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When I commuted on the Long Island Rail Road from Penn to Speonk on the 5:51 evening train, summer did not last as long as the calendar said it did. Getting off my train at 7:55 PM, the darkness began … Continue reading →

There are only a few iconic historical events that an individual witnesses in a lifetime.  There were those who remember what they were doing and where they were on the Sunday of December 7, 1941. Many of these people have … Continue reading →

Friday, September 3, 1971, was a memorable day. Life-changing events are almost always memorable, and I experienced a life-changing event on September 3, 1971. The date also happened to be my mother’s 64th birthday. That is especially amusing as I … Continue reading →

I went to my local beer and wine distributor last weekend. I had hoped to get a few six-packs of summer ale. Last year around this time they were looking to unload it and what would have normally cost me … Continue reading →

Remember when you used to listen to albums? Or LPs? You’d put the first side on and maybe you would put two or three more albums on the spindle and when all four Side A’s had played you’d flip them … Continue reading →

Fifty years ago today the third day of The Aquarian Exposition of Peace And Music, what we’ve all come to know and love as Woodstock, was to boast a lineup of Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and The … Continue reading →

Nineteen years ago today, I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, CLL. I had just returned from a week’s vacation. The next to the last day of my vacation, August 10th, I had a physical. There was nothing wrong with … Continue reading →

I am sixty-nine, so maybe I am old, but to a seventy-year-old man, I’m still a kid. And maybe I have been known to pass gas or break wind as they say but who doesn’t? Nevertheless, this sixty-nine-year old who … Continue reading →

Certainly, being retired and living in Florida, I do have my lazy and hazy days. Given the fact that summer lasts fourteen months a year, I often do get crazy. However, the lazy, hazy, and crazy days which I am … Continue reading →

Today, Mariano Rivera will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. It is fitting that Mo will be enshrined in the Hall the weekend America is remembering and celebrating the triumph of Apollo 11. You see, more men have … Continue reading →