So here we are again. Another Christmas season. Time to get out the decorations and get festive. It’s also time to remember our past Christmases, and as I remember, some of them were better than others. So, here are some of the more amusing memories from my past and a few other unrelated musings forContinueContinue reading “Christmas and Other Musings…”
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“Twas the Nightmare Before Xmas”
I peered through the darkness into the opening of the cavern, only to see those familiar green and red rectangular objects of terror I’ve seen many times before. No, this was not some abandoned cave hidden deep into the side of a mountain in a West Virginia coal mine. This was the cavern of ourContinueContinue reading ““Twas the Nightmare Before Xmas””
YOU WILL EAT YOUR TRIPE AND LIKE IT!
Growing up in a large, poor Italian family didn’t have too many perks. If you were lucky, you got new clothes once a year, when your birthday rolled around, or your godparents came into a few extra bucks from betting on the ponies. I can remember getting a new pair of blue dungarees from myContinueContinue reading “YOU WILL EAT YOUR TRIPE AND LIKE IT!”
PICK A MEMORY – ANY MEMORY
Try to think way back when you were a kid. Now think about a time when you went to visit Grandma and Grandpa, and walked into their kitchen and smelled something wonderful cooking on the stove. Perhaps it was one of your favorite meals like franks and beans — the aromas of fried slab baconContinueContinue reading “PICK A MEMORY – ANY MEMORY”
The Italian Curse (Malocchio – The Evil Eye)
It was almost 6:30 AM when Mom started banging on my bedroom door while simultaneously shouting, “Get up, I’m going to be late!” not once but twice. I peered my head out from under the covers just enough to see Mom standing there all dressed in her off-white tight-fitting nurses aid uniform. “Well,” she said,ContinueContinue reading “The Italian Curse (Malocchio – The Evil Eye)”
