Picturing my Life in these Hanging Photos

     Have you ever wondered why you chose to display certain pictures on the walls of your home?

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Hospital Visit Calling Out for a Little Fun

I will be admitting myself to the Veteran Administration Hospital in Philadelphia to undergo a procedure in order to avoid the excruciating pain I suffered before from similar undertakings.

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Six months of ailments almost ended now

It’s been six months since I entered the hospital and got transferred from one rehabilitation center to another, but I think I may have finally licked the worst of my ailments and am ready to join my old household. I still have trouble walking from one room to another, and I need assistance from someone walking behind me while climbing up the stairs.

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Grandkids Add Fun & Lotsa Joy to All

What a joy grandkids provide us, particularly when they share their daily lives with you as a family. I’m talking about my 6-year-old grandchild, Denalia, and my rambunctious 8-year-old grandson, Jameson Contos.

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Words of ex-wife full of life-long wisdom

Don’t Do It Michael,” my ex-wife, Ella Gore,  told me when I began planning for a debate between the candidates running for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 1978. I didn’t listen to her, and I spent too much time and money on an effort that failed miserably, and kept my dreams of entering politics a nightmare that I never again wanted to materialize. Continue reading

Only one bigamist per family, thank you!

“My grandfather lied to my grandmother about another marriage he had.

I guess it may have run in the family. *

     But I never got married while I still had a family. That’s what I’m talking about. He lied about being married at the time he married the only grandmother I ever knew. Continue reading

Achilles Contoveros spoke with his hands

      We could never have had a delicate coffee table in our home when I was growing up. My dad – who came to America from Greece when he was only 15-years-old – would smash his hand onto the table, breaking it in two or more pieces.  Continue reading