Author: tania

A New York Christmas Story Retold by S.E. Schlosser Back in the old days, I had a successful bake-shop in Albany. I had a good…

Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags…

A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled, his eyesight was blurred,…

O’Toole died and went to Heaven. Upon his arrival, a concerned St Peter met O’Toole at the Pearly Gates. ‘I’m sorry O’Toole,’ St Peter said,…

Back in the days of tanners and bobs, When Mothers had patience and Fathers had jobs. When football team families wore hand me down shoes,…

Testing for gossip In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said,…

Bobby was getting cold sitting out in his back yard in the snow. Bobby didn’t wear boots; he didn’t like them and anyway he didn’t…

When I was quite young, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember well the polished old case fastened to…

He was scary. He sat on the grass with… his cardboard sign, his dog (actually his dog was adorable) and tattoos running up and down…

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. “Your son is here,” she said to the old man. She had to repeat the…