Yearly Archives: 2008

Memoir, Murder, and Epiphany

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Fred Bubbers

Three summers ago, I was Elizabeth Benedict’s student at the New York State Summer Writer’s Institute at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs.  At her evening reading that year, she chose  a then unpublished personal essay about the murder of her … Continue reading →

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Stony Brook Again

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Fred Bubbers

I’ve re-posted these pictures from Stony Brook, NY.  I took them down because there was a dispute over who actually took them, my daughter or my sister.  I wasn’t there at the time, so I can’t say definitively who took … Continue reading →

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Is this what Camelot looks like?

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Fred Bubbers

“Oh, well, you know, we have thought about this because part of what we want to do is to open up the White House and, and remind people this is, this is the people’s house.  There is an incredible bully … Continue reading →

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Reports of my death…

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Fred Bubbers

…have been greatly exaggerated. My last name is unusual and has been a mixed blessing. It’s rather funny sounding and I got teased about it when I was a child, but it’s also memorable, so it’s probably a good thing … Continue reading →

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We’ll Always Have Saratoga

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Fred Bubbers

Every July for the past three years I have spent two weeks at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY, attending the New York State Summer Writers Institute. For me, it’s two weeks spent as far away from my normal life … Continue reading →

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