The Trad

Ellis Island, 1985, Canon F-1 and Kodachrome 64 (photo by B. Feeney) When the Park Service closed the Statue of Liberty for repairs in 1984...

Richard Thompson, City Winery, NYC, 2/15/2012 A Blind Step Away (1987) They bind his eyes with a silken scarf And in his ear a friend expla...

Stolen Child by William Butler Yeats (1889) WHERE dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flappi...

NYC, 2/15/2012

Somewhere in Pennsylvania Somewhere in Maryland Somewhere in New Jersey Twelve moves over 18 years. It never bothered me then and the flas...

TERRY So I was in Boston. I just ended up there. Seemed far enough away. They come to me then, it just happened, you know how that is, t...

Wallace Stroby on the uptown 1 train Man in black, Wallace Stroby has a new one coming out in April. "Kings of Midnight" sees a...

"Red Stripe Kitchen," from "Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful," by Martha Rosler, The New Yorker, August 7, 2000 Th...

FIT Campus, NYC, 3-7-2012

Can you see change when there is change? I think I've changed recently but I doubt it can be seen. My college IDs record a 22 year old...

Greenville, DE, 3-3-2012 When I lived in Chicago, a friend told me that if life were like a tree, most Midwesterners prefer to stay within t...

Antonio and Adam Ciongoli at Gant by Michael Bastian I've had many friends of Italian descent over the years. I suspect it's beca...

Goddess of the Western World 1975 Three Wise Men 1973 Back to Camp 1972 Number One Figure(s) 1976 Cutty Sark Label 1973 Fire Crackers 1...

St Augustine, FL 1976 Ft Carson, CO 1973 Hampton, VA 1972 Montreal, Canada 1970 - All photos by FM Tinseth

Ben Silver Special Forces Tie I remember when I first saw the tie. The colors represent the Special Forces Green Beret as well as the unit ...

The main post pool was divided into 10 lanes. At both ends were 10 NCOs wearing green berets with the white training cadre flash. Th...