Codger’s Column: Memory bank
The Beatles, Cassius Clay and Young Codger all met for the first time on Feb. 18, 1964, and, according to Old Codger, the era known as the Sixties formally began. The American president had recently...
View ArticleCodger’s column: What’s the deal?
Everywhere Codger goes these days, from a power lunch at The Islander to a Friends of Music concert to another summit confab of the Senior Citizens Foundation, he hears the same question — “What’s the...
View ArticleCodger’s column: Grievances
A nice day came and Cur II took Codger for a walk on Wades Beach. It had been a while. Soon enough Cur II will be banned from the sand lest he kick some of it on the little summer bratskis or eat...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: Cur II is gone
It’s been three weeks since Cur II died and Codger is still being careful not to step on him at night or leave sandwiches where he can steal them. Cur II, a 12-year-old standard poodle also known as...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: The lost week
Crone began to feel symptoms on Monday, just before the first welcome wave of Codger’s and Crone’s family arrived by train. The home tests came up positive for COVID. What timing! Kids, grandkids and...
View ArticleCodger’s column: Meet Mr. Miedema
For some time, Codger has had his eye on Peter Miedema, which is not easy. He’s never still. He pops up in the classroom as Shelter Island’s social studies teacher, in the gym as basketball coach, on...
View ArticleCodger’s column: Serious series
Codger and Crone are critical consumers of current content. Their top three shows are “Silent Witness,” a British crime procedural in its 27th season; the over-the-top dramedy “Kamala vs. The Man With...
View ArticleElect Codger!
So, Codger, as the oldest and least qualified candidate, exactly why are you running for office? For the money. The big increase coming for Town Council members sure beats what I get here, which is in...
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