“The ghosts are here,” I say to myself as I drive through the village of this typical New England beach town I grew up in. Then the truth comes: I am the ghost. I am the ghost haunting my past, as I slowly drive by where our family house used to be before it was taken […]
I walk along Beach Ave after my mother has gone to bed and fantasize smaller houses for her to live in. Looking out onto the stretch of ocean, horizon, and sky, I’m reminded that no matter how much activity, chaos, or clutter you have in your life, at the ocean you can have a clean […]
The houses along Nantasket Ave glow with the fire of sunset. The city of Boston sits at the end of the road like a pot of gold in the distance. Today I got a bed railing for my mother from the Lyons Club and two little girls from the neighborhood entertained us by step dancing on my mother’s […]
Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change but the essence remains the same. Every wondrous sight will vanish. Every sweet word will fade. But do not be disheartened. The source they come from is eternal. ~ Rumi It’s the practice of accepting impermanence that allows me to drop […]
1. Hometown Colors 2. Glad for Gloriosa Club Med 3. Diving Board Disco (video HERE.) 4. A New Josh in Town 5. Say Cheese
There was a rumor that went around amongst Hull kids growing up in the 50’s – or maybe it was just in my family – that if you put your finger in one of the horses mouths on the Paragon Park Merry-go-round snakes would come out and bite you. I was about four years old […]
Easter at my Nana’s House 1957: Me, Sherry, Kathy, Danny, Johnny, Jimmy (baby Joey was probably with my mom nursing), and Bobby and Tricia weren’t born yet. Happy Easter to all!
My hometown of Hull, Massachusetts, is lucky that Mark Wahlberg’s brother Paul chose it as the location for his restaurant, “Bridgeman’s.” And I was lucky to have had the occasion to eat there twice during the ten days I was visiting my family. The first occasion was a birthday dinner party for my sister Tricia’s […]
What can top a Boston Swan Boat Ride? How about an all you can eat Lobster dinner? This one was caught and is being cooked by my fisherman brother Johnny. John thinks the green tomalley (liver) is the best part. “What are these little red things? Are they eggs? I thought caviar was black,” I […]
In this day of theme parks with rides like the Tower of Terror and Disney mouse and duck characters posing for photo-ops, I’m relieved there are still parks where real ducks can be fed and where you can ride around a weeping willow lined lagoon on a peddle boat with a giant swan on it. […]
1. You take time to stop and smell the beach roses. 2. You have a red bike for chasing the sunset from the ocean to the bay. 3. You spend time with your mother and sisters. 4. And your other sister who is missing from the above picture and who wears an H on her […]
One is a General in the Marines, another is a massage therapist. Two are hairdressers and about four are Vietnam Vets. There is a salesman, a store owner, and a professional dancer who came all the way from Spain. The thing I like most about the Hull High Class of ‘68 is that most of […]
