LILLY WENGER GREW UP on Copper’s Island, a small fishing town off the coast of Massachusetts. She and her parents lived next door to another young couple with a daughter of the same age named Mary. Lilly and Mary became very close — closer than sisters — which in some…

Hello, John DiFelice here. I recently “celebrated” my 49th birthday, which makes me old. There are many things old people like to do. A young wippersnapper like you might think we “play Bingo” or “play Parcheesi” or “talk about the war”. Really? You’re in the wrong century, my friend. My…

They think they don’t know us — Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 — November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. - Wikipedia There is a scene in the film Milk when Harvey Milk…

On February 24, 2016, during a victory speech after his Nevada caucus win, republican candidate Donald Trump exclaimed that he loved the poorly educated. His critics and political opponents used the statement as evidence of his ineptitude and lack of wisdom. …

by Stosh Bartkowski, a squatter on John DiFelice’s account Jesus Christ. What a rush! What’s the date? Not the day, man, the year! Oh Daddy. Say it ain’t so. Bro-bus, I just fell off the wagon and got dragged down ten miles of bad road on my face. …

Let me tell you my story. It’s a fascinating one, one set during the biggest events in human history. Big, big, big! Humongous, gargantuan, mammoth, mythic, substantial! I was born in 1927 when I sprang from the head of Jaromír Vejvoda who played Zeus to my Athena. Vejvoda, a Czech…

by Mother Nature, a squatter on John DiFelice’s account. Hello, Mother Nature here. What, did you expect me to be white? Life originated in the ocean. There were no white people there. Your species came out of Africa. There weren’t any white people there either. Mother Nature is green, baby…

by Stosh Bartkowski, a squatter on John DiFelice’s account So, I’m divorced. I’ve been divorced twice in the last three years. You might say I’m a hopeless romantic. I have helpful friends who want what’s best for me. One of them called when he heard the latest news and said…

Last night, I went out with my friend Jack. I like going out with Jack because I never know what will happen from one moment to the next and I never know where we’ll be at the end of the night. On more than a few occasions, it has been…