Daily Post Photo Challenge – “Depth”

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/depth/ I have always loved turtles.  My first memory is of a tiny water turtle that I had received as a birthday gift from my father, when I was six.  My infatuation increased when my next door neighbor Alfred Balducci, introduced me to his three painted turtles that he kept in an enclosed garden and allowed me the privilege of helping him with dailyContinue reading “Daily Post Photo Challenge – “Depth””

Call Me Ishmael

Standing amid the neon lights of our town’s Memorial Day fair, I spotted a small tow headed figure in the distance, waving furiously to me with one hand while clutching something I could not quite make out in the other. As he approached, I spotted a small plastic bag held tightly in his fist andContinue reading “Call Me Ishmael”