Those Moments To Remember

" Memories sweetened through the ages just like wine." Those lyrics sung by Elvis Presley have touched a cord now with the life most of my generation has had. It didn't dawn on me until just recently when I was browsing through retirement communities that I too had a life...

The Flame Of Desire

An emotion so primal where the flames of desire have once again risen keep reoccurring in the recesses of my mind. Like ghosts of long lost loves which have come back is a haunting reminder of the past. The one that past away all too soon and the one that got away those many...

A Summer Place

In a distant time far removed from the harsh realities of today for me there was that summer place. A place where we all felt safe and warm especially on those cool summer nights. This is the period in my life where the youthful adolescence morphed into a new awakening. No...

Summer Of '63

"Listen To The Rhythm Of The Falling Rain" The Cascades one of the many songs that signified my teen age years of that summer. Like other songs during that summer; the Beach Boys and Jan and Dean were always on the airways. Every one had transistor radios tuned to WLS out of...

Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...