Ever since my radiation therapy, which ended in February 2021, I've experienced several side effects that have become irrevocable. One...

Most of my life can be recounted by events of the time, music on the radio, or bands I was playing with. However, there was a period...

I had only moved out of my beloved orange room eight months ago, but so much had happened in that relatively short time. I had quit my...

It had been a tough five years. A million miles away from the days of the Orange Room. I missed my kids. Sharen and I had them during...

After the "living on my own" experiment failed and my band, Maiden Cane had splintered, I was back in my parent's house but was allocated...

Sharen was different. She entered my life totally unexpectedly as a referral from a current Prudential Insurance customer. They were...

My taste in girls and women was pretty simple as a teenager and even a young man. I liked blondes and I liked blondes who liked to have...

When I was growing up and living in my ORANGE ROOM, I never felt that my family was poor or that we were deprived of wants and needs as...

I've loved flying kites since I was a young boy in the mid 1960's. It was a communal experience on my street. If a kid was lucky enough...

I'm Darren D'Rito sometimes known as Darren Peacock. (thats small P) Did you know that the Flying D'Rito Brothers were once called The...

In continuation of Monroe Grade School Year Book Part One: 1969. While I recuperated from neck fusion surgery in Dec of 2018, I went...

When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars This...

Have you ever participated in a conversation that you wished could be taken back? Perhaps rewind those 5 or 10 minutes and started over?...

The Rolling Stones sang that in 1974 and boy was it true !!! I LOVED IT!!! Being in a rock n' roll band seemed to give you "super human...

In 1981-82' I was back at ICC and was finally on a trajectory leading to some kind of job skill and or experience. I was a Communications...

When I was growing up in the ORANGE ROOM, I dreamed of being a ROCK AND ROLL STAR!!! It's really all I could think about. Yet, becoming a...

As I get older, the more I notice and disapprove of the victim mentality that seems to permeate our society. It's one of the oldest...

Many years had passed since the carefree days of the Orange Room. I'd been in college, quit school and played in a rock band, went back...

I guess I never gave a damn. About fairy tails and neverland. Day by day, carrying the stone. Living live in monochrome. Yesterday, our...

My first car cost $30.00 and my second car cost even more!!! At $35.00, my 1969 Dodge Rambler wasn't much of an improvement over my Ford...