I enjoyed reading this piece, it tells about a small part of our country that I know nothing about even though I could probably get there comfortably in a day's travel. All I ever knew about Long Island was what Ken has said and the bits Johnny Carson had to say about the railroad there, which were far from flattering as I recall. Ruth Here is a long and gaseous soliloquy but if you scroll down far enough there is some really fine information on the Montauks that I had not previously run across "In the Hamptons" by Gary Percesepe - Fictionaut <http://bit.ly/5ZW4n3>http://bit.ly/5ZW4n3 -- Ruth Barton [log in to unmask] Dummerston, VT -- **Please remember to trim posts, as requested in the Terms of Service** To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>