Category Archives: family

First Flower Of Winter

March 22, 2012 – 5:39 pm

Two weeks ago I took the 441 bus from Haymarket Square in Boston to Marblehead. My uncle was waiting at the stop. He was in good form, considering having suffered from a slight stroke earlier in the winter. My aunt was on her way home and the two of us walked over to Fort Sewell. […]

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Fucked

November 9, 2011 – 6:41 am

My cousin and I had a long telephone call last evening. I was south of Charleroi. It was the ugliest town in europe. Oil Can was north of Boston. We were an ocean apart. I asked about his father, the judge. The ex-marine has been repatriated from the hospital. My uncle was back at home. […]

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Wait Till Next Year

October 10, 2011 – 12:22 pm

When I left America in early September, the Boston Red Sox seemed destined to finish first in the American League East or show up in the AL playoffs as the wildcard. They ended the month with a record 7-21 allowing Tampa Bay to replace them in baseball’s October classics. The Red Sox Nation have experienced […]

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SUNNY by Bobby Hebb

October 9, 2011 – 2:17 pm

Bobby Hebb’s SUNNY was a massive hit during the summer of 1966. I sang it to a beautiful blonde 13 year-old girl on a Cape Cod beach. We stood barefoot in the sand. Sally had blonde hair. The sun was setting into the sea. It was the last week of August. Tomorrow the weekly vacationeers […]

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Victory At Last

June 19, 2011 – 8:35 pm

My history with the Boston Bruins dates back to the 50s. My father took my older brother and me to a game at which both Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull scored hat tricks for the Chicago Blackhawks. My youngest sister and I watched Bobby Orr score the winning goal against the St. Louis Blues on […]

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