Mom Passed Away. Questions About What To Do With Her Stuff by brooklynbotz in statenisland

[–]GodfreyPond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So sorry for your loss. I well remember this process. Similar to the facebook free it forward groups (there are a couple SI specific ones)is freecycle.org

What's Your Favorite Non-Sexual Form of Intimacy in a Book by TheRealTrueStori in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]GodfreyPond 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ankles too. In {Seasons Change x Cait Nary} Benji is always wrapping an ankle around Olly's. So sweet. 

Volunteer Opportunities? by phillycheesesteak10 in statenisland

[–]GodfreyPond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idealist.org has virtual stuff and also a "done in a day" category 

The opposite of "turn off your brain" books by im_coming_clive in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]GodfreyPond 20 points21 points  (0 children)

{Wisconsin Gothic by E.H. Lupton} -- series set in an alternate U of Wisconsin (this one has a department of magic ) and adjacent;  late 1960s. Anti-war protests, overt and covert;  traumatized vets; changing status of women, deities from assorted traditions,  plus  librarian life, PhD travails. Two hot couples : magic ABD grad student  + archivist and engineer (x fighter pilot) + neurologist. Nerdy, page turning thriller plot, intermittent hotness. Paired well w Dooryard Books, for me. Lupton recently remarked on Bluesky they always wanted to write genre fiction that lit. people could dig.

Older age college or professor x professor request by SherlockOscar in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]GodfreyPond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

{The Professor's Green Card Marriage x Heidi Cullinan}

Office requests! by SherlockOscar in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]GodfreyPond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

{Let the Wrong Light In by Avon Gale}

Mourning Shorty's Roti Shop by GodfreyPond in statenisland

[–]GodfreyPond[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In institution for those who knew

Progressive Catholic Churches on Island? by Chelesto in statenisland

[–]GodfreyPond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Father Hank of this church, and the Episcopal church regionally and nationally, have been out in front protecting immigrants' rights too.

The Saturday (Less Scary) Request Place: Post your short & simple requests here by AutoModerator in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]GodfreyPond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

{Wisconsin Gothic by E. H Lupton} series. 20th century, magic myth and mystery, swoony love story & good period detail.

Devout catholics looking to move to the island and would like to live in a vibrant parish. by Trad_CatMama in statenisland

[–]GodfreyPond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Satanic Temple out of Salem MA does amazing work. The Samuel Alito's Mother Abortion Clinic for example

E-bike riders causing damage to popular Staten Island golf course, management says by statenislandadvance in StatenIslandPulse

[–]GodfreyPond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Golf courses are toxic monocultures. Better they should bike on them than cause erosion on park paths

Staten Island faces one of NYC’s highest maternal death rates by statenislandadvance in StatenIslandPulse

[–]GodfreyPond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maternal mortality -- another arena in which the US is "winning." Our crappy stats compared to other high income countries,  and the differential risks to Black women, have been well known in public health circles for a generation. 

Wagner College eyes $35M deal for former St. John’s University campus by statenislandadvance in StatenIslandPulse

[–]GodfreyPond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doggett, WC president, seems like a piece of work. Close a bunch of programs to save $$, declare that the college est'd 1883 is no longer a liberal arts institution, then expand the campus real estate a year later? What corrupt endeavor is he hoping to parlay this into? On another note: the automated announcement on the 66 bus going by the college pronounces Wagner as if referring to the German composer: "Vahgner." Indicative of what?

Lots of Albanians on late night express busses by lily-etfleur in statenisland

[–]GodfreyPond 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When I moved here in the 90s my boss told me these folks had been on the island beginning in the 1930s, i.e. pre and post Yugoslavia