Category Archives: family

A Boy’s Blush – From the Short Story Archive

Posted on June 28, 2023 by toritto

My street – 13th Avenue at 66th street Brooklyn in the late 1940s  I lived in the buildings on the extreme left with the triangular roof lines above the awnings. The heat baked the  concrete streets of Brooklyn that Summer … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Card – from the Archive – 2018

Posted on December 23, 2022 by toritto

. Most of you know Pam and Rob usually make their own Christmas cards. Circumstances being what they are, Pam did not create a card this Christmas Herewith then their card from 2018 Best wishes for Christmas and 2023! . … Continue reading →

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What to do with the Love Letters – from the archive – 2015

Posted on October 23, 2022 by toritto

They wrote each other letters breathless and palpitant, befitting young lovers which she carefully wrapped in ribbon placing them in his duffel bag sitting silently in the garage. Reaching in, a random note from ‘65 he chose visible still her … Continue reading →

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Making Angie Cry – August,1945 – from the Archive

Posted on August 7, 2022 by toritto

Toritto – 1945 Everyone was so happy that day, I didn’t know why they were happy, but I was happy too.  I rode on daddy’s shoulders down 13th avenue, passed the Endicott theater, the waving at the happy people kissing … Continue reading →

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Last Night Without Air Conditioning

Posted on July 28, 2022 by toritto

Last evening while watching the news I noticed I felt warm. Now everyone in Florida lives with air conditioning. Well not everyone. There are the few who claim to love the heat and humidity and those too poor to afford … Continue reading →

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Carlo Buti – from the Family archive

Posted on July 1, 2022 by toritto

Carlo Buti – 11/14/02 – 11/16/63 Several years ago I received an email from my brother-in-law, who is several years older than me. “Remember tomorrow is Carlo Buti’s birthday!  Proper celebrations should be made!” My reply was “How the hell do you know that?”.  … Continue reading →

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Sons – Part 4 of 5 – A Life Story of Choice

Posted on June 26, 2022 by toritto

The doctors spoke to them about a “degenerative disorder of the nervous system” and how infants with the disease seem perfectly normal at birth. The test for a definitive diagnosis could only be done at Albert Einstein Hospital in the … Continue reading →

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Sons – Part 3 of 5 – A Life Story of Choice

Posted on June 26, 2022 by toritto

  Richmondtown Soon after finalizing arrangements to bury Daniel he drove to her parent’s home on Staten Island where she could be with her mother and sister. He sensed it would be good for her to be with women. They … Continue reading →

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Sons – Part 2 of 5- A Life Story of Choice

Posted on June 25, 2022 by toritto

  And so they tell their family and friends; there is joy for them and good wishes. Those with screaming brats welcome the soon to be members of their perpetually exhausted club. Her parents look forward to another grandchild; her … Continue reading →

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The 45 Year Old House Plant

Posted on June 2, 2022 by toritto

The Plant and the Cat.  She’s gone.  It’s still here . So it’s New Year’s Day 1977 and my wife of 14 years and I are waiting. We are living in our new home on Wandering Way in southeast Charlotte, … Continue reading →

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