As a kid, my father would tell me tall stories while lying up late at...

Cricket I can remember the night my mother’s cousin Meredith (nicknamed Cricket) died of cancer. ...

The Smack’s As a youngster, I would spend my summer months in northern California.  My...

Jim Magee and the blustery day I met Jim Magee when I was a young...

The Road to Freedom My mother’s great grandparents owned a farm outside Burlington, Wisconsin. The...

My Grandmother My mother’s mother, my grandmother known as Jerry Furio, was the rock in...