, Susquehanna River, Viet Name

• Waiting For All Hallows Eve: Part I “Ned’s Poor Wife”

  Pull your chairs closer to the fireplace.  Come in from the shadows beyond the campfire.  I’m going to tell you a spooky story. I will begin by stating that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  The time of year is ideal…the pumpkins sit on the vine, the corn is tied into six-foot shocks.  The…

  patrickjegan

  September 4, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, Fables & Folklore, Ghost Story, History, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Mountains and Memories, non-fiction, North Country Life

  Airondacks, Blue Mountain Lake NY, corn shocks, E.C.Z. Judson, Eagle’s Nest, ghosts stories, grave desecration, grave robbing, halloween, local Adirondack history, Ned Buntline, pumpkins

• The Social History of a Man’s Tie Rack

    Many of you, my faithful readers and fans, probably assume that I just write a blog and then go off and mow the lawn, fish, read, paint, take Pilates, go to a movie, make a big bowl of popcorn, cook a stack of buttermilk flapjacks, attend a men’s support group, catalogue my moth collection,…

  patrickjegan

  September 2, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, Everyday Events, humor, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History

  classrooms, Endicott, Ireland, necktie fashion, neckties, New York City, NY, old neckties, Quaker school, teaching

• Along The Red Tavern Road

    In the northwest edge of the Adirondack Park is a lonely road.  It winds through the forest connecting a highway intersection with a small hamlet that sits beside a waterfall and a small dam.  This is a place founded on the lumber industry.  Now, it’s a country for hunters, trappers, snowmobilers, fisherman and retired…

  patrickjegan

  August 28, 2014

  Blogging, Creativity, Everyday Events, Fables & Folklore, Ghost Story, History, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, North Country Life, Real Personal History

  Adirondacks, bikers, ghosts, haunted, old inn, preachers, Red Tavern Inn, Red Tavern Road, sinners, travelers