Tag Archives: Philadelphia

American Short Glances IV

    Las Vegas It has been over a month now since a whack job or a terrorist or a whacked out terrorist shot up a country music concert.  It would have been easy to jump all over it but it is better to stop and wait

Summer of Love and Loss

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”  Dr. Seuss Labor day approaches which means that summer is ending.  It has been a bittersweet summer for me and has moved far quicker than I wished but it was bound to happen.  The sweetness of

Winter is Coming

    Another year has passed and we once again celebrated the acknowledged birth date of this Nation.  There are many different dates and occurrences that could be considered but the Fourth of July was chosen, so be it.  Every year that passes we are

Transitory

About three years ago I noticed that when I would partake in an alcoholic beverage I would feel a flush come over me shortly after my first sip.  It would dissipate after a few minutes and if I continued to drink it would not reappear. 

Tid-Bits

403 I was young then, maybe 6 or 7 years old. I couldn’t have been much older because we still lived in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. Our street was a dead-end an it ended at the railroad tracks. We lived in the last home

Getting to know me!

On Christmas day, 2013, my son gave me this little booklet “My dad, His stories. His Words.” My son wanted to capture some snap-shots of my life to share with his three boys.This write up is the result on me trying to answer these questions. Please