by Louie Ferrera | Dec 29, 2023 | Friends & Family
It’s December 26, Christmas is finally over. All of the major holidays begin and end on their designated day. Thanksgiving, New Years, Halloween…etc they’re all one and done. Sure, there is a lead up to each of these days, but the actual celebrations last just the one...
by Louie Ferrera | Oct 28, 2023 | Friends & Family, Meditations
My mom, Marie Ann (Spadone) Ferrera passed away on October 15. Mom was a strong willed woman, mother and grandmother who would do anything for her family. She gave me so much and I loved her dearly. Thank you for teaching me how to ride a bicycle. You took me to the...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 17, 2023 | Friends & Family, Meditations
How many ways are there to mark the passing of time? The slow sweep of the second hand as it makes its way around the face of a clock. The imperceptible, glacial movements of the minute and hour hands. The magical transformation of LED numbers as one bleeds into the...
by Louie Ferrera | Jun 2, 2023 | Friends & Family, Music
There’s the family that you’re born into and the family that you choose. Almost everyone has the former but only the most fortunate of us also have the latter. Like all families, there are ups and downs, joy and conflict, we try and overlook the blemishes and burnish...
by Louie Ferrera | Feb 16, 2023 | Friends & Family
When you walk into our house one of the first things you notice is a unique looking mirror hanging on the right side wall of the entryway. The frame is about 1’x 2’, sparkly green with seashells and starfish painted around the border. It comes to a stylish point at...
by Louie Ferrera | Sep 27, 2022 | Friends & Family
Some cliches are just plain silly: A watched pot never boils, The bigger they are, the harder they fall. The list goes on. However, sometimes a cliche is spot on, like this one: A picture speaks a thousand words. Since the invention of photography in the mid 1800’s,...
“It was alive and took over our bodies as we swirled around each other” Around, and sometimes through! Comin’,comin’,comin’, around….…
“we were amoebas colliding to create sounds previously unheard.” Nothing else needs to be said. Thanks for letting me jump…
My first thought is that the sign was placed there by the Sidhe back in the depths of time, and…
Well I’m late to this essay, we’ve been busy with a few home projects! “. . . pause and .…
Louie, you are one very sweet man!