DjinnfromtheBronxChapterThree

I did a bit more editing of this story than I would otherwise. In the original version, it never became clear how dad had the first conversa...

The location of dad's tale: A restaurant that used to be at 8284 Melrose Avenue, in Los Angeles, Le Chardonnay. It was a dark and comfor...

After World War II, my dad finished high school and went to NYU on the GI Bill. He even began a graduate program.  His interest then was jou...

Dad wrote so many stories that there are actually ones I hadn't really read previouly.  This very short one was, until today, among them...

I am having a terriblly lethargic, probably depressive day. My inclination is to go back to bed. Well, actually, I did try to do that alread...

It was summer 1979. I had always told myself and others (for reasons that even in dotage I really can't adequately explain since I had l...

After yet another lengthy hiatus, I am back to looking at Dad's stories and culling them for this and other efforts at letting the world...