The Maroon Vol. 2… No. 96 Thursday, December 8, 2022
“Bringing us all to a place we don't want to lose."
Observer: Midlife Wisdom
Macky’s New York: Mayor McGoose
William Peay: Tales From The Wood…
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame: Made For & Inspired By RHS Alumni
RHS Tired Teens: Later School Start Times
M + A NYC: Mighty Are We As One
Paul Cortellesi: La Dolce Vita
In Memory Of Our Classmates & Faculty: Photographs & Memories
James Stroker: Hope Coach
Jim Schoneman: Rock Hound
Jeff Meyers: The Dog Of The Moon
Kathy & Ross Petras: You’re Saying It Wrong
Observer
Midlife Wisdom
I don’t want to pick a fight with the Ridgewood High School Alumni Association (RHSAA). Though I will point out their web site is in need of an update. My main bone of contention is that their web site has incorrectly labeled the honorees to the Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame for over two years. No amount of email seems to move them to fix the errors.
Truth be told, they only have themselves to blame for their current state of disarray. By relying upon one volunteer to host and maintain their web site they have replaced an online reputation once considered top-notch, with one lacking any normal clarity & coherence. If you read their 990 Tax Form you’ll see they have plenty of money to hire a professional. I suggest they admit to themselves that Web hosting and updates are part of the cost of operating a not-for-profit, just like their legal, accounting, and software purchases.
Macky’s New York
Matthew Cortellesi Photography
August 25, 2022 - Paul pays a visit.
The new wall art just arrived featuring old school artists and celebrities enjoying the city of Venice - I'm happy to have Paul Newman looking over me and my cheese shop (seen in reflection) - other photos throughout the restaurant/market include Mick and Bianca, Ernest Hemingway, Gary Cooper, Sophia Lauren and Marilyn Monroe.
This photo is of Paul Newman visiting the Carpaccio exhibit - yes Carpaccio was a painter born in Venice in 1465 and it was Giuseppe Cipriani who created the dish at Harrys Bar in Venice in 1963.
William Peay
Tales From The Wood…
RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Made For & Inspired By RHS Alumni
Visit The RHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Digital Printing for the RHS Hall of Fame provided by Tim Boucher, RHS 1988
RHS Tired Teens
Later School Start Times
M + A NYC
Mighty Are We As One
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Paul Cortellesi
La Dolce Vita
Socca
We usually serve these Niçoise chickpea pancakes from the grill, but not today. It is just too cold.
Instead we took some leftover grilled sausage (it seemed to be warmer last night), heated them up stovetop and experimented with Socca’s also stovetop.
It worked and was a quick lunch with Son #3.
To feed two:
Take a cup of Chickpea flour (we use Bob’s Red Mill). Whisk in half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of granulated garlic powder, a quarter teaspoon of dried herbs (Herbes de Provence seemed right), and a few grinds of pepper. Then continue whisking in a cup of warm water and let it rest while you go about your morning, stirring when the urge hits you.
Heat a wide flat pan and brush with olive oil. Pour in a half a cup of the socca and swirl it around. Your pan may take a bit more or less. The rest of the process is much the same as pancakes. Flip them when you think they are ready and let them finish on the other side. Let folks tear it into pieces and grab the warmed toppings.
Easy and takes less time than the trip to the nearest deli.
In Memory Of Our Classmates & Faculty
Photographs & Memories
In Memory Of Our RHS Classmates
James Stroker
Hope Coach
Jim Schoneman
Rock Hound
Caught a nice sunset at Cave Point this evening. That wind coming off the lake was so cold. The ambient temperature was 25 degrees, but that strong wind made it feel like zero. I couldn’t take off my mittens for more than a minute before my fingers started freezing, and that made it real hard to set the camera settings on my expensive full frame Nikon DSLR. I finally gave up and pulled out my cheap Samsung telephone from my pocket and took a bunch of shots. I like the result. Cave Point never disappoints.
Jeff Meyers
The Dog Of The Moon
I might spend most of a day
Letting my soul
Be sucked up by the vacuum cleaner
Of a school,
Grading students on
Efforts to meet us at the goal line of mediocrity
Whose chalk we set down upon the green grass ourselves;
I might spend most of a day
Staring at a screen,
Cutting and pasting,
Denying the better nature of my soul;
I might bow to the false image of pedagogy;
I might spend most of a day
Wondering where I have been,
Where I’m going,
What people think of me,
What I think of people
Who don’t really exist;
I might forget
To take the trip offered by every moment:
My dog and I, step by step,
Walk down the hill in the fading light - ,
With each footfall we love the dying light,
We love the deep dark green of tree silhouettes
Patterning themselves with a simple
And undeniable finality on the orange background
Of another day that has come, and gone,
And is right now moving on.
I might spend the best part of my day
Walking up the hill
Into the night,
Watched over my shoulder
By the moon, with
Jupiter
Shining
Like the dog of the moon.
Kathy & Ross Petras
You’re Saying It Wrong
all together / altogether
“Bully anyone at anytime, and if someone asks you to stop, then you are just being—altogether now—politically correct.”—THE NATION
All together now—altogether and all together aren’t the same. Altogether is an adverb meaning “completely, entirely, totally,” as in “It was altogether confusing.” All together, on the other hand, is a phrase that means “in one place” or “all at once”— “The dancers arrived all together for the audition.”
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