Category Archives: News

Havana Daydreamin’

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Gerry

Where to next? Not Havana.  Not yet.  But maybe soon. 36 years ago this month, I covered the Trinity College basketball team as the first American sports team to play in Cuba since the revolution in 1959. Here are some … Continue reading →

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Three Boys in Paris

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Gerry

It’s been far too long…ten years…since we last visited Paris. Even in the face of last night’s carnage, I think of Paris as a life-affirming place.  Just “being there” is exhilarating. On our visits, my wife and I will typically … Continue reading →

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Paris

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Gerry

This morning on my NBC Connecticut Facebook page, I posted cute video from Lima, Peru.  A bulldog skateboarded his way into the Guinness Book of Records. The video made me smile for what it was, but also because of where … Continue reading →

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Life or Death?

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Gerry

BOSTON (AP) — A jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday for the Boston Marathon bombing, sweeping aside pleas that he was just a “kid” who fell under the influence of his fanatical older brother. The death penalty.  You’re for … Continue reading →

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Good Writing

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Gerry

It’s not that hard.  It’s not hard at all, actually.  Keep it simple. There are two good examples in today’s Hartford Courant.  The first is a brief story about the crash of a light plane in a corn field in … Continue reading →

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What Do You See?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Gerry

These pictures have been making the rounds since the election of Pope Francis. Most everyone oohs and ahhs over all the smartphones and tablets everyone was holding to record the historic event in 2013, compared with the nearly digital-free scene … Continue reading →

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My Cowboy

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Gerry

“I’d like a coffee light, please.  It’s for Rex Trailer!!!” It was probably 1958, maybe ’59.  Years before I realized that “TV PEOPLE!!!” were just people.  On TV. I was getting a haircut at the barber shop in Pinefield Shopping Center … Continue reading →

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I Was Thinking

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Gerry

I was thinking how mentally exhausted I was when a friend who’s had two strokes and lost the sight in an eye called to ask how I was doing.  I told myself to shut up. I was thinking that a … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Linda

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Gerry

If nobody else will, I would like to thank Linda McMahon for her generous support of the Connecticut  broadcast industry. She spent more than 77-million dollars of her own money to run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and again in … Continue reading →

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Eleven Years On

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Gerry

I have been writing a lot about travel lately, and travel played a significant role in my memory of the most fateful day of my lifetime. My wife and I returned from Italy on September 10, 2001.  As we flew … Continue reading →

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