Tom Faranda's Folly

More on this epic later – here’s Joe on June sixth, before our sailing in NY Harbor. More to follow!

I mentioned a few days ago that there was going to be an event honoring and celebrating John Lillis, who our community lost in March, 2006, and who I’d posted about back then  A bad day in Croton-on-Hudson The event was mostly organized by members of his Cornerstone retreat group, and a couple of other … Read more

From my friend Joe – If there is no God, why does the earth fit perfectly into a chicken? Proves that God favors Chick-fil-A!?  

Ahhh, one of my favorites. Gone at 86. I loved him in Support Your Local Sheriff.  

What a great first 3 minute video, especially for Yankee fans And the two following – very fine! Total of 10 minutes for all three. Don Larsen wrote a book a few years ago about his game and about himself, which I loved (got the kindle edition). Here it is – The Perfect Yankee: The … Read more

The purpose of which is primarily for sending around to interested collegiate track programs. Javelin and shot put, plus PR’s in the squat and bench press. Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon he sent me a text as he left the gym – these were the working sets for his bench press that day, after he’d warmed up … Read more

Good feature in this past NY Times magazine section. Today there's only one major league baseball player throwing "the screwgie", to quote Phil Rizzuto. Rizzuto would (as any longtime Yankee fan would know) have been referring to Luis Arroyo and his screwball – and his glittering 1961 season as a Yankee reliever. No reference to … Read more

Last night – Fire by Brigid – and a nice big skunk wandered by. Will get his picture next time. These are off my android phone. No light = mediocre picture.  

UPDATE: My friend Karen (another Faranda Partnership Hiker {FPH}) sent me this – Mt Beacon Incline Railway   Wow, this past Saturday what a great day hike, with my hiking buddy Jeanne Marie (our wonderful spouses both opted out, or rather never opted in). Here’s the wiki for Beacon Mountains. And here’s an excellent description of the … Read more

Crazy. Patricia Ireland didn’t do her group any favors with this …