Brian PJ Cronin
@brianpjcronin.bsky.social
Environmental Reporter for The Highlands Current: An award-winning, non-profit, independent newspaper in New York's Hudson Valley. (https://highlandscurrent.org/author/bcronin/) Also teaching journalism at Marist University. He/Him.
If you’re wondering what it was before this, it was me talking about when I covered a press conference for a local arts group and when I asked for press materials they gave them to me in a branded tote bag and I was in a hurry so I took the materials AND the free tote bag and felt guilty for YEARS
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
If you’re wondering what it was before this, it was me talking about when I covered a press conference for a local arts group and when I asked for press materials they gave them to me in a branded tote bag and I was in a hurry so I took the materials AND the free tote bag and felt guilty for YEARS
The first time I was ever served an Americano was 25 years ago when I was in Tokyo and I took one sip and had to fight the urge to scream IS THIS WHAT YOU THINK OF US at everyone in the cafe
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The first time I was ever served an Americano was 25 years ago when I was in Tokyo and I took one sip and had to fight the urge to scream IS THIS WHAT YOU THINK OF US at everyone in the cafe
It’s from this book which I highly recommend:
The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book: Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop
Uncommon Recipes from the Celebrated Brooklyn Pie Shop
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November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It’s from this book which I highly recommend:
Whenever my wife and/or kids ask what I want for Christmas/Birthday/Father's Day I always say "We should watch all 20 hours of the Ken Burns documentary about jazz together" and this is the gift I have yet to receive 😢
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Whenever my wife and/or kids ask what I want for Christmas/Birthday/Father's Day I always say "We should watch all 20 hours of the Ken Burns documentary about jazz together" and this is the gift I have yet to receive 😢
For everything Thanksgiving after that, I still made the pie but had to cut a slice for her first and put it on the floor to make sure it didn't happen again.
She passed away a few years ago but I still make it every year and we all (even my mother) call it Maisy Pie.
She passed away a few years ago but I still make it every year and we all (even my mother) call it Maisy Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
For everything Thanksgiving after that, I still made the pie but had to cut a slice for her first and put it on the floor to make sure it didn't happen again.
She passed away a few years ago but I still make it every year and we all (even my mother) call it Maisy Pie.
She passed away a few years ago but I still make it every year and we all (even my mother) call it Maisy Pie.
Ten years ago, the first time I made a maple buttermilk pie for Thanksgiving, my 10-year-old cat Maisy who had never been interested in people food before, jumped up on the table in front of my mother and buried her face in the pie. My mother screamed.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ten years ago, the first time I made a maple buttermilk pie for Thanksgiving, my 10-year-old cat Maisy who had never been interested in people food before, jumped up on the table in front of my mother and buried her face in the pie. My mother screamed.