For as long as i can remember music has been an important part of my life. I may have written about this before but my Dad used to teach us, me and my sisters, to sing songs together. When the Sound if Music was a popular musical I remember memorizing the words toDo Re Me.…
11:30 pm Are we maybe a little bit closer to a new normal? I hope we are for our travel business. Are people traveling a little bit more? The short answer is yes. Today we visited the Delta Airlines terminal at LaGuardia. We were told that delta is back up to 65 flights out of…
In keeping with visiting my life I called one of my oldest friends tonight someone I’ve known since 1954 when we moved to Long Island. Ron Ostrofsky is as close to an older brother I never had. His parents and my folks met right as we moved to Long Island. And while Ron is about…
Just about another month done. 2020 continues to be surreal. We are living a “Groundhogs Day” existence. We just keep repeating essentially the same day over and over again. That certainly is how it seems concerning our work life. There is still no work to do in our travel agency. And no one is really…
It is interesting what I remember about my last two years in Bethpage, seventh and eighth grade, what stands out in my memory. I really didn’t have any friends. I can’t think of anyone who was there for me during that time. I don’t think if myself as a loner, but I’m thinking I was…
In those days, the 60’s my father was also very involved in politics. Long Island was primarily a Republican strong hold. My dad, and therefore me, was a Democrat. He was very active in the Democratic Party and i spent many days campaigning for local Democratic candidates. I remember when we finally won an assembly…
Well it’s another night. And I can talk about the 60’s. A lot happened for me between the ages of 7 and 17. They are very formative years for everyone. Immortality was a part of my being. There were no limits. I was going to be a Major League Baseball player or a politician or…
I was a little kid a product of the 1950’s. I was born August 16,1953. So on August 16, 1959 I turned six years old. And by the end of the decade I was six and a half and half way through first grade. I went to elementary school in the Island Trees school district…
I was watching TV this evening and a special came on about landing on the moon. Turns out it is 51 years to the day that man landed on the moon. As I have written above the summer of 69 was my cross country trip when I was 15 years old. I have detailed it…
I feel tonight as though I’m in a sort of forced retirement. Yes, technically I am at the age where I could retire. Typically speaking 65 is the age of retirement. And I am approaching 67 years old. That, in and of itself, is another story. But I wasn’t and haven’t been in any hurry…