One Man’s Voice
Before gravel roads Recorded in an interview with my father, Joseph Sworak, April 1979 When the passenger ship SS Frederik VIII left Copenhagen, Denmark on April 4, 1927, the orchards were blooming and spring...
Author: Gravel Roads
The Nun, Part I
Introducing Sister Sophronia, Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate (SSMI). My mother, father, brother, and I fondly referred to her as simply “the Nun”. She was my mother’s sister and my favorite aunt, the first by...
Nana Mouskouri
Live, Herodes Atticus Theatre, Athens, July 23, 1984 I think it may have been Christmas circa 1983 or so when my second x — also known as Bill Barry, who is a frequent...
What do Rocky Marciano, Mickey Mantle and Frank Sinatra have in Common?
Nellie the dolphin Marciano left us in 1969, Mantle in 1995 and Sinatra in 1998. Nellie was a bottle-nosed dolphin that passed away on May 1, 2014 at the tender age of 61. She was...
Mac Davis
Oh Lord, it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way. Flashback 1982 I was teaching then. My Director of Education allocated four slots for a much sought after, ten-day Madeline Hunter Workshop....
Pet Peeve #5
People say God is dead and Elvis is alive. So who do I believe? A Rose by Any Other Name For a country that to this day celebrates the squashing of the Red Coats and...
