John Breunig
Editorial Page Editor at Stamford Advocate
Editorial Page Editor at Greenwich Time
Editorial Page Editor for the Stamford Advocate and Greenwich Time, and father of mischief-maker who keeps changing my social media profiles.
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2 weeks ago |
ctinsider.com | John Breunig
Delia Ephron has been a best-selling author ("Siracusa"), written hit screenplays ( " ") and made her Broadway debut as a playwright last fall at age 80 (" "). For a brief moment during our conversation she seems to step off the page, the screen, the stage and consider her own story from the perspective of the audience. It's a reminder of just how miraculous her life's recent plot twists have been. "Isn't that amazing?" she marvels, channeling the voice of the audience.
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3 weeks ago |
ctinsider.com | John Breunig
I don't plan to be late for my own funeral. That would mean blowing my final deadline. So we were all on time for my father's recent services. Alas, the funeral was late for us. Yes, there we were, less than an hour before we were to follow the hearse to the New Rochelle, N.Y., church my father had been a parishioner at since 1965. Sixty years of appearances almost every Sunday, yet somehow they weren't expecting him. Our contact at the funeral home said "sorry" more than Justin Bieber and Brenda Lee.
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1 month ago |
ctinsider.com | John Breunig
Several years ago, my Uncle Fred took me, my two brothers and my father target shooting. We knew Fred (my mom's brother) could shoot. Fred learned to hunt from his father, and taught it to his own son. As for the rest of us, well, let's just say the clay pigeons didn't have much to worry about. Then my dad picked up a rifle. Dad 1, clay pigeon 0. He kept doing it. What ... exactly ... is happening? we wanted to know, since we had never seen Dad with a gun. "I was a sharpshooter in the Army," he replied.
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1 month ago |
ctinsider.com | John Breunig
My neighbors spoiled my art project. In recent days, I've been bringing extra bags on my morning walks. One for The Pup, the other for the discarded nip bottles that far outweigh anything the neighborhood hounds can produce. I've been tossing the tiny liquor bottles into buckets as evidence for a future column.
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1 month ago |
newstimes.com | John Breunig
My neighbors spoiled my art project. In recent days, I’ve been bringing extra bags on my morning walks. One for The Pup, the other for the discarded nip bottles that far outweigh anything the neighborhood hounds can produce. Article continues below this adI’ve been tossing the tiny liquor bottles into buckets as evidence for a future column.
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