Joanne Sherman, Author at The Suffolk Times

07.15.2011 News

Gold Star Mom gets IRS okay for charity with Bishop’s help

When the IRS refused Chrystyna Kestler’s request for expedited approval of the Joseph J. Theinert Memorial Fund’s 501(c)(3) status in time for a fundraiser in Greenport next Monday, she...

05.19.2011 News

Troops who served with fallen East End soldier to visit his hometown

The military troops who served in Afghanistan with Lt. Joseph Theinert are expected to arrive on Shelter Island today to pay a visit to the hometown where the man...

09.23.2010 Columns

Going Thoreau-ly batty out in the wild

One of the great advantages of traveling in an RV is getting close to nature. I may bring all the comforts of home when we hit the road, but...

08.26.2010 Columns

Doughnuts, heaven, otters and unicorns

(Two years ago when my granddaughter was 8 we drove together to Riverhead. I remember this particular trip because from the time she got into the car, during a...

07.29.2010 Columns

Attention, there’s a cart joust in aisle 9

Do you remember how pleasant year-round residents and summer people were to each other in the grocery store in June? June is sort of our honeymoon period, when we...

07.15.2010 Columns

When family gets in the way of business

When I was little I loved to play store with a cigar box as my cash register. Every time I’d lift the lid I’d say “ka-ching,” the universal cash-register...

06.17.2010 Columns

Junk or treasure? Well now, that depends

I save everything; Christmas cards, partially melted Tupperware, fondue pots, watches, portable radios, elementary school art projects, college textbooks, eight-track tapes, clunky calculators, napkin rings, cameras. Very little that...

05.20.2010 Columns

Me, two giggly girls and one green lady

It was two years ago, 5:30 in the morning and still dark, as I tried to cram a dozen bottles of Poland Spring into a small cooler. “That’s way...

04.29.2010 Columns

An unhappy hooker’s trials and troubles

I hooked my way across Canada two years ago. Having never hooked before, I thought I was too old, but according to an older, experienced hooker who was guiding...

04.15.2010 Columns

Think skinny, honey, we’re going through!

I consider myself a good driver. Competent, anyhow. I may never get the driver-of-the-year award, but I’m not as bad as the woman I watched at the post office...

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