A patient patient
Life is a sitcom and today would wear very well as a Seinfeld episode ( with some comedic editing).Right now, I’m in my Roper Hospital room on mandatory bed rest…
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February 29, 2024
Playtime, 1953
As I stated in previous musings, in summertime, no-school days, we left the house at about nine ( after doing morning chores) and maybe returned for lunch; but commonly didn’t…
February 27, 2024
Coney Island Circa 1955
When I try to answer the question, “What were the top three treat events you could hardly wait for and counted the days down to, growing up in NYC?”,Right up…
February 25, 2024
The Shoji Screen
In a dark, recessed corner of our living room, with many doo dads sitting in front of it, so you can hardly see it, sets a lovely wooden shoji screen…
February 23, 2024
Ring-A-Levio
OK. I got another one for you out of the depths of ancient history. We boys played “ Ring-A-Levio”. Say you had 6 of you out playin. You divide into…
February 22, 2024
Mumble-Y-Peg
Every young boys’ outside game I recall had the primary goal of totally humiliating your opponent or mock beating the hell outta him. Eg the aforementioned ( I like that…
February 21, 2024
It’s a Wonderful Life
God is great!! He has blessed me and my beautiful wife, Marjorie, with an absolutely wonderful, long life, epitomized by the last couple of weeks. First, on February 7, we…
February 20, 2024
Historical Ironies
First, you may notice, many of the addressees of this epistle are friends and relatives who might be called senior citizens. ( old. like me). That’s cause its focus is…
February 19, 2024
S’more Chicken Farm Adventures
A little clarification first. I’m relating truish stories from my life in the 50’s. I had never heard of s’mores then. That was an 80’s phenomenon for me. So my…
February 18, 2024
The Draft
Every young American male coming of age in the 50’s and 60’s had a major life-affecting decision to make at about age 18. What to do about the Draft?? In essence…
February 15, 2024