Category Archives: Cocktails / Appetizers

The Camera Doesn’t Lie . . . Damn it

Today I received a letter in the mail from a local funeral home.  Do you think they know something I don’t know? It was an invitation to take part in a survey that would help them get to know the … Continue reading

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Give Me the Simple Life

As a kid growing up in the 60s, in a house filled with music and two parents who loved to sing out loud, I learned as a youngster to love the greats: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, the … Continue reading

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Before the Parade Passes By

I’m starting to have a funny relationship with Mondays.  The longer I am out of work the more uneasy I am with Monday — the unofficial beginning of the work week, especially for nine-to-fivers like I was.  It means, in … Continue reading

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Ordinary People, Extraordinary Heroes

I remember vividly where I was the moment the World Trade Center towers in New York were hit by terrorist-piloted planes 10 years ago today. I was lying in bed trying to shake the sleep from my brain and get … Continue reading

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