America (song)
Move over Beyoncé !
Happy Easter!
I forgot to wish you happy Easter! My parents would buy Lenny and me big chocolate Easter Bunnies. When no one was looking, I would eat the ears off Lenny’s bunny … then put it back in the box. Love, Richard
Games
When you were young did you play games with your family? I sure did. Pic up sticks…card games like fish and gin rummy…dominos and my favorite Monopoly. When I was a waiter years later I served Ms Lucille Ball. I think I have seen every I Love Lucy episode. She ordered a salad and a […]
The Fighter (song)
Love you Mike Tyson ! Love, Richard
My First Jobs / School, part 2
The school was modern looking with a marble lobby. The school was expensive and my parents really could not afford it. They made a deal with the school that Lenny and I could attend if we did a few jobs. They gave me a large stick with a nail at the end. I would have […]
There’s Always Tomorrow (song)
Look forward to tomorrow! Love, Richard
My First Jobs / School, part 1
You will be very surprised to know that my first job was ……selling candy. Two blocks away from my house was a store called Leah’s Southern Confection. I marched in there to buy a praline. Do you know what they are? They are a little round candy. In the store was a lady named Marie […]
The Movies
When I was a kid, every weekend my mother would take Lenny and me to the movies. A few blocks away from my house was Canal Street… filled with department stores and four movie theaters. Our favorite theater was the Sanger Harris. It was quite ornate. Before going into the theater we made a stop […]
The Bar Mitzvah
I adored teaching my classes at Slimmons on Saturday mornings. There were so many people in class that some students had to work out in the lobby. I didn’t care for that very much. So…I decided to teach two back to back classes. That means I was working out for about two hours and thirty […]
Fortune Teller (song)
Give me your hand…. Love, Richard
