(Picture above shows, from left to right: Albert, Richard, Manny, Arthur, and Eddie in succession.) The following story of mine appeared in the Kent County Daily Times. But to tell you the truth, in interviewing them, I thought we might be kicked out of the Cozy Grille, on Tiogue Ave., in Coventry. Why? Our laughter…
I’m pretty amazed at my life. I never know where the next door leads. I just keep going through doors that present, trusting…even if, at times, I hesitate. A perfect example is what I’m embarked upon now—guest-speaking. You see, I’d never have believed guest-speaking would become something I love. I just had too great a…
I’ve spoken at Plaza Esperanza and Wildberry Apartments in West Warwick, in past two weeks, and now will go before an audience at SS. Peter and Paul church, Highland Street, in Phenix, West Warwick, RI. on Wed. night, Oct. 19th. 7:30 PM (I’m gonna try to have them out in time for debate.) What’s so…
Many of the folks in my audiences remember my father, John J. Kelly. They just don’t remember him as I do, for they only had him as high school principal. I tell them I had no dates in high school, since no young man wanted to come to my home. None was that brave….
“Welcome to Hell” was the sign he saw prominently posted at the gate at Parris Island, North Carolina. Its message wasn’t over-the-top bluster. Instead, it was the not-so-nice entry point telling Michael A. Montigny his life was about to seriously change. He was at this camp to learn skills that would enable him to survive…
Jack W. Clark: When Luck Presented, He Ran With It… He looks every bit like his alter-ego—that charming, perennially-young “American Bandstand” icon, Dick Clark. In reality, Jack Wade Clark is a case study for why folks should never make assumptions about others. In his youth, he was seen, by other classmates, as privileged. After all,…
This West Warwick native, son of William and Jeannine (Cayouette) Gallucci, contemplates where he and his wife, Carol, might live in the future, when they retire. Like many others, they consider southern realms (Florida), possibly renting for a while, before buying. If anything, Gary carefully studies situations, before he acts. After all, he didn’t…
Patricia Serpa: ‘I Know a Guy’ Gets New Meaning We’ve all heard the phrase above and we usually associate it with someone in the Mafia or the Underworld, someone who’s busily at work in nefarious activity, someone who skirts legitimate channels. That’s not how Representative Patricia Serpa, District 27, understands the phrase. She says she…
Dick Hughes: West Warwick’s ‘Renaissance Man’… “Dye coming,” was the warning Dick Hughes heard as a boy, swimming in the mill river by his home. Boyhood friends would take turns performing sentry duty, calling out to others when a fresh stream of dye waste was released by the mill into the river. They’d swim to…
Dates and venues will be published on this website soon and fact I’m doing guest-speaking is pretty ironic, since I froze–many years ago– in front of my “Problems in American Democracy” class, in high school. I suffered severe public-speaking phobia that I had to overcome or never succeed in my profession. You see, as teacher,…
