When my parents brought home the family’s new RCA Victor black-and-white television set, they made it clear that it was not to be the center of attention, and as such, it would not be in the living room. That room was for reading the Sunday paper or a good book, entertaining company, and watching the flames flicker in the large brick fireplace.
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A Dish Best Served Cold
There was a period of time, just before I became a teen, that whenever I was in the den…
Life at 12 College Road – A Short Video
Life at 12 College Road is a collection of thirty-three “real life” short stories that, when taken as a whole, paint a mosaic of a time and place both familiar and distant.
Saturday mornings when we were kids
Do you remember those cozy days when TV was new and cartoons were good and we knew so little and that was good too! That’s the kind of thing that Eric Mondschein, who lives in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, writes about in his book, Life at 12 College Road. He has given BoomerCafé this short story called “Saturday Mornings.”
The Dining Room Table
The Dining Room Table is the first chapter or short story, if you will, from my book Life at 12 College Road.
As I sat at the table, I realized the other three chairs had been tilted forward so that their ladder-backs rested against it. They were obviously no longer of use. Scanning the room, it dawned on me that this was not some unknown, foreign establishment…
Memories of Christmas morning long ago
If memories of Christmas mornings in our childhoods are lost, Eric Mondschein, who lives in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York and author of Life at 12 College Road, makes up for it. He has memories that probably parallel most boomers’ — except for a not-so-happy ending. That’s the short story he gives to BoomerCafé this season: “Christmas Morning.”
An Interview with BeachBoundBooks about writing and Life at 12 College Road
I was honored to have been interviewed by Stacie Theis of BeachBoundBooks about writing and my book Life at 12 College Road.
Wow, Life at 12 College Road top-ranked on Amazon.com
Wow! My book Life at 12 College Road is now top-ranked on Amazon.com. It ranks the book right up at the top of one of their most popular categories. I wish to thank all of you … friends, family and others … […]
Memories help to make us who we are and who we may become
Most of us have never considered that we might be important. And truth be told, by typical standards, we aren’t. Only a handful of us ever get to be presidents or generals, or invent or cure something, or become saints […]