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J.P. Devine
  • Published
    September 28, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: In praise of basic ketchup

    It is the most common kitchen artifact in America. It is to be found on the kitchen tables and on red and white checkered picnic blankets of our land.

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    J.P. Devine: Chickens back on the table

    My passion for the eatable feathered friends goes back to my early childhood. We had a big house on the corner across from the convent, where the landscaping nuns, yes there is such an order of sorts, raised not just chickens but rara avis of many colors.

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    September 7, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Haunted by ghosts of New York

    Do you have a minute? I've been thinking of going down to Manhattan for my birthday. What do you think?

  • Published
    August 31, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: My many roads not taken

    "Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention."

  • Published
    August 25, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Winter comes on the wind

    At the end of a perfect day, the end of a perfect month and a perfect summer, just as two wine glasses clink, a sudden cool wind pops up, and a late night call comes that tells of the unexpected death of an old friend.

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  • Published
    August 18, 2012

    ON THE EDGE: Badminton at the Olympics?

    I've never been a fan of sports. This is on the record and so deeply embedded that it will be mentioned in my obituary. I've usually avoided the Olympics, because it's the Vatican event of sports, like when the Pope gives the Easter address and everyone goes.

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    August 11, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Goodfellas don’t do billfolds

    As you all know, August is National Wallet Month. I made that up because I needed a theme. You didn't come to my house to hear me lecture you about the presidential race, the Olympics or Curiosity landing on Mars.

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    August 4, 2012

    ON THE EDGE: Vito on the bench

    I was good, really good, but he was better for the part. It was the cold winter of 1956. We were both out at the old NBC studios in Brooklyn, auditioning for the part of an Italian brother in a new hour-long drama.

  • Published
    August 4, 2012

    J.P. DEVINE: Why I cherish a life not planned

    I was good, really good, but he was better for the part. It was the cold winter of 1956. We were both out at the old NBC studios in Brooklyn, auditioning for the part of an Italian brother in a new hourlong drama.

  • Published
    July 28, 2012

    ON THE EDGE: If you have a basement in New England…

    Free advice to newly married couples: Do not buy an old house in New England that has a basement.