Jeremiah
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Newspaper reporter |
| Location | New Paltz, NY, United States |
| Introduction | Former Knight of the Altar, St. Martin's parish in South Buffalo, NY. Old enough to remember ducking-and-covering from the nukes that Sister Jeanne assured us were coming our way, defending Santa Claus until age 10, hating sports, being effectively blind until fourth grade, wanting to fly, escaping to Westchester County for three years, re-escaping to Buffalo for most of high school, escaping to Fordham U to grow a moustache and smoke a lot of oregano-laced pot, escaping school, getting political, getting arrested, getting tried, convicted and released for crimes against the draft. Husband to Patty, father to Grady and Annie. Housepainter, cab driver, idiot, then newspaper reporter in Poughkeepsie, years of freelancing and shameful indulgence, followed finally by 15 more years of reporting, column-writing, some awards, discoveries large and small along the way, including these: Sister Jeanne was full of beans, writing is good for the soul and I'm the luckiest man alive. |
| Interests | Movies (only good ones), fiction (lately, John D. MacDonald, Richard Price, Samuel Butler, Lee Child) non-fiction (New Yorker, NYT) humor (Roy Blount, Russell Baker, George Saunders)... |
| Favorite movies | Partial list: Ol' Yeller, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Godfather I & II, Wings of Desire, Maltese Falcon many many more. . . |
| Favorite music | Kinks, Puccini, Rossini, Radiohead, Dylan, Otis Redding, Pavaroti, Wilderness Road, The Band, many many more |
| Favorite books | See above, plus Once & Future King, Sneaky People, Honey in the Horn, many many more |