This was our annual ThanksGivingDay I had the pleasure of knowing on an annual basis for many years at the Pittsburgh Athletics Association (PAA) in Oakland
at the University of Pittsburgh
in a private room with its own bar
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thanks to my great Aunt Helen
(well Michael flew in from his place Monaco) for ThanksGiving
Michael & Matthew's mom Joan
Michael with my great Aunt Helen of Squirrel Hill
(Joan's mother and Michael & Matthew's grandmother)
me w/ Aunt Helen's daughter Bette, her husband Richard
and their two boys
My upper west side cousins
far left my sister Alane & he son Zach, always looking
at the camera and smiling sister Maureen, my mom seated in blue w/ her cape and
my father seated on the right
(I have six siblings who were all present)
while these memories are being created it may feel like they are lasting forever and will be forever but these times are unique and very special, sacred times not to be taken for granted. ..
because like it or not new traditions come in
At the time I was working on a #newmedia project including a collection of poems for an e-book for mystrawhat.com called
EveryDay There's
Something 2008
john alan conte jr.
&
the new everyday media
BIGnewEdayMedia coming soon to mystrawhat.com (featuring original poetry & top hottest of new everyday media 2014)