What does a pebble from Burma in 1944 have to do with discovering another WWII Melillo vet on 1 July 2024?
Upon returning from Luxembourg after recording Chapter 89, I didn't unpack. Instead, I composed "In You I Live Again,"…
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Upon returning from Luxembourg after recording Chapter 89, I didn't unpack. Instead, I composed "In You I Live Again,"…
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Alone Again… Naturally
Father's Day
A Timestorm Epitaph
"I remember I cried when my father died, never wishing to hide the tears."
In 1971-72, I was the smallest, youngest player on Iona Prep's undefeated, un-scored upon "Fighting Irish" Frosh football…
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For teens and people who love them.
There’s only 1 way to be 65 years old and resurrect a book written while you’re a teenager, about a teenager, for the teens you’ll one day…
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The “world” constantly unleashes its wars, its divisions, its dictates against reason, its fomenting of hatred, and a list you well know. Now imagine LOVE unleashed, a Love of Humanity, a True Romantic Love, a Timeless Love.
The “Ahab, &…
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The Beautiful Rats
By © Stephen Melillo, IGNA 2 FEB 2023
Dedicated to Sir Edward Lisk
“Hey, you ever heard the story of the ugly duckling?”
“Nope.”
“Okay, so once upon a time there was this rockin' rat named Rocco.”
…
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