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Retired NYPD officer pays tribute to others through his art

BY CAROL REIF a clear polymer so they can be dently has other personal pluses. quarantining. Joe Kourakos
STAFF WRITER hung inside or out. Kourakos’s wife, Angela, works in For someone so attuned to God,
the health eld. Being able to stay pher Aristotle, Kourakos puts it
Woodworking had been a Soon so many folks were ask- home with daughters Madison, country and family, that’s not a this way on his website: “Pleasure
longtime hobby for Joe Koura- ing about them that Kourakos 13, and Katelyn, 11, means he problem; it’s a welcome opportu- in the job puts perfection in the
kos, but he never saw it turning had to rush back to his home can help them with schoolwork nity to be close to his clan while work.”
into a business until he got in- shop to churn out more. during COVID-19 closures and honing his growing avocation.
volved in a project that hit very To contact Kourakos, email
close to home. One thing led to another and Quoting the Greek philoso- him at finestwoodworking911@
now the dad of two is making— gmail.com or call 917-337-3193.
It all started when the Somers and selling—everything from
man made and donated several
wooden American ags to a fun- ags, crosses and “challenge coin”
draiser for the family of a police displays to chess boards, bottle
o cer felled by friendly re in openers with cap catchers and
the Bronx. toy chests.

New York City police O cer ere’s even a Pikler Triangle—
Brian Mulkeen, a Hudson Valley a foldable play structure that helps
native and a newcomer to York- develop motor skills—on the ho-
town Heights, was 33 when trag- rizon.
edy struck in 2019.
All are available through his
Kourakos had recently retired website, www. nestwoodwork-
from the NYPD after serving ings.com. His line of products in-
more than 20 years as an o cer cludes patriotic crosses (including
and special operations lieuten- a “thin blue line” version), which
ant in the same borough and in sell for $64; bottle openers ($65);
Manhattan.
ags of any country ($299); corn
Faith and patriotism—not to hole boards ($249), and combo
mention a sense of solidarity and yoga mat holders and cubbies
professional pride—are themes ($189).
that seem to have shaped the
44-year-old’s life. It’s evident in And the list goes on. Every-
his handiwork. thing can be personalized, too.

e donated ags were crafted While a shoulder injury may
from pine, burned to bring out have forced Kourakos to put aside
the wood’s grain, stained red, his beloved law enforcement ca-
white and blue, and protected by reer, he’s happy to have found a
pro table outlet for his artistic
talents.

Being able to work indepen-

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‘That really happened?!’

Yorktown man’s book documents infamous ‘Chicago 7’ trial

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER reporter and I called her on the Some information tam, hit stores just 10 days af- before being returned to the
EDITOR phone. She was willing to sell it from the trial was being re- ter the trial ended. It was well- courtroom.
to us,” Levine said. “She sent us ported by prominent newspapers received, both commercially and
In the mid-2000s, screenwriter the rst 15,000 pages and we such as e New York Times. critically. Of all the positive re- “ at was verbatim from the
Aaron Sorkin met with Steven paid the court reporter $900.” But Levine, who had just gradu- views the book received, Levine transcript,” Levine said.
Spielberg, who revealed that he ated from law school when he remembers the one printed in
wanted to make a movie about e court reporter shipped started the project, knew there the National Review, a conser- For the 50th anniversary edi-
the Chicago Seven. Sorkin, eager the pages to New York on an was more to the story. vative magazine. tion, Levine and his fellow edi-
to work with the famed director, airplane departing from Chi- tors updated the introductory
agreed to write the screenplay, cago. Once they had the pages, “It was incredibly exciting “ at’s the review we’re actu- paragraph and added biographies
despite knowing little about the Levine and his friends as- working on this because we were ally most proud of, because we of the defendants, lawyers and
Chicago Seven or who they were. sembled about 20 people in bringing it to a bigger audience,” tried to do it fairly,” he said. judge. Sorkin also wrote the fore-
the living room of his New Levine said. “We were bringing word.
As Sorkin recalled, “Various York City apartment, work- it out, letting people know about e book eventually went out
circumstances conspired to keep ing 24/7 for weeks on end. the outrage that was going on of print, but Levine remembers “We sent him an email asking
delaying the project.” But in late there. Back then, we didn’t have his excitement when he learned him if we would write the intro-
2018, the project was revived— “We had people sitting in the 24-hour cable news.” that Sorkin was directing a lm duction to the book,”Levine said.
this time with Sorkin at the helm. bathtub reading transcripts,” about the trial. “We didn’t think he would an-
Levine said. “We told them we e book, published by Ban- swer. Sorkin replied immediately,
His critically acclaimed lm, were looking to pick out the “It’s a moment in history that ‘I’d love to.’”
“ e Trial of the Chicago 7,” was phrases basically to illustrate a lot of people
released in October on Net ix, what was happening in Chicago. alive today don’t e re-release of the book re-
renewing interest in the decades- We told them we wanted the know about or ceived several bids, but they went
old case in which the federal gov- substance and the outrage—any- didn’t know about with Simon & Schuster.
ernment charged seven men with thing that was valid. We picked
conspiracy, crossing state lines with out those confrontations, if you before the movie Levine said the transcript of
intent to incite a riot and other will, that basically showed a clash came out,” he said. the trial was made for Holly-
charges related to anti-Vietnam of culture between the establish- wood.
War and countercultural protests ment…and the people who are Levine, McNa-
in Chicago during the 1968 Dem- trying to stop the war.” mee and Greenberg “People read the book and say,
ocratic National Convention. avoided editorializing ‘ at really happened?!’ It’s like
e trial was still ongoing in their book, but Sor- popcorn. You read these seg-
e snappy two-hour lm, when Levine and company re- kin took liberties with ments, they’re outrageous and
which embellishes some mo- ceived the rst 15,000 pages. the transcript, punch- hysterical all at the same time.”
ments and fabricates others, is ing up the dialogue and
based on actual dialogue from the completely fabricating Levine sees parallels between
trial. e court reporter’s tran- some scenes. Nonethe- the unrest of 1968 and the po-
scriptions total 22,302 pages. A less, Levine said, “He litical divisions of today, saying
half-century ago, Yorktown resi- caught the substance of it. lessons can be learned from both
dent Mark Levine and his friends He caught the substance the book and the lm.
read every single one of them, of the time. He caught the
editing them down to a 384-page substance of the confronta- “I put up a lawn sign saying,
book. “ e Trial of the Chicago tion between Judge [ Julius] ‘ ank You Yorktown Police,’ and
7: e O cial Transcript,” origi- Ho man and the defen- right next to it is a ‘Black Lives
nally published in 1970, was re- dants.” Matter’ sign,” Levine said. “What
released on its 50th anniversary But one of the most gets the most attention are the ex-
to coincide with the release of “chilling” lines from the lm, tremists on the right and the ex-
Sorkin’s lm. Levine said, was not embellished. tremists on the left. But there are a
Bobby Seale, co-founder of the lot of us in the middle who believe
In 1969, acquiring a courtroom Blank Panther Party, was initially in doing things the right way.”
transcript was not as simple as charged as part of the Chicago
sending an email. Eight before his case was severed Levine, a 28-year resident of
from the other defendants’. Dur- Yorktown, is a lawyer, writer and
“ is is in the days before Fe- ing the trial, following a heated teacher who practiced corporate
dEx, before even fax machines,” exchange between Seale and banking and publishing law in
Levine said. Ho man, the judge turned to a New York City for over 40 years.
marshal and said, “Take that de-
So, Levine and his fellow edi- fendant into the room there and He was asked by Simon &
tors—George C. McNamee and deal with him as he should be Schuster to narrate the preface
Daniel Greenberg—reached out dealt with in this circumstance.” for the 10-hour unabridged au-
the old-fashioned way. Seale was bound and gagged diobook version that is voiced by
J.K. Simmons, Je Daniels, Chris
“I got the name of the court Jackson and 18 other actors. Be-
cause of COVID-19 precautions,
he recorded it at a small Katonah
studio in mid-September.

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Westchester secures $4 million for small businesses

e Westchester County Of- “Due to the tremendous re-

ce of Economic Development sponse we received for nancial

has announced a second round of assistance, we knew we needed

funding for county-based small to expand our Business FIRST

businesses and nonpro ts fac- grant program,” said Westchester

ing challenges as a result of the County Executive George Lat-

COVID-19 crisis. e county imer. “We are so pleased we were

has secured $4 million in addi- able to secure additional funding

tional funding to support 175 eli- to assist even more small busi-

gible organizations seeking relief. nesses and nonpro ts, and our

In addition, 20 of the county’s Chambers of Commerce as we

chambers of commerce applied work together toward a sustain-

for and were each awarded a able future.”

grant to be used for providing e grant program, launched

business services. in September, was open to busi-

e funds are part of West- nesses and nonpro ts with 99 or

chester County Business FIRST: fewer employees. Eligible entities

Financial Investments for Re- could apply for up to $49,000 to

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row, a grant program designed to mortgage payments, employee

o er immediate nancial relief salaries or bene ts, working

to organizations in Westchester capital, equipment, and other

County that have been negatively COVID-19-related expenses.

a ected by the pandemic. e e 262-recipient organizations

county last month awarded a to- comprise industries such as res-

tal of $10 million to 262 county- taurants/food service; arts, enter-

based small businesses and non- tainment, and recreation; social ment through the federal Coro- through the di cult times so and nonpro t sectors and getting

pro ts. Based on the substantial services; and education. A full list navirus Aid, Relief, and Eco- they can plan for a better to- our economy back on track.”

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Temporary COVID testing site coming to Somers

BY CAROL REIF Patients can make appointments by Healthy erapeutics has already been with minimal wait. People seem to be very
STAFF WRITER scheduling one on the facility’s website,using creating pop-up testing sites in New York happy with the service,”Taylor said.
a QR code that can be scanned or text certain City and has “swabbed”at least 250 people.
A new COVID-19 testing site will soon hash tags that will take them to a scheduler. Healthy erapeutics will o er two types
be opening in downtown Somers. “We do it in di erent ways: drive-ups, of tests: the rapid test, which o ers results
“We’ll know exactly when people are com- walk-ups, concierge. It’s something we do in almost immediately, and sampling that re-
e temporary medical facility will be ing in,” he said, assuring the ZBA that em- our usual scope of practice,” he said, adding quires collecting saliva in a tube,which is sent
located at 265 Route 202, aka the Kurutz ployees will keep a close eye on tra c ow. that most of its practitioners work in medical to a lab for analysis.
Building, in a space previously occupied by emergency departments.“It’s something that
Chase Bank. “So, it’s going to be very well-controlled. we do every day.” Either way, the process takes about two to
Everything is pretty much online. e swab- three minutes.
Proposed by Dr. Randolph H. Taylor of bing takes place outside, at the drive-thru, or Drivers of the start-up,observing that a lot
the start-up Healthy erapeutics, it has at a parking space,”Taylor explained. of people were being forced to stand in line Anything deemed “medical waste” will be
been allowed to waive the normal site-plan “for hours” to get tested, felt there was a real properly disposed of, the applicants had told
process by the Planning Board. Once the samples are obtained, patients need for this type of service. the Planning Board.
are sent on their way and receive their results
Last week, the Zoning Board of Appeals electronically. “We really are able to get people in and out SEE TESTING PAGE 9
granted similar relief by letting it skip hav-
ing to clear the plan with other committees Taylor said he doesn’t expect more than
or boards with vested interests in the town’s four to ve cars an hour at the facility.
Business/Historic Preservation District.
Acknowledging that some patients might
Taylor, along with building owner Donato arrive early or late, Valk said there will be
Settanni, appeared before the ZBA on Tues- designated parking spaces in the back where
day, Dec. 15, with the latter’s lawyer, Rebecca they will be directed to wait.
Valk.
Both boards felt that signs would be need-
Valk made the same argument she had ed to avoid confusion.
aired at the Planning Board, namely that the
number of positive cases is skyrocketing and Valk, saying that no permanent signs were
that there is a crying need for more testing planned because it “would require extensive
sites. review,” deferred to Taylor, who explained
that patients will be instructed where to go
ZBA members raised basically the same when they make their appointments.
questions the Planning Board had about
tra c, parking and signage. Taylor said the Somers site won’t be like
Healthy erapeutics’s operation at a church
Taylor told them that tests would be con- in Ossining.
ducted outdoors,by appointment only,and at
15-minute intervals. Even with that drive-up model, the pro-
cess was “so e cient” that the parking lot
As a result, there would be little chance never even “got close”to being half- lled.
that cars would back up, he said.
“And that’s with no appointments and ev-
erybody just showing up,”he said.

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wondered whether the applicants had there’s a need for this service in our town. CLEARANCE only 4 ice sheet facility
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asked the other businesses in the build- We’d be doing a disservice to the commu-

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Settanni, saying there had been “no Tuesday’s hearing. PlayersSunday Dec. 20

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other feedback,” insisted that both he and In the end, the ZBA declared the test- have a holiday party outside
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Happily Opinion
Ever
After

A merry covid Christmas Stretching Happiness

MAN in the Village, something a tree in our back yard look- THE children still young enough to
OVERBOARD campy and quirky. But that’ll ing around for prey that he can SEASONED believe in Santa Claus. (I believe
have to wait until next year. swoop down and grab. He had CITIZEN in Santa Claus and never forget
RICK So we wandered over to see his eye on my neighbor Paul, to greet each one I see… you
MELÉN the tree at Rockefeller Center, who was feeding branches into ADRIENNE never know which one is the
and that was a much di erent his wood chipper. It’s possible KAVELLE REAL Santa.) People saluting
We were longing for experience from previous years. that he could have made o each other with happiness greet-
just a small taste of Instead of being packed onto with Paul, but he never let go of The December/Janu- ings: Happy Christmas, Happy
a regular Christmas 49th Street wishing you were the wood chipper. ary holiday season is Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa,
season, so we sat ourselves in on the Number 7 train during observed throughout Happy Solstice, and you can tell
the car for a few minutes while rush hour because it was less We had reservations at Tony’s the world. Whether you call it from their smiles that reach from
we remembered how to work crowded and a more pleasant on 43rd Street, our favorite Ital- solstice or Hanukkah, Kwanzaa mouths to eyes, that they really
it, forced ourselves out into the experience, you could spread out ian eatery. Usually you can look or Christmas, it is a time of joy mean it, they’re truly happy.
cruel world, and headed for and do a few calisthenics if you inside a restaurant and tell if it’s and celebration; each celebrates
Manhattan just like in normal so desired. People were keeping any good by how many patrons the return of light: daylight, Why can’t we hold onto that
times. And darned if it didn’t their distance from one another, are there. Now, it’s quite the candlelight, and the light of the feeling all year long? Probably
feel pretty good. To the casual and I had so much space I was opposite, and for once, being world. It is a time to remember because life intervenes with work
observer (and this is why you thinking of putting in a bocce scared of every living human those we love, those who are no and bills and coronavirus. We
should dress for the holidays), court. It was almost civilized. seemed vaguely heroic. But the longer here, and the belief we have to cook dinner and dig
it seems as though we’re in a tables were properly distanced, have in something greater than ditches and unclog toilets; we
bad scene in a bad movie right We took a few sel es of my and I was able to slide pieces of ourselves. It is a time of year must deal with multiplication
now, and Owen Wilson is there, thumb with the tree in the veal saltimbocca underneath my when we teach our children that tables and empty wallets and
and Vince Vaughn is in it and background. is year’s tree is mask when no one was around. all people are created equal and face masks…and life in general.
Steven Seagal is directing, and a 75-foot tall Norway spruce It was somebody’s birthday, must be respected even if our
we’re already over budget and from Oneonta. When they and they brought out a giant beliefs are di erent. We feed the If we could just infuse a little
trying to do re-writes on the y unfurled it they found a small dessert with sparklers in it, hungry and open our hearts to bit of holiday joy into everyday
and Rotten Tomatoes is going owl hiding in the boughs. ey blazing away. In normal times the needy. All too soon, though, living it would be a start. You’ve
to make a salad of it. I wish we named him Rockefeller, so he it would have brushed past me we go back to our daily grind heard me say “we make too
were at least getting paid to be might one day be heir to a for- and almost lit my hair on re, and forgetfulness…but I like to many special days, and not
in this bomb, but it’s the only tune. He had to travel 170 miles but neither the sparklers nor my think that each year more people enough days special”. Why don’t
bomb we have. to get here, but at least he didn’t hair had the heart for it these remember and try to stay aware we start by taking an ordinary
have to come all the way from days. of those less fortunate. day, let’s say Wednesday because
In normal times we’d have Norway like the tree did. e it’s the middle of the week, and
tickets to “A Prairie Home wildlife center nursed him back Ordinarily we’d head over e excitement of the holiday instill it with some of our holiday
Companion,” or a holiday- to health and released him onto to 9th Avenue and nd a place season gets under your skin. joy. Let’s celebrate Wednesday
themed show in a tiny theater Broadway, which had less peo- to knock down a couple cock- Lighting candles, lighting the as if it were a holiday. Make
ple than the desolate forest he tails, but not this year. Bars are tree, seeing the excited faces of it a holiday not from work but
grew up in. We sometimes see a a breeding ground for sloppy from unhappiness. We can
barred owl that hangs around in
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KAVELLE and try to emulate our year end
behavior. e more we do it, the more
FROM PAGE 10 it will become part of us. We will
then nd that Christmas, Hanukkah,
call it ‘Wonder Day’ instead of Kwanzaa, and the Solstice are alive in
Wednesday and treat everyone we our hearts and just waiting to be called
meet as if they were special the way we upon to make us as happy as they do
do at the end of December. We’ll say in December.
“Happy Wonder Day” and smile and
try very hard to love our neighbors. Happy Everything to my beloved
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MELEN in a giant stag party. I guess I’m a little
envious- for once humans are the ones
FROM PAGE 10 who seem like they don’t have it together
at all.
behavior and people tend to let down
their guard. Most dumb ideas that people Since our little night out, indoor
regret were born in bars after a few dining has gone on an unfortunate
drinks, and often the dumbest idea was hiatus. If you blame Cuomo, you’re still
that last drink. Peoples inhibitions go not getting it. Public enemy number one
haywire. “Hey honey, you got a beautiful is the relentless, invisible invader. A close
bridge of your nose, just let me see what second are large swaths of the entitled,
you got under that mask. Just let me the ill-informed, the mask-less. e
see one nostril and I’ll guess the other.” reason experts exist is to know more than
And who needs a taproom full of drunk you and I, and now would be a great time
covid molecules running amok? A covid to listen to them. Stay safe and let’s all
molecule that you ordinarily wouldn’t give get to the other side together.
the time of day can look SO CUTE after
a Long Island iced tea. We can’t do all the things we usually
do right now, but we had a really nice
On the drive back home we saw so evening. We adjusted, we adapted,
many deer on the side of the parkway we accepted. In normal times we’ll
that it seemed like they were the only remember when there was a “new
ones having any fun. I asked my wife, normal.” I can’t wait until that’s the “old
don’t deer hibernate? Shouldn’t they normal.”
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It’s Christmas Eve; tell me a story

MY My mom was in a nursing home ning movie, “La La Land,” that shines the television, cellphones, computers
PERSPECTIVE for almost four years before she died a light on this important topic. In the (unless you’re gathering by Zoom), and
in 1998. For the rst two years, she scene, one of the two main protago- tell a story about your life to someone
JAMES shared a room with a woman named nists, Mia (Emma Stone), is audition- in your family; equally as important,
MARTORANO Agnes, who sadly never had any ing for a movie for the umpteenth listen to theirs.
visitors. Every time I visited mom, I time. She has done what all struggling
This year, I am thrilled to address would see her roommate, alone, with actors do: audition, audition, and We’ve been through a lot this year.
you on Christmas Eve. To mark her oxygen tank, lying quietly in her audition! After countless failures, and As a community, the virus has been
this special occasion, I am going bed. Not once did I see any family or with her career at the breaking point, hard on us on many levels. Our econ-
to ask something of you. Please take friends with her. One Christmas, I de- she makes one last attempt at landing omy is su ering, and our optimism
the time, this holiday season (perhaps cided to break the silence. I pulled up a a leading role. Nervously appearing at is strained; yet, there is still room for
even on this special night) to tell your chair and asked Agnes to tell me about what could be her nal audition, she is dreams or as Mia sings:
family and friends a story about your herself. Her eyes lit up as she launched prepared to recite script lines or any-
life. Equally important, I ask that you into a story about her life. It turns thing else for that matter. Instead, she “Here’s to the ones who dream
take a moment to listen to one of out that she actually knew my parents is taken by surprise when she is asked Foolish as they may seem
theirs. from years gone by. She had a son in by one of the interviewers to simply Here’s to the hearts that ache
California and a daughter nearby in “tell me a story.” Here’s to the mess we make…”
Storytelling is as old as humankind Connecticut. But she and her daugh- We certainly do make a mess some-
itself. Ancient civilizations promoted ter were not on speaking terms and her In response, Mia immediately tells times. No one leads a perfect life.
their view of the universe by pass- son was preoccupied with his family the story of her aunt: “My aunt used Neither does the artist create a perfect
ing down stories from generation to and too far away to visit. Wiping a tear to live in Paris. I remember, she used painting. But our life, like the artist’s
generation. ere is nothing more from her eye, she told me a story about to come home and tell us these stories creation is uniquely ours. Sharing our
intimate, or more thrilling, than a good her childhood and how she and her about being abroad and I remember life’s experiences with future genera-
tale told by someone who truly under- family used to love Christmas. I could she told us that she jumped into the tions is the best way that our brief time
stands the art form. Unfortunately, this see how much she enjoyed telling me river once, barefoot…” on earth can leave its mark:
age-old practice is in serious decline. about herself and I was happy that I “She captured a feeling
Since the invention of the printing had made the e ort to listen to her. Mia continued, but now singing Sky with no ceiling
press followed by television and, of (song by Hurwitz, Pasek, and Noble): The sunset inside a frame
course, today’s technological advances, e next time I visited mom in the She lived in her liquor
we have strayed from what once was nursing home, Agnes’ bed was empty; “Leapt, without looking And died with a flicker
our primary and most e ective method she had passed. And tumbled into the Seine I’ll always remember the flame…”
of communication. Yet, we all have our The water was freezing Not all of us have the courage to live
own stories to tell; we’re just waiting e importance of storytelling has She spent a month sneezing life with the reckless abandon that the
for the opportunity to share them. not been lost on the arts. But said she would do it again…” song suggests. But every story, whether
We all have stories to tell and it’s bold or tame, deserves to be told. Mia’s
Scriptwriter Damien Chazelle is not important that they not get lost in the
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e art of conversation
is alive and well…

it, how do you think you’d feel? I

WHATWAS felt the excitement as opinions and
I THINKING? ideas were tossed back and forth,
sometimes everyone talking at the

RUTHANN same time. Before we knew it, we

SCHEFFER had to head out to our next stop,

still chattering as we left the diner!

e question lingered in my

In the past, I’ve lamented mind for a few days, and then I
about cell phones, etc., just
about annihilating the art of had to nd the answer. Accord-
ing to the UK’s Daily Mirror:
“Remains of what some Catho-

conversation. Eleven-year-old lics believe was the manger

grandson Nick gave it CPR on of baby Jesus was brought to

Christmas Eve. Rome from Palestine in the year

After attending a wonder- 642. e relic was preserved for

ful Christmas Pageant at their centuries encased in a silver and

church, we stopped at a local glass cradle-shaped container in

diner for a quick bite to eat the chapel under the main altar

before heading over to Uncle of Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary

Paul and Aunt JulieAnne’s for des- Major. Made of wood from the Rudolph, the Red-Tailed Hawk.

sert and presents. We were joyful Sycamore tree, the relic consists Merry
Christmas
and in a holiday mood: Kurt and of ve planks, two of which are

Val, Nick, nine-year old Brennan, nearly a yard long and upright to

six-year-old Brianna and proud form an “X.” Studies suggest these

Grandmopps. While waiting are supports of the manger which

for our sandwiches, I mentioned might have been made of clay or

receiving a special e-mail that day limestone. Every year on Christ-

from a friend: the subject was mas Eve, the relic is carried around

“First king-size bed,”and pictured the Basilica and displayed in front

the manger lled with hay. e of the altar on Christmas Day.”

caption read: “ ank God for that I quickly called Val and asked

bed and the baby who slept there.” to speak to Nick. As he quietly

I told everyone that the picture listened, I excitedly read to him

really had a profound e ect on me. the Daily Mirror account directly

Before anyone else could comment, from my screen. When I nished,

Nick asked: “Is the manger still in I asked: “What do you think of

existence?” that?” I couldn’t wait to hear his

You could have heard a pin drop. reply. Nick’s answer? “Cool.”

We looked at each other clearly What better response than this

realizing that none of us had ever from the kid who started the ball

thought about this possibility. rolling by asking his thoughtful

en a lively discussion followed: question?

If it is, where would it be? Would Nick, thanks for restoring my

the manger be heavily guarded? faith in the return of lively con-

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Santa Paws is coming to town

boy,” I said, matter-of-factly. bacon- avored. And with that When all the toys and treats “In a sense,” I said, quickly
realization, I went shopping. arrived, I wrapped them, and moving all the dog gifts away
My husband opened his stacked them by the replace. e from the replace.
I found an online pet store dog sensed something was up
TRACY mouth and then snapped it and got a bacon-scented stu ed and he sni ed around the gift pile “Are we having brussels
BECKERMAN shut. He knew better than to squirrel, a bacon-wrapped chew enthusiastically. sprouts with bacon?” he asked.
question my actions when it stick, and a toy that dispensed
bacon avored-treats. I got “Not yet, Monty,” I said. “You “Um, nope.” I pushed the
came to the dog. bacon biscuits, bacon strips, have to wait until Santa Paws toys further away from the re.
and bacon balls. I bought a big, comes to town.”
I did actually have a reason bacon- avored Frisbee and a “Bacon quiche?”
small, bacon-scented tennis ball. en one particularly cold “Noo…” I said.
for the abundance of dog And nally, I got a large stu ed night while my husband was still “So, what’s cooking?” he
toy in the shape of a bacon. at work, I decided to make a re asked.
“ What is all this?” gifts in our living room. in the replace to warm me up, I shook my head and
asked my hus- Are you sensing a theme here? forgetting that the nearby gifts shrugged.
band when he When our kids were little, Once I saw the bill, I realized might also warm up. Soon the “A Frisbee.”
we had loads of gifts for them I’d gone somewhat overboard. whole house was toasty and, also,
wrapped up in front of the But then I thought, “Hey, I the whole house smelled like Tracy Beckerman is embarking
knew when he was sleeping and bacon. By the time my husband on a new adventure as an empty
walked in the door. He waved at replace for Hanukkah and I knew when he was awake, I got home, our house smelled the nester! Now, instead of being
knew if he’d been bad or good breakfast rush at the Hollywood “Lost in Suburbia,” she is “Lost in
a big stack of gifts assembled in Christmas. Back then, it was and he’d been good for good- Diner. Midlife.” Life is just as funny…
ness sake.” So, my dog certainly but with a lot less laundry. For
front of the replace. not uncommon in the month seemed to meet all the require- “Hey, it smells great in here! more midlife humor, follow her
ments for Christmas gifts. Are you cooking bacon?” he asked on Facebook at facebook.com/
“ ose are presents,” I said. of December for our living when he walked in the door. LostinsuburbiaFanPage.

“I know they’re presents,” he room to resemble the loading

said. “But who are they for?” dock of a toy factory. But then

“ e dog,” I said. our kids grew up and got their

“ e dog?” own homes, and suddenly our

“Yes, the dog.” living room was achingly empty.

“And why does the dog get en I thought of someone who

presents?” he asked. would be overjoyed to get pres-

“Because he’s been a good ents, especially ones that were

MARTORANO “A bit of madness is key season I salute each of you, no And here’s to the fools who As we end this di cult year,
To give us new colors to see dream it has been my honor and
FROM PAGE 12 Who knows where it will matter what your life’s story privilege to share my thoughts
lead us? Crazy as they may seem with you. I wish you and yours
song suggests, like the existen- And that’s why they need has turned out to be… Here’s to the hearts that the happiest, safest, and most
tialists assert, that authenticity, us” break joyous of holidays. See you in
even with a bit of madness, is So my friends, this holiday “So bring on the rebels Here’s to the mess we 2021!
the key to a meaningful life: The ripples from pebbles make.”
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