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"Back Over My Shoulder" podcast: Sherlock Holmes was in Glens Falls, NY?

“Back Over My Shoulder” podcast: Sherlock Holmes was in Glens Falls, NY?

Hi! Thanks for joining me. This was to be my January 6th Back Over My Shoulder podcast. However, because of the reprehensible terrorist invasion of our US Capitol on January 6, I felt it more appropriate to hold off posting this until now. This podcast is “Holmes’ visit in 1894 left few clues, my dear Watson.” In it, I tell of the time when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spoke in Glens Falls. The…

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"Back Over My Shoulder" Podcast #3 - Oh the Power of Santa

“Back Over My Shoulder” Podcast #3 – Oh the Power of Santa

Well, I’m a few days late because of the Nor’easter that blew through (we got about 40 inches of snow). But, snow or not, here’s my third Back Over My Shoulder Holiday Season podcast! In “Oh the Power of Santa,” I share a special Christmas memories from when my wife Sara, our daughter Julia, and I lived in Glens Falls. Julia was around three years old and a neighbor’s rooftop Santa played a…

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Holiday Podcast #2 of "Back Over My Shoulder" now available!

Holiday Podcast #2 of “Back Over My Shoulder” now available!

Here’s my Second Back Over My Shoulder Holiday Season podcast. In “Thoughts of a Christmas couch,” I share memories from back in the day in Ticonderoga of the “distinct” and hilarious approaches my parents, George and Jane King, took to their Christmas shopping.

The podcast is available on all these listening platforms: Anchor; Breaker; Google Podcasts; Overcast; Pocket Casts; RadioPublic; and Sp…

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"Back Over My Shoulder" podcast # 3 - Cruisin'

Historian & Author Joe Cutshall-King

Here’s my Back Over My Shoulder podcast #3 — Cruisin’ – Memories of summer nights on wheels!

Remember cruisin’ up and down the main drag of your town, looking for fun, love, and maybe even a bit of trouble? Put your seatbelt on and click on any of these links to listen: Anchor;  Breaker;   Google Podcasts; Overcast;   Spotify; PocketCasts;  RadioPublic.

Hope…

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"Back Over My Shoulder" podcast # 2 - June 23, 2020

Historian & Author Joe Cutshall-King

My second Back Over My Shoulder podcast is ready for you to hear—Reese, Rebel flag boosters have skewed view of history.

As you probably guessed, it’s about the Confederate flag controversy and I don’t mince words. Click on any of these links to listen: Anchor;  Breaker;   Google Podcasts; Overcast;   Spotify; PocketCasts;  RadioPublic.

When you’ve listened,…

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New! Back Over My Shoulder podcast

Back Over My Shoulder podcast

Historian & Author Joe Cutshall-King

Hi! I’ve formally launched my new podcast, Back Over My Shoulder. In it, I’m reading my “Over My Shoulder” columns I’d written weekly for The Post-Star—columns on regional history, commentary, and my own reminiscences.

I’ve published six years’ worth of columns in two books, Over My Shoulder and Over My Shoulder 2.  Friends who have been reading them said I…

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Upcoming Presentation & Book signing at Chapman Historical Museum

Upcoming Presentation & Book signing at Chapman Historical Museum

Join me at the Chapman Historical Museum on Saturday, December 14, at 2:00 pm for Tim Weidner’s beautiful  presentation, From the Mountains to the Sea: S. R. Stoddard’s Hudson River Photos. Tim will share Stoddard images from Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack High Peaks to New York Harbor, taken during the 1870s and 1880s. The event is free and open to all.

Right after it, I’ll be doing a

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A Thanksgiving Memory from “Over My Shoulder 2”

A Thanksgiving Memory from “Over My Shoulder 2”

Jane King, working in her kitchen 1972

Here’s a Thanksgiving memory I’m sharing from my new book, Over My Shoulder 2. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

OVER MY SHOULDER column for November 20, 1999:

Memories of holidays gone by, via the back porch

My mother, Jane, had a special affinity for enclosed porches that were not winterized. They provided a holding space for a chaise lounge, crockery…

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“Over My Shoulder 2” Is Here!

“Over My Shoulder 2” Is Here!

Over My Shoulder 2 is now available! This is the second collection of my “Over My Shoulder” columns on regional history, commentary and personal reminiscences, originally published in The Post-Star, the daily newspaper of Glens Falls, New York.

Over My Shoulder 2 is 203 pages long, with 117 columns published from 1998 to 2000, and all fully indexed. These columns deliver solid, timeless history,…

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“Over My Shoulder” in the Black Watch Memorial Library

“Over My Shoulder” in the Black Watch Memorial Library

Front cover of “Over My Shoulder” by Joseph Cutshall-King

My newest book, Over My Shoulder, is now in several libraries in our region! I’m hoping to get one in every library of every town mentioned in my book, which would many towns.    So far, it can be found on the shelves of Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls, NY; Easton Library in Easton, NY; and the Greenwich Free Library in Greenwich,…

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A sample column from my new book: "Over My Shoulder"

  Post-Star front page banner – December 4, 2018

What a gift I received when I saw the December 4th , 2018 edition of The Post-Star! Gretta Hochsprung’s Hometown News column “Looking Over his shoulder” was about my new book, Over My Shoulder.

In it, Gretta reported on a reading I’d given from the book at the Chapman Historical Museum. It was an emotional experience, akin to a homecoming. I’d…

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“Over My Shoulder” at the Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair

“Over My Shoulder” at the Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair

Over My Shoulder, my newest book, debuted at The Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair last Sunday and the public gave it a great reception!

Cover Design: Black Swan Image Works

My daughter and the book’s Editor, Julia Cutshall-King, my wife, Sara Cutshall-King, and I had a table at the 23rd annual Chronicle Book Fair. The Book Fair was spread out over the entire first floor of the Queensbury Hotel in…

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“Over My Shoulder”—The Book Is Here!

“Over My Shoulder”—The Book Is Here!

My newest book, called Over My Shoulder, is now available!

Cover Design: Black Swan Image Works

The whole title is (ready?): Over My Shoulder: A Collection of “Over My Shoulder” and “Passed Times” Columns published in The Post-Star from 1994-2003; Volume 1: 1994-1997.

As you can see, Over My Shoulderis a compilation of my weekly “Over My Shoulder” columns which combined local history, commentary,…