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Death Knocked: I Didn't Answer
I have frequently talked about grace and serendipity and how I often feel “protected” by a power outside of myself. I felt the power of this protective…
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Sending Out an SOS to Europe
The first thing that struck me on the first day of classes at Erie Community College in the Fall of 1971 was girls. No more sitting in stinky classrooms…
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Tomfoolery
Welcome to Tomfoolery A disturbing yet familiar scene from one of my favorite movies, “Good Will Hunting,” happens early on when four young men in their…
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High School Nightmare
Attending Catholic high school was one of the most horrible and depressing experiences of my life. I never look back on it with any joy. Why I never…
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The times they are a changin’
Goodbye 50s, Hello 60s
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Growing Up Catholic
Growing up in a Blue-Collar, mostly Catholic, close-knit neighborhood where everyone knew everyone took on an aura and profoundness that shaped me…
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First Jobs
My indoctrination into the world of work and responsibility was in the form of self-employment as a paper boy, window washer, shoe shiner and snow…
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Afar Yet Within
Afar Yet Within
My memoir.

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