The house is empty—nothing left.Desolation fills the halls.Everything left unkempt. These walls were once a home beforeAll the tables fell.Now all that is left is darkness, fingerprints no more. From the depths of my soulThe air is suffocating mePiercing my heart, freezing my bones. Desolation clings to the walls, like a perfect fit.Someone liberate me […]
Month: February 2023
Valli & Volpe, Two Jersey Boys wow Tampa Bay
What a great time we just had in Tampa bay this weekend. Two wonderful talents from New Jersey and the world of entertainment and sports wowed their audiences. Newark’s own true legend and Rock and roll hall of Famer Frankie Valli had his annual Ruth Eckerd Hall love in at Clearwater. As usual, he brought […]
Frankie Valli, like Sinatra … Incredible!
When it comes to Frankie Valli, age is just a number. At 88 years of age and the oldest living member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he still sells out Ruth Eckerd Hall two nights in a row. They even have a street named after him here in Clearwater Florida. The anticipation […]
DEAD MAN WALKING
There’s a dead man walking in my mind.He reminds me of all my faults all the time.He tells me I’m not good enough to do all I wish,Like my dreams are more than I could ever accomplish. The dead man shows me all I wish to ignore:The things that set me apart, the things I […]
5 Fantastic Kids’ Books Turned into Movies For Family Movie Night
We have a Friday night family movie night tradition in our home, but we also enjoy reading. But every week, the most important decision is what to watch. We’ve come to realize that some of our favorite movies for family movie night are actually film versions of the most popular children’s books.
Great debates comparing and contrasting the books and the movies inevitably result from reading the books first. We also find it irresistible to discuss if the characters we see on film correspond to those in our own thoughts. Additionally, which is superior—the book or the movie?
In world of Yanks, children are our sea of love
I recently saw Arlene Howard the wife of the greatest African American Yankee, Elston Howard. She greeted me by saying hello Batboy. Her daughter Cheryl said to her mom … You remember Ray… and Arlene responded by saying yes but to me, he will always be the batboy. I took that as a wonderful compliment. […]
ILL
I sat alone on that plush couch that I always hated—so fancy yet so uncomfortable. So very uncomfortable. You don’t understand me. No, I don’t think you do. I sat alone on this empty couch waiting—just waiting. I wouldn’t be here otherwise. When my name was called, I sprung up too eager—yes eager. My brain, […]
Byron Janis and Maria Cooper Janis, America’s true Royal couple
The best part of Super Bowl Sunday for me and my wife Theresa was that we got to spend our afternoon with Maria Cooper Janis, one of the great artist in America, and her husband Byron Janis who just happens to be probably the greatest classical pianist of all time. To be able to hang […]
2nd chances can sometimes mean 3rd 4th or 5th in the Boss’s World
George Steinbrenner was probably the toughest yet most compassionate man ever to be a part of professional sports and entertainment organization. He sincerely loved Billy Martin. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. He loved the gangster, cowboy that Billy was all about. He loved the tough guy that would not take any crap from no […]
Women’s Prize Trust to Launch “Women’s Prize Award” For Non-Fiction Female Writers
The Women’s Prize’s new book prize, which is given to nonfiction publications, will be given each year. It is available to all female writers who write in English and are published in the United Kingdom, no matter where they are from in the world. The winner will get £30,000 in prize money and a figurine called “The Charlotte.” The Charlotte Aitken Trust, a nonprofit organization founded by the late Gillon Aitken on behalf of his late daughter, has donated the statuette.
Guardian Angels launch ‘Ray Patrol’; Curtis Sliwa says Avenue A merchant saved him from becoming ‘a vegetable’ in ’92 bat attack
Ray Alvarez once had Curtis Sliwa’s back — saving him from possible death during a mob hit by a gang of goons. Now the Guardian Angels founder is returning the favor for the legendary Avenue A egg cream mixologist as he recovers from a vicious assault by an unhinged local man.
MY MASK
You’ve never seen the worst of her,The worst parts, the mess that she is,The broken pieces that don’t fit anywhere else but here, on this page.I guess you don’t deserve that torture, or maybe you do—The kind of torture where someone bears their whole soul to you.That awful torture where you’re lost for words. So, […]
