Tasseography and other superstitions
It really struck me today that while I do seem to be a lot more spiritual than religious, …
Miss Addie
Today is the 10th Anniversary of my mother’s passing. Miss Addie was, as they say, a pistol. She, …
Cemetery Stones for Mom
My dear Uncle, Ralph Ned Dodge, who passed at 92, was a very faithful cemetery visitor. One day, …
Safety in Bolivar
Shortly after my father’s passing, I was in Venezuela with Miss Addie (I spent most of my time …
Here kitty, kitty!
I was just speaking with my girlfriend, Peg Flanders, who lived next to us in Syracuse, and we …
The Iceman’s Baby
My mother had a brilliant sense of humour. Nothing … no one was safe. My father saw me …
Green Pork Chops
My Irish mom learned to cook West Indian from my dad’s mother. You would be totally amazed at …
Gas from the Wishing Well
Like so many things from childhood, it was a good fourty years before I told this one to …
NYS Fair
For about fifty years of my life and many years more for my parents, the New York State …
Those check-bouncing Blacks
Met a very nice man at his garage sale … Sadly, he felt compelled to tell me how …