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Promised Land

Posted on September 15, 2015 by toritto

Springtime in the rural South land soon it will he hot and moist; four teenage girls in short shorts sitting on a mat in the gymnasium trying to look sultry A well seasoned town with septic tanks gators and armadillos … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged armadillos, clean living, Florida, gators, heat, humidity, poetry, pony tails, poverty, rains, septic tanks, South, Spring | 10 Comments

Toritto at the Hotel Torino – 1965

Posted on August 19, 2015 by toritto

Welcome to the Hotel Torino! No not in Turin. In Eritrea. First you need some background on how geeky Toritto wound up in Eritrea in 1964. No surprise. We had troops there. We have troops everywhere. One Spring day while … Continue reading →

Posted in travel | Tagged 1060s, 1930 music, 1930s favorites, 1960's, adventure, Army, Asmara, beach, Brits, diplomatic passport, driving Africa, Eritrea, heat, Hotel Torino, Italian fascists, Massawa, music, roof top bar, switch backs, travel, U.S. Army, youth | 3 Comments

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