Codger’s Column: A common chorus
Just before the excess air was ferried out of the summer season, Codger attended one of the most encouraging events of the year so far, a grassroots, nonpartisan celebration of the power of song to...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: Rest in pieces
When the doctor told Codger he had to totally rest for a week, the old scribe replied, “You kidding? On Shelter Island?” Shelter Island in August is no place to rest. It’s very stressful, like the...
View ArticleCodger’s column: Heat from the kitchen
The dedication last week of the Chris Lewis Kitchen at the Presbyterian Church was about as symbolic an event as Codger expects to witness on Shelter Island this year. An oven light was lit for good...
View ArticleCodger’s column: A talent show
If Shelter Island ever decided to stage a talent show with world-class resident headliners, it might go something like this, according to Codger: Friday night, a superb concert by a gifted...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: Feed me
Codger still feels buoyed, weeks after seeing “Little Shop of Horrors.” What a show. Not only was it terrific as sheer entertainment, but it also made the case yet again that a town without school...
View ArticleCodger’s column: Woofless
Codger and Crone have been without a live-in dog for almost a year now, longer than any time in their almost 30 years together. That, the frigid weather and the doom dome we’re cowering under these...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: Safety first
Crone said it first: “I don’t feel safe any more.” That puzzled Codger at the time. After all, wasn’t this still America with its checks and balances, due process, free speech. Even more comforting,...
View ArticleCodger: A cold season
When the barbarians reached the gate last week, actually breaching the North Ferry line, Codger felt the depth of this mean and stony cold season. There was no more comfort in the cocoon of Shelter...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: Another year
Early in this new year, on the kind of sunny, gin-crisp morning that reminds him why he loves winter on the Island, Codger sat down at the otherwise unoccupied counter of the Place Formerly Known As...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: Vulnerable thoughts
Codger and Crone are between dogs right now, waiting for that next Cur to fill the place of Rudy and Milo and Apollo and Tess. Each of them arrived in some quirky, fateful way, rescuing the humans...
View ArticlePharm policy
Ever since the Soloviev Group lost its recent bid to plant a gambling casino in midtown Manhattan and then stopped filling prescriptions in midtown Shelter Island instead, Crone has been prescribing...
View ArticleCodger: Sing louder
Codger had been feeling paranoid lately for imagining that the government was coming after him. It’s not as if he actually had dealings with those teen-aged DOGES or the faceless ICE. They were busy...
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Codger’s Shelter Island Column: Lucky
The first time Codger met Michael Coles, 25 years ago, it did not go well for Codger, then working for a different newspaper. He was writing about the unsuccessful attempt to build a senior center on...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: The Minefields (a rant)
Codger is feeling oppressed in the midst of a year that has included the loss of two close friends and a beloved dog. And that’s just the personal stuff. The nation’s government has booby-trapped the...
View ArticleCodger’s Shelter Island column: Past as prologue
History comes joyously alive with a dozen old-timers around a long table chortling through stacks of antique postcards and photographs. They are finding pictures of grandparents and houses they once...
View ArticleCodger: Cur III concurs
Like so many people he’s been talking with lately, Codger is alarmed by the state of the nation and asks, “What should we do?” The answers have ranged from wearing a pin with the Walt Whitman line,...
View ArticleCodger’s column: Talking to Jules
Codger’s friend, Jules Feiffer, died six weeks ago, but they have continued talking, at least once a week, usually during their customary Sunday morning chats. Codger believes it’s essential to stay...
View ArticleCodger’s Shelter Island Column: Hope springs …
This time, hope is 8 years old, weighs 40 pounds and is colored black, brown and white. Her name is Tess. Yes, she’s a dog. Hope is not always a dog, but a dog is always a hope. Like almost everyone...
View ArticleShelter Island Reporter column: Codger has hope
Two weeks ago, nursing distemper from the national election, Codger ran into Gordon Gooding for the first time since he won the empty seat on the Town Board. They had barely exchanged pleasantries...
View ArticleCodger’s Column: We’ll see
In times of anxiety, Codger recalls his father’s mantra: “Nothing is ever as good or bad as your imagination can make it.” That’s always been wise counsel for Codger, especially lately as his...
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