Under The Gym-Gym Tree By Leo de Natale Illustrations By Vince Giovannucci Ned Elwell, a very fit 60-year-old, was driving to his second home – a local health club with the silly name: Gym-Gym. During the past thirty years, he’d become a disciple of physical fitness at this health club chain and religiously exercisedContinue reading “Under The Gym-Gym Tree”
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Caravaggio’s Son
Caravaggio’s Son By Leo de Natale Illustrations by Vince Giovannucci Some people have an obsession with colors. There are many women who have a thing about purple. They dress in purple, their homes are fifty shades of purple – sofas, wall paper, bathroom tiles. Others prefer pink or orange. A certain Rhode Island gentleman,Continue reading “Caravaggio’s Son”
A Petri Dish On Wings
Illustrations by Vince Giovannucci A Petri Dish On Wings By Leo de Natale After cruising eight days down the Danube River, Josef “Joe” and Anna Adamek were ready to go home to Boston. Despite the unseasonably cool and rainy weather, the late September vacation did not disappoint. From a reverential Benedictine Abbey near LinzContinue reading “A Petri Dish On Wings”
Barnyard Gold
By Leo de Natale The ochre-colored building sits ensconced on a hilltop in rural Agawam, Massachusetts. At first glance it could pass for a warehouse or storage area for the potatoes and broad-leaf tobacco that are grown in this western Massachusetts town. But the pungent mixture of horseflesh, manure and winter hay reveals itsContinue reading “Barnyard Gold”
Deus Ex Machina
Deus Ex Machina By Leo de Natale Illustration by Vince Giovannucci I am old and often contemplate the dehumanization we are experiencing at the hand of modern technology, specifically the ever increasing hydra-like control the internet, computers and cell phones have over human beings. I’m not completely intimidated by social media, the internet, theContinue reading “Deus Ex Machina”
Les Dentes de Roi
Les Dentes de Roi By Leo de Natale As a child, I had a world class Bugs Bunny overbight. Abnormal dentition ran in the family. My mother and sister also had an array of crooked teeth. As a rite of passage, my parents realized the social repercussions of malformed teeth and by Grade 6Continue reading “Les Dentes de Roi”
Magnificat
Magnificat ByLeo de Natale Can miracles occur? Does a Supreme Being, aka God, exist? Is there hope for the future? These metaphysical questions have been posed through the millennia. We are living in an age of cynicism, an epoch when the bad news outweighs the good. Mankind has always considered our life on Earth asContinue reading “Magnificat”
Autumn Flame
Autumn Flame By Leo de Natale Red. Or is it scarlet? The wind blows, reveals a cascade of blinding color. Acer rubrum is performing its annual Show Neighbors standing mouths agape in awe on sunny days. It’s a thrill really. For a week maybe two the backyard is ablaze with red maple Leaves nature inContinue reading “Autumn Flame”
Why A Hulihee?
Why A Hulihee? By Leo de Natale Illustration by Vince Giovannucci “To shave or not to shave. That is the question!” By the time a young boy morphs into a teenager, the subject of facial hair, beards, mustaches and any combination of the two have bounced around in his head. Most sons growing up watchContinue reading “Why A Hulihee?”
Adonis On The Half Shell
By Leo de Natale Adonis On The Half Shell By Leo de Natale Illustrations by Vince Giovannucci An elbow injury had forced me to alter my thrice-weekly exercise routine at the local gymnasium. Instead of upper body weight machines that were painful, I concentrated on calisthenics and leg exercises. The quadriceps machine required me toContinue reading “Adonis On The Half Shell”
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