Curations from the Human Jungle
[Some people just show up at a certain time in your life when you most need them. For me, it was just before entering sixth grade. Living in a new house in a new city and state, and getting ready to enter a new school, I needed a new friend. Enter Alan Hassenfeld. Alan wasn't... Continue Reading →
Organized religion has not played a major role in my life, happily so. My father grew up in a strongly Catholic family. One brother is a priest, a sister is a nun. He was ex-communicated, however, for marrying a Protestant. His brothers and sisters lived mostly in the greater Boston area, but he had virtually... Continue Reading →
Chapter 4, Part I … For the Honor of Truth Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Avenue Providence, Rhode Island For the Honor of Truth [from my never-to-be published memoir Extra-Ordinary.] My mother, attended by my Uncle Arthur, gave birth to me in Milton, Massachusetts on February 9, 1948. That day is not a national holiday, My... Continue Reading →