Lugubrious Drollery
Saturday, January 09, 2021

The Civil War Letters of Robert Z. Cory

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The Civil War Pension file for Robert Z. Cory contains two letters which he wrote home to his wife Matilda. They are reproduced below. Backg...
Monday, January 04, 2021

Excerpts From the Greate Book With Printable Comments

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The pdf file I previously published included comments which could only be viewed online. I've revised the file so that it can now be dow...
Saturday, January 02, 2021

The Strange Life and Death of Dr. John Calvin Cory

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The life of John Calvin Cory was in some ways typical of the pioneer period of American history. He was part of a large family which migrat...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Excerpts from the Greate Book

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Title page of the 1603 edition of Seven Treatises by Richard Rogers. The book handed down from John Cory of Southold was titled Seven T...
Sunday, September 08, 2019

The Great Book of John Cory

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Yes, I am still alive. It's been a few years since I've posted here, but since I'm boycotting Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, e...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Rev. Theodore Hesburgh

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Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, past president of Notre Dame, died yesterday at the age of 97. I never had an opportunity to meet the great man...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

New Blog

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Since I'm concentrating on photography now, I have started a new blog, www.davidacoryphoto.blogspot.com . I will keep Lugubrious Droller...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Maholy-Nagy on Photography

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László Maholy-Nagy 1895-1946 "The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do.' The salvation ...
Sunday, November 03, 2013

Doesn't Anbody Review This Stuff Before Publishing?

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I have two problems with an advertising section for Montefiore Medical Center in the New York Times Magazine for Sunday, November 3, 2013: ...
Saturday, November 02, 2013

The Essence of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.
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