My Uncle Primo Fiore, who died this month about three weeks shy of his 92nd birthday, was a man’s man. At one family get-together, when he was in his eighties, he shared a secret with me and my son, Adam, who asked his great-uncle what kept him so vigorous, robust, active, and full of life. […]
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Primo Voice In Remembrance of Primo Fiore September 6, 1930 – August 13, 2022 by Louis Vincent Balbi My Uncle Primo was not a very tall man. And yet, I struggle to name any other man except for his brother-in-law, my Dad, Sal Balbi, who I looked up to more. If for nothing else, being
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Some weeks before my Uncle Primo Fiore’s 90th birthday back in 2020, his children — my cousins — sent out requests to share stories about Primo that they would give their father on his birthday. What a grand idea, I thought. Much better than any store-bought birthday card. While I often grab paper and pen
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An Age of Angels Poem Sometimes I wish I was less at ease being alone. I imagine I learned to seek refuge within myself ever since I was little because I found the world outside myself too unpredictable, unstable, and changeable. It frightened and confused me. I mention this because I would have liked to
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A dear, sweet-hearted niece of mine died on Christmas Eve, last year, in 2021. The day she died doesn’t matter. The year she died doesn’t matter. I hope what does matter will be made clear by the words that follow. Stephanie was not a blood relative. She was the daughter of my sister-in-law and brother-in-law.
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