Tag: short-story

• The worm in my cellar

  [Source: Google search.] Check the worm. ~~My father commenting to my older brother, Chris on any given winter evening in the 1950s and 70s. For many years I lived with a worm in the cellar of my family home. But I feel confident that it’s not the kind of worm that you are imagining, my…

  patrickjegan

  September 26, 2026

  brothers, Childhood, Family, Memories, North Country Life, owego ny, parents, winter

  #coalandclimate, #coalbinsofthe1950s, #coalfurnacesofyesterday, #coalheat, family, fiction, life, short-story, writing

• 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

• 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

• 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