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Mom Would Have Been 93

Posted on January 20, 2016 by toritto

Mom, me with the glasses and my two brothers.  The baby is already gone My mother Mary would have been 93 years old this week. She is gone longer than she was here – she will be gone 50 years on … Continue reading →

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1929

Posted on June 20, 2015 by toritto

I saw “Wings” with my father when I was young; Best Picture of ‘29 like him, splendidly silent in a world of black and white He was 12 in ‘29; afflicted was he with Caesar’s falling sickness which would take … Continue reading →

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Poppa Was a Union Man – a Re-post for Father’s Day

Posted on June 17, 2015 by toritto

Mom and dad in front of our little bungalow, circa 1957.  The teenage ghost behind the glass is me. My father was a union man; a member in good standing of the International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union … Continue reading →

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Mary and Danny – A Love Story for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 7, 2015 by toritto

by toritto Mary (center) with her girl friends in Central Park just before having to leave the orphanage – in her orphanage clothes – the date in her own hand. It was 1941 and Mary was sitting on the curb at 77th street … Continue reading →

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My Father Would Have Been 98

Posted on January 10, 2015 by toritto

My father and grandmother – Easter 1943 My father would have been 98 years old on Monday. Not my grandfather or great-grandfather; my father. He never made it to 57. I received a phone call in the middle of a … Continue reading →

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