John F. Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) “It is our task in our time and in our generation,to hand down undiminished to those who come after us,as was handed down to us by those who went before,the natural wealth and beauty which is ours.”President […]
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The Wedding Crasher by Mark R. Elsis
“Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.”Tennessee Williams It was Sunday, October 26, 1975, and I was at the reception of my Father’s marriage to his second and current wife, Lois, at the historic Hotel Elysée on East 54th Street in Manhattan. My date was a delightfully sweet and very pretty fifteen-year-old girl, Kathy […]
You’re An Irish Poet by Mark R. Elsis
I was driving my taxi in Manhattan on a beautiful summer evening in 1981 when a man flagged me down. When I stopped, a woman and a man of about 60 years of age entered my taxi. As soon as they were seated, the first thing the man said to me wasn’t what their destination […]
Driving Brian Doyle-Murray To The Mudd Club by Mark R. Elsis
It was in the latter part of the magical summer of 1980. I was driving my taxi, and for the first time, I asked my opera singer girlfriend, Julia Madison, if she would like to go out with me for a few hours while I worked. Julia said she would love to go out driving […]