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 →
[This is another installment in Extra-Ordinary: a Step-by-Step Memoir. In this episode I explore my first interactions with the opposite sex. Don't be looking for anything titillating! You'll be disappointed. SB SM] Accept with the Left The year after I gave Alan Hassenfeld the fishing net, everything changed. He got a girl friend, Nancy Krause,... 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 →