A multi-faceted question

While I was raised a Roman Catholic I don’t really practice it so much. Priests and nuns did a very good job with me though. I was an altar boy from the fifth grade right up through college. But now, faith is more important than religion. Religion was made by man. Faith is given by

TEATRO LATINO PRIMITIVO 2020

“Good wine breeds good times. Good times breed good friends.” Me. (Those old sayings have to get started someplace.) For this installment we travel to the heel of the boot. Puglia is a wine region of Italy that is relatively unexplored. Fitting here because Primitivo wine is more commonly known as Zinfandel. Primitivo grapes have

MEMORIAL DAY 2023

“Yesterday America enjoyed the sacred flame of liberty. Today America enjoys the sacred light of equality. Tomorrow America shall enjoy the sacred sun of divinity.” Forget the politics. Forget the nonsense. We are Americans. One country. Conceived in liberty and the greatest experiment of its kind. We are a tribute to freedom and leadership. This

THE BIRTH OF ROCK n’ ROLL

“Rock n’ Roll is here to stay. It will never die.” From Danny and the Juniors. As time rolls around so many things change. People walk on the moon. TV’s show color. Cars are made all over the world. AMERICAN cars are even made all over the world. On and on things change as the

Mother’s Day 2023

Happy Mother’ s Day to all you moms out there. Remember, many women can be a mother. It takes a very special woman to be a mom.

What public figure do you disagree with the most? What public figure do I disagree with the most. A tough question. At 70 years old, as an ex-teacher and small business owner, as a parent and as a citizen, I disagree the most with a group of politicians. Those who look to deprive us of

BORGO PAGLIANETTA PETRARA VERDICCHIO

“Wine is more than just the glass that goes with dinner. It’s what gets the conversation going at book clubs, gives any girls’ night a reason to run long, and can make cooking feel like an adventure.” (Taken from an article in Southern Living) In Italy a “Borgo” is a small town steeped in history,

RADIO GAGA!

(Taken from a song by Queen, a tribute to radio) Remember the days when radio ruled the airwaves. Driving in the old Ford station wagon listening to AM radio as music and news came over it. Remember how dad always lowered it and you made it louder when you thought he wasn’t looking. Of course,

ANDREA BOCELLI’S TENOR RED WINE

Andrea Bocelli is one of the world’s most loved tenors. Born with congenital glaucoma, he has been completely blind since the young age of twelve. But he has not let that hamper him at all. He has lived a very full life recording, making live appearances charming and entertaining millions all over the world. And

SAN COSTANTINO PARPINELLO

“There is not in Italy what there is in Sardinia, nor in Sardinia what there is in Italy.”Francesco Cetti Sardinia is an island which faces both the Tyrrhenean and the Balearic Seas, just about midway between Naples and Barcelona, and south of the Island of Corsica. It is the second largest island in the area,