Razzman asked me in the comment section of “Local Knowledge Necessary”: “where have you been?”
I left on Monday to go to Cape Cod to attend the wake and funeral, and as it turned out, to have the … Read the rest
Intersections Named Flood
Media death came this week. TV Journalist, Tim Russert. His sudden death at 58 years old (heart attack) became a televised Irish wake in our living rooms with the body in the parlor. Yes, I remember those days and this … Read the rest
Brothers
The man on the left is my father. His brother, my uncle Dan, (my total favorite guy growing up) sits next to him.
When Dan was on his two week honeymoon in the Caribbean in 1938, he wrote to my … Read the rest