Tommy's Tales

Tommy's Tales: The Grudge

There were a bunch of Italian families on my block when I was growing up, including my own. My grandfather was friends with the...

My Grandmother's Sofa

My mother's parents, Marion & Gaetano (Tommy, for short) lived in the apartment upstairs from us. I spent a lot of time up there as a...

Tommy's Tales: Smokin' Tanks

My grandfather smoked like a chimney all his life. There came a time when all the smoking started to catch up with him. He was short of...

Tommy's Tales: Grandpa Goes Mobile

Despite his health trouble and need for an oxygen tank, Grandpa did his best to travel somewhere each and every day. He had a few key...

Tommy's Tales: Chasing Cadillacs

My grandfather was a character. You could always find him in a crowd. All you had to do was look for the largest group of people and...