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"MEMORY SURVIVORS"
Having bid adieu to parents, relatives and close friends, I believe it is up to us survivors to preserve and honor their memories.
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"SUCH FRIENDS"
Sometimes a bond formed early in life ends quickly and unexpectedly.
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"TAKING MY SHOT AT COMEDY"
I’m not much of a risk-taker nor an adrenaline junkie. My adventures have been modest in scope and duration. Though in my mid-twenties, I briefly but…
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"HERMAN SINATRA"
Like many writers, I exist on the periphery of real life. Though strange-but-true events do intrude on my predictable routines.
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"BRAVO BOB BRAY"
When men and women go to war, they face their fears and cope as best they can.
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"POKER NIGHT"
Another senior citizen stating the obvious: What we take for granted in youth, we treasure in old age. The “once-upon-a-time” list grows in…
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"MEETING THE TERMINATOR"
I don’t believe in celebrity autographs unless you’re asking for an ill child, young fan or aging relative. But I enjoy sharing my encounters with…
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"REMEMBERING THE REC"
We Boomers love to brag about our wonderful childhoods, whether they were or not.
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"BLIND BROOK"
That transaction made some people very wealthy, but its repercussions buffeted our family for decades.
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"ON HALLOWED GROUND"
Dad's teaching continued until the very end, and his legacy endures.
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"NOTES OF A NOMADIC SON"
My dreams in the summer of '69 ended because of an abrupt relocation and my parents' deception.
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"F-TROOP"
Rather than quit the sport I loved, I found comic relief in a goofy TV program. It was inspiration for me and a bunch of other benchwarmers during a…
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