A Short Story I never understood the whole Bullfighting sport until I met Jackie. I was sitting in an outdoor café in Seville by their Plaza de Toros. I had taken a cup of coffee from the Tendida and was reading the news on my IPAD. When I am away from home, I read all…

A photograph of a 5 year old Freddy eyeing those bagels…If you could go back in time and tell yourself something, teach yourself something, prepare yourself for life… What would you say? Me?Listen to your parents all the time, you do not have to agree with them. But listen, take notes and then when you…

With the advent of the vhs in the 1980s, my father used to watch, “The Jolson Story”, “Jolson Sings again” and of course, “The Jazz Singer,” over and over again. I remember it so clearly how he would get so emotional during these movies. I wondered was he crying from the songs, the realities of…

In late November of 1980 I heard that John Lennon was releasing a new album. I was excited to hear what he had to say. The first song I heard was, “Starting Over” a love song about always remembering that there was a time when love was the binding force between 2 strangers. The next…

The aches and pains of exercising my right to feel and think freely can be exhausting and painful. Advils and other muscle relaxers don’t ease the pains involved. It’s a brain and heart changing ways of living. I don’t belong to any one team in this day and age of us vs them. I am…

The world is spinning out of control, has been for a while. It was spinning, spinning and used to have a reason. Now the days all blend into the nights and the nights never seem to end. Planet is filled with dinosaurs who are on their last breath. It’s all going, going… Gone are the…