Tag Archives: grandma

It’s Carlo Buti’s Birthday!

Posted on November 12, 2015 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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Monday’s Laundry

Posted on July 29, 2015 by toritto

How white the Monday laundry against a bright blue sky of summer hung from a clothesline stretching from a third floor window to the telephone pole watching grandma hang the clothes my feet pushing on the treadle while sitting at … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s Windows

Posted on July 23, 2015 by toritto

Moonlight never shined across her bed of dark pecan through the small minded windows of America. No view of stars or sunny sky no ever changing blue or gray; A glass pane cordoning the outside from the in; Windows that … 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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The Alcolyte

Posted on March 8, 2015 by toritto

Introibo ad altare Dei I will go unto the altar of God this weekday morning at 7 A. M. rain or shine in black and spotless white. Ad Deum qui laetificat juventutem meam. To God who giveth joy to my … Continue reading →

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Reds

Posted on December 16, 2014 by toritto

Fine red cloth covering an altar in a corner of grandma’s room away from the window Old Italian woman wife and mother did you ever miss the tall windows of Naples in high Summer? Moonlight never shined o’er her bed … Continue reading →

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It’s Carlo Buti’s Birthday!

Posted on November 12, 2014 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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