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If you had scanned the Dock Street Theatre at Saturday’s matinee, you might have noticed something. Row C. On the aisle. Two men. That was...
Family is important to all of us, but it’s not always our priority as the vagaries of life are upon us continuously. As we conduct...
In my senior years, it has struck me that we make many of our life-affecting decisions when our heads are full of mush and we...
43 Steps. That’s how many there are between the ground and my aerie (Penthouse. Attic. Apartment. Take your pick) on South Battery in the “Holy City”...
I’m going through the second most difficult transition in my lifetime. The most difficult, of course, has been the loss of my partner in everything...
Ziva is my cat. She is my only constant, live-in companion since Marjorie passed away. For the record, my wife and I, at least I...
I have always been struck by the truth in the two simple lines that open Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities:“It was the best of...
No discussion of a typical 1950s pre- or early-teen Catholic boy’s Saturday agenda in Flushing is complete without mentioning the sacrament of Penance and the...
Flushing, NY, NY.That wasn’t a typo. Back then, it meant Flushing, New York City, New York State. And for a 12-year-old, lower-middle-class Catholic kid in...
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