Category Archives: family

THE HOLE OF HEAVEN by Peter Nolan Smith

July 27, 2022 – 6:16 am

According to the Old Testament God banished Adam and Eve from Eden for eating the forbidden apple and this Original Sin exiled their descendants to this mortal coil, however humans have repeatedly defied this divine decree with attempts to recreate Heaven on Earth and in 1965 the teenagers of Boston’s South Shore made out at […]

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THE SONGBIRD ON GEORGE’S PIZZERIA

May 7, 2022 – 1:09 pm

A tale of my mother’s voice from 1960s Boston. Little Italy to be exact. Love and Peace to Angeline Theresa Smith Story by Peter Nolan Smith Filmed by Raoul Ollman Set Design, Sound and Lighting by David Henderson YELLOWBIRD by Harry Belafonte To ssee this video please go to this URL

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Top 3 Mothers Day Songs

May 7, 2022 – 10:59 am

I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MOTHER – The Intruders MAMA TRIED – Merle Haggard DEAR MAMA – 2 Pac

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Winter’s Rainbow

April 6, 2022 – 8:52 am

My baby brother died on AIDS in 1995. My mother succumbed to cancer in 1996. I mourned their passing with a circumnavigation of the globe. Every holy site on the route was my destination; Luang Prabang, Zhongdian, Lhasa, Benares et al. My soul was washed by the waters of the holiest rivers in the world, […]

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FREEBIRD INDEED by Peter Nolan Smith

April 5, 2022 – 7:07 pm

Throughout 1994 the doctors at Boston’s Beth Israel spoke about turning the corner on AIDS and in January my youngest brother had made enough of a comeback for me to contemplate taking a West Coast job offer. “We’re opening a Milk Bar in Beverly Hills.” The original club in New York had been a success […]

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