Reluctant Rebel

 I admit I listened to too much Simon and Garfield back in the 60s and 70s. I think their music is rather introspective and depressing but i...

  Just some news from Provincetown, MA Getting nostalgic for the Cape.  We will likely be going to California this year as it is 1,000 miles...

Soon after my return, [from my junior year in Italy] I got together with a couple of my college friends, Michael Buonanno and Wayne Chesney...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Grandma, Maria Concetta [Carlino] DeFrancesco Grandma, Rosa [Nesta] Daversa Mom, Theresa [Daversa] DeFrancesco...

Lately I've been thinking about a song that was popular in 1968, Those Were The Days My Friend by Mary Hopkin.  It was played over ...

When I was in college, long, long, ago, I was standing in line at the cafeteria when a rainbow appeared in the field across the street.  ...

Given that the book turned out to be only about 200 pages, I just want to say that I did not set the price for the book - that was set by th...

We just got back from P-town after two weeks of fun, sun, surf, sand, and sticker shock, (more on that later) only to finally read and follo...

Our Truck and Camper Just returning from a five-day stay at Hillside Campground in Pennsylvania where we enjoyed seeing some old friends...

Took  a ride to the shore yesterday for a beach fix. On the way to the state beach I drove by Sound View to snap a few photos. I never got o...

Photos via Digital Commonwealth  from Boston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection  Terms of Use (as appended to each i...

I've made passing reference to the fact that I've been working on a memoir.  I belong to a writers' group - a small group o...