The Mother of American roller coaster culture and the “Big Momma” of Coney Island, the Cyclone tops everyone’s list of things to do in New York City. Get ready to shake, rattle, rumble and roll over 2,640 feet of track featuring 12 drops and 27 elevation changes that still has the stuff to take your breath away.| Luna Park in Coney Island
On the brink of 60, while healing from unexpected surgery, Alison Krupnick bonds with her daughter’s molting orchid mantis.| oldster.substack.com
"I have scars from my Covid-era surgeries and will soon have another scar from my breast cancer surgery. In some ways, I view them the way some people view wrinkles, as evidence that I have lived."| oldster.substack.com