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Monthly Archives: June 2017
A Story For The 4th Of July
Once upon a time there was a shepherd boy, a Kurd living in Turkey. His family owned live stock and made feta cheese and Greek yogurt which they sold to support themselves. It was a semi-nomadic life, moving the cows … Continue reading
Toritto – A Life In Pictures – #9
And so in September 1964 Torrito, carrying a red Diplomatic passport boarded a TWA flight bound for Athens and was met by representatives of Ethiopian Airlines which carried me to Cairo and then on to Asmara, Eritrea. I was assigned … Continue reading
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Toritto – A Life In Pictures – #8
Give my regards to Broadway! Standing in front of the Christian Science reading room And so in March 1964 the newly married Toritto and JoAnn moved to a small apartment on High Street in Ayer, Massachusetts, just outside of Ft. … Continue reading
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Toritto – A Life In Pictures – #7
And so the prom passes. Her father was not amused when I brought her home at ten the next morning. It was Memorial Day weekend and without a smile he said “Seeing as how you kept my daughter out all … Continue reading
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Toritto’s Reads
I rarely, if ever, read fiction during my formative and working years. My college degree was in economics and my personal interests revolved around European history. The one exception was my fascination as a youth with the Iliad, which I was introduced … Continue reading
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Totitto – A Life In Pictures – #6
So the years between 16 and 20 passed quickly; or so they seem now. I had close extended family. Our “gazebo” – My father’s sister Connie hamming it up; in the rear, her son Joseph ( a Korean War vet … Continue reading
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Toritto – A Life In Pictures – #5
Toritto and Judy at my senior prom – May 1959. I was 16. She just turned 12. 🙂 The years went by between my 6th grade elementary school and my 12th grade high school graduation. Leaving P.S 187, I attended … Continue reading
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Toritto – A Life In Pictures – #4
My Mother This is one of the earliest photos I have of my mother. She is standing on the left and judging from her clothes was still in the Catholic orphanage at the time as a Ward of the State. … Continue reading
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TOOTH!!
Look at that bright, shiny new tooth!! Poor Clark boy. Cranky all weekend. Just think Clark – Nine more teeth and you’ll have as many real ones as Grandpa! 🙂 .
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Toritto – A Life in Pictures – #3
Sixth grade – my last year in elementary school P.S. 187. It was May Day – but in the early fifties May Day became the “Spring Festival.” Mom, me, Nicholas and the two Alfreds (my brother and our neighbor). Me … Continue reading
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