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Goodbye Boy Wonder I’m at an age now that no matter how successful I become from here on in, I’ll never be called a Boy Wonder! Even if my cumulative yout…

When I Was A Kid I come from a first-generation Italian family that included my Aunt Gloria. My father worked three jobs when I was a young kid. I hardly saw him…

The truth about nostalgia is that during times of transition, feelings of nostalgia are pronounced.  We yearn for what was.  Bonding with coll…

*The Texas storm that just occurred compromised the power of over 4 million homes. The current death toll of the storm and its effects is 80 people, though th…

It’s a bitter joke that Black History Month occurs in February, the shortest month of the year! The list of Black Americans that have enriched Americ…

Manopause.com presents the Top 12 Valentine’s Day gifts for Men and Women.…

I get the ideas for these essays from a lot of directions.  This one is the result of two words that I just received in an e-mail. Some younger friends and…

I’m generally not into conspiracy theories. I believe that we landed on the moon, that Elvis wasn’t an alien and is dead, and that the Earth is a…

We held several Zoom meetings with family and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday. We talked about children and grandchildren and other usual things, b…

The weather is cooling.  The days are getting shorter. And the coronavirus is on us like a plague of locusts passing through a cornfield. Gone are the b…

Home plate Ninety feet. Just 90 miserable stinking unprintable feet – that’s all I need! I glance again at the scoreboard – still tied 3…

I have a confession to make. I am a coward. Some people say they laugh in the face of death. I snivel and shiver – and run away. I was the original Sir Robin, long b…