The Way I See It

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  • UNHEARD and INVISIBLE

    UNHEARD and INVISIBLE

    Everyone ages. It is the common bond of humans. We all age differently however, depending upon our lives’ experiences, knowledge base, intuitive natures and emotional capabilities. Sometimes we age quicker by disease or physical conditions. No matter how aging comes about, the one factor remaining is we all age! Even animals and nature age. .…

  • Food, Family, Love and Me!

    Food, Family, Love and Me!

    Food has been the focal point in every portion of my life. Food for birthdays, holidays, special events and just plain everyday fare. It has often been the center of gatherings whether a bbq or holiday celebrations or just friends visiting. I am what is known the world over as a “ cook”, not having…

  • Assuming I Am Right

    Assuming I Am Right

    My own copied definition of assume:  “Don’t make an ass out of u and me!”

  • The Survival of the Weakest Societal Link

    (OR how to destroy the aging population through lies and threats) If you have been following my blog you will note I am on a quest to help the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees a private FaceBook/META group of which I am a member “fight City Hall” . To better understand what this organization…

  • The Truth and Nothing but The Truth

    SPOILER ALERT THIS WILL BE VERY WORDY AND REVEAL THE TRUTH ABOUT SENIORS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WHO ARE BEING DUPED NOW AND IF NOT STOPPED, THE FUTURE So today I watched and listened to politicians and Media presenting their views on the issue of Medicare today, which by the way today is Medicare’s…

  • Legal loan sharks

    Today I am in an “everything sucks mood”. Let’s talk about two areas in today’s society. First, the lenders and then the politicians who sit back and do nothing about the lenders’ loan sharking habits. Inquiries are exactly as they are described in the dictionary. A consumer wishes to learn about offers so they call…

  • You Don’t Know Me

    Today something bothered me that really shouldn’t have, but it did. I try to not let people’s opinions of me affect me in anyway. Usually I succeed. Today though a complete stranger made comments on comments I made to a friend and they did it without knowing the first thing about me, yet they felt…

  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor

    Have you read or heard the lies about Jackson Township New Jersey? Well I am about to dispel those lies with the absolute facts. Before moving to this community after living in Brooklyn for 65 years we looked at other towns in different areas of NJ and about 75 houses online before coming here and…

  • Daddy’s Little Girl

    My father died on May 4, 1969 at the age of 60.

  • A humbling experience: Civics 101

    Personalized Civics 101 Judge Gorsuch

  • Pushed into the “doughnut hole” until death overtakes me!

    “Will you still feed me will you still need me when I’m 64?”

  • 45th & Perception

    I cannot turn on Social Media or the Television without finding a negative expose about our 45th President of the United States of America.  My first thought about those statements about him from the Democrats, Liberals, Some Women and Some Young Men is wow they are saying “Pay back is a Bitch”. Only in the very next…

  • My Broken Record

    I have heard enough!

  • Running Scared

    So let me start by asking each of you a question.  Remember when you started a new job? Maybe you remember getting laid off from a job and having to start over?  Maybe you just made a choice to start over in a brand new field, doing something you have never done before?  If you…

  • VOTE!

     Whatever way you see it!  Whatever political party you associate with.  Whatever candidate you relate to.  Wherever you have to go….just go and VOTE!  It is a right that no one should ever let get away from them.  It was a struggle for many to gain this privilege and to have a say, even if…

  • I won’t apologize

    It is the weekend of September 11, 2016.  Fifteen years since America’s last major attack on one of its’ major cities.  So many innocent people died that day.  So many innocent people were injured that day.  So many innocent people remain ill and many are dying because of that day.  Our President elect during that…

  • A father for Father’s Day

    Maybe I am just one of those unexplained mysteries in life. Maybe because I always wondered about my biological father. Maybe that is why I have been so lucky in my life having two “fathers”. My sons’ father is the best father and grandfather I have ever seen.  His unconditional love, his self-sacrificing dedication and his…

  • FLAG DAY 2016

    Awaking on Sunday morning June 12, 2016 I turned on the television as a I normally do to watch Charles Osgood, Early Morning Sunday News on CBS Channel 2 in NYC.  Instead there was a special report about a mass shooting that took place in Orlando FL during the hours of my sleep.  By the time…

  • It Takes A “Special” Man To Be A Dad!

    Special is defined in the English dictionary in this way: unusual or better; held in esteem; reserved; made for specific purpose; arranged for specific purpose, etc. In accordance with that definition, my dad was a very “special” person. Today May 4, 2016 is the 47th Anniversary of his death.  I was sixteen years old. Complex;…

  • Looking Ahead

    Yes, I know it has been awhile since I have been here.  By now I should be filled with words, ideas, opinions.  Thoughts that will somehow change a life if not the world.  It isn’t as if I don’t have lots to say.  There is enough material around to keep me writing for months. 2016…

  • Whirlwind

    This past week has placed my mind on a Whirlwind Merry Go Round. This coming week I am headed into a life changing experience that leaves me both exhilarated and terrified at the same time. My health has deteriorated at a rapid pace these past few months and what I believed for three years to…

  • My son, the published author

    I am so excited today! My eldest son, Rocky (Rocco) Napoli has published his first short story today on Amazon.com! It feels like eons since he first told me about his dream of being a published author.  To know Rocky is to love him.  He is intelligent, charismatic and possesses a way with words that…

  • Reminiscing Barbara

      This blog today may turn out to be the length of a book, but there are things about Barbara that I am remembering and some of them need to be told at length.  Her personality was so complicated and awesome that to generalize entirely about her now would seem unfitting to her memory. She wasn’t a…

  • JOEY Remembered

    January 28, 2016….the first Anniversary. It was one year ago today that Joey passed.  Another sad day to mark in our memories.  Losing our loved ones through death seems to happen sooner and more frequently in this stage of my own life.  I still miss the Joey I once knew and the memories of what…

  • Peace on Earth

    Christmas time is one of my favorite times of year. My heart rejoices remembering that once a year a Man was born who influenced millions with His acts of kindness, His teachings of love and peace, the sacrifice He made of His life so that people would believe that His Words were true and that…

  • Where’s My Muse?

    People always say you should write about what you know.  Maybe so.  Lately, however my muse has been missing.  For me a muse can be a person, an idea, a feeling.  I’ve been stuck in a rut and fighting my way out has been a complete uphill battle.  My gut tells me to write everyday,…

  • Lessons in Life

    You cannot run from your past. No matter how deeply your mind’s self-preservation hides those experiences. Doesn’t matter if they are good or bad, happy or sad. Those memories of the past are still there. Every once in a while they get triggered. A recent family issue has brought one of those memories to the…

  • Fourth of July

      It’s amazing how quickly the time flies. A half a year has already gone by and the Fourth of July is upon us once again. Funny, it never seemed to go as quickly when I was younger. I can recall waiting for the holidays and it seemed to take forever before they materialized. I…

  • Father’s Day 2014

    First and foremost, A happy Father’s Day to all the Fathers in my life! It has been said so many, many times almost any man can be a biological father, but it takes a “special man” to be a true father in every sense of the word. I happen to know a few in both…

  • Memorial Day 2014

    A memorial is a word used to denote remembering and honoring those who have gone before us. A memorial for a person is to recall his or her life. At the end of May there is a day designated through the years in modern times to recall the sacrifices made by our military. In remembering…

  • Mother’s Day 2014

          This Sunday, May 11th is Mother’s Day and as I sit here thinking about that day that is set aside for Moms, I can’t help thinking about the moms I have had and the moms I know.  It is such a special event not because the card companies make money as well as…

  • Happiness

    Everyone wants to be happy.  It’s more than an adjective or adverb, noun or verb.  It’s an actual feeling.  It’s hardest to do when you are a young adult because all of the troubles in the world are on your shoulders. However, if one would learn to push the negative out and allow the positive…

  • Love: Reality or Illusion?

    All of my life I have been fascinated by love or the idea of love. Is it solely emotion or is it an idea within one’s mind? Or perhaps it is a combination, something I have come to think of as the emotional mind. Growing up my mother always told me, “There is no such…

  • My Beloved Wanda

    My Beloved Wanda

    My Goddaughter, Shanell Nekiia stated to me tonight, “Kathy your girl left this earth yesterday” With those words came a shock of disbelief, until I heard from her sister, Roxanne who confirmed what I was afraid to face, my beloved friend Wanda passed away from a heart attack on January 30, 2014 at the age…

  • New Year

    It’s been quite awhile since I posted anything on my blog. I haven’t had much oomph lately nor much inspiration for my thoughts. I am hoping that in this New Year I will receive insight that will open up avenues that will be of interest to those who follow my thoughts in words on paper.…

  • Veteran’s Day 2013

    Being truly grateful to our military past, present and future as well as to their families seems such a small gesture when one really thinks about it, however not being grateful or not saying at least a thank you is a true travesty.  Yet many Americans have chosen the latter.  It may be that many…

  • Change is a coming!

    It’s amazing to me how I keep hearing how murder in NYC is down each year, yet every time I open up my NY Daily News, my local paper, I see another shooting or knifing. Usually it happens in neighborhood that holds a housing project. Everyday there is an innocent child or adult who gets…

  • The Blues

    Some people hear the blues and the first thing that comes to mind is music. Other people hear the blues and it denotes a feeling. It isn’t a feeling that one can easily explain since it is an emotion I believe from the brain. It isn’t the same as depression for depression one must be…

  • Down Memory Lane

    reminisce~verb~indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events. Sometimes our memories are best forgotten and sometimes they are all we want to remember.  It”s funny how life works at times.  Back before I made mistakes and regrets, there was a time I had innocence and naiveté.  The latter time is the time I am remembering today.…

  • Still Waiting

    We still haven’t heard the results of my sister’s test. Normally, I would assume because of that all is probably okay, however, her doctor isn’t that type of doctor. Last time, after her cat scan, we had to wait a whole week before we knew that she needed that pet scan. So I wait with…

  • Waiting

    I am in the waiting room of a laboratory waiting for my sister Gerrie to finish a pet scan. I was told to wait out here because of the exposure to the radioactive dye they are administering to my sister for her test. The technician said it will take about  three hours for everything  to…

  • Uneasiness

    As much as I want to believe that I can handle almost anything, my mind and heart remind me that I have an emotional mind. I call it that because no matter the amount of logic that I think I have my emotions rule my logic and cause me turmoil and stress. There are so…

  • Befuddled

      Hi! I know it has been a while since I wrote on my blog. Lately, life has taken a curve and my thoughts have been preoccupied with family woes. I would much rather be optimistic in my posts and write about happier moments and thoughts than the ones I am experiencing as of late.…

  • Who doesn’t love ice cream?

    Ah summertime! Hot, hazy, sunny skies, beaches, lazy days and ice cream! I can remember waiting impatiently for either the Mister Softee truck or the Good Humor truck to come sauntering down our street  playing their jingles and capturing my kids attention like no other sound! It was those few minutes on those busy days…

  • Joey

    My brother-in-law Joey is one of those guys who people can easily label as “one of a Kind”. He is a very special person. I have known him for most of my life and I have never known him to be anything other than kind, caring, helpful, quiet, and born with a true heart of…

  • Justice

    Repost of my Blog from 12 years ago. Justice is truth and Truth is justice.

  • Helena Makes Me Laugh

    Whenever I see this video it brings a smile to my face.  I hope that it will bring a smile to your face as well.  Laughter is great medicine and I hope that if things are looking down for some today, this video will uplift their spirits as it does mine. Have a great day!…

  • Where My Heart Is

      BROOKLYN BROOKLYN, OH BROOKLYN From the Verrazano to the Brooklyn Bridge Through the Ridge and up the Slope Diverse personalities in every nook Streets of Brooklyn are “off the hook” From Coney Island to the Navy Yard Local churches, restaurants and museums Amazing all people from every scene, So enticing on the movie screens…

  • Higher Education CAN take you Higher!

    Perhaps it is Nostalgia for me today that I’m sharing this once again, or simply sentiment. In either case it is from my heart. 2013 seems to be the banner year for me . It is the year I was forced to retire because of my affliction. Those years I spent in the University hold…

  • My May Memorial

    In Flanders Fields John McCrae, 1915. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were…