Hitchcock in Boston Harbor

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I watched Hitchcock’s  1963 “The Birds” yet again last week.  That movie scared me more than “Jaws”.   I have never looked at a seagull or birds on a telephone wire  in quite the same way since.  Some people don’t think … Read the rest

Being Only

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I was a Philosophy major in college.  Thinking about Being with a big “B” and being with a little “b” used to fascinate me.  I remember Martin Heidegger had something to do with the phrase but, without Google, I wouldn’t … Read the rest

D-Day Memories

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It was 1952. I had never flown before but at the age of seven I knew a C-47 when I saw one. It had carried thousands of Allied paratroopers on D-Day 1944 and through this doorway I was now crossing, … Read the rest