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Miss T advises on keeping it real
Thilde in her home office [Provided by Thilde] see Welcome Miss T, our new advice columnist Thus...
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Reduced to Zero: A Personal Experiment with Fasting
Gandhi fasting. From Gandhi@150, Anthony Masciolli Gallery, Rundel Library, February 10-29, 2020...
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Miss T looks at friendships, then and now
Thilde in her home office [Provided by Thilde] In Welcome Miss T, our new advice columnist, Dr....
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Miss T gives sage advice in her second answer
Thilde in her home office [Provided by Thilde] In Welcome Miss T, our new advice columnist, Dr....
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Welcome Miss T, our new advice columnist
Thilde in her home office [Provided by Thilde] In different contexts, we’ve met Dr. Mathilde...
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Writing on the road to recovery: Axes and Ales
AXES & ALES, 349 East Avenue, Rochester NY, “Thor” [Photo: David Kramer, 2/20/20]...
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Writing on the road to recovery
Writers & Books, 740 University Ave, Rochester, NY [Photo: David Kramer, 2/17/20] Recently a...
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At Cobb’s Hill, a tree, a plaque and fifty years after the death of Shirley Louise Anderson
Off Culver Road Lovers of Cobb’s Hill know there are always discoveries to be found. (See...
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Babe Ruth and Eugene Kramer’s 5 to 10 minutes of fame.
Eugene Kramer with a copy of the Babe Ruth autograph We recently re-discovered an almost-forgotten...
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Help Josué and enjoy his art
You first met Josué Ramirez in What Millennials think of the Bridge Generation at Lux Lounge. and...
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Life as a Stoozer and other adventures in the credit card fun house
Amazon.com Recently, I paid off the final installment on a Discover® credit card I’ve held...
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One of Brighton High School’s Fab Five is back in town
4 Fab Fivers: Andre Marquis, Phil Ghyzel, David Kramer. Above, Eugene Kramer. Sometime in the...
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Eugene Kramer publishes “Isaac” sixty-five years later.
Eugene Kramer (right) with his friend Isaac, not the character from the 1953 “Isaac.” Sometime in...
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A Blast (of cold air) From the Past: The Syracuse University Marching Band and Macy’s 1971 Thanksgiving Day Parade
– Michael J. Nighan For several days this week, it was questionable whether the weather...
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The Big Stick is back. And a mystery
Wall Ball with the Big Stick, 10/12/18 [Photo: Carol Kramer] Many moons ago, I was jogging on the...
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7-Eleven covers its A**
Now sold at 7-Eleven As seen in Trump resigns; squeezed out of White House, 7-Eleven sometimes...
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Featured Posts
Introductions
[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 1981. Caption: Dave Kramer of Brighton concentrates on his next...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Joseph Biden
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Site says Brighton is best place to live in New York
Twelve Corners Memorial Park, Brighton, NY 4/5/18 [Photo: David Kramer] Recently, the Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2021
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] SEE ALL PHOTOS 2015 – 2021...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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For our 7th, Bill Pruitt offers “HAPPY BIRTHDAY TALKER ’22”
[Talker of the Town is on the screen. Photo: David Kramer, see Happy Birthday Mom, we miss you so]...
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