Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986) October 14th, 2018 @ 8:18 am PDT
Papa would have been 100 today.
Anna Sofia DiFalco Albanese October 28th, 2017 @ 7:01 am PDT
A biography I wrote in college about my grandmother, who would have turned 97 today
Anna Albanese – 1920! October 28th, 2015 @ 8:18 am PDT
On the anniversary of my maternal grandmother’s birthday
Throwback Thursday September 18th, 2014 @ 9:04 am PDT
Throwback Thursday May 1st, 2014 @ 8:06 am PDT
Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986) October 14th, 2013 @ 7:46 pm PDT
Today would have been the 95th birthday of my Papa, Vincent Albanese. He was born on October 14th, 1918. He was incredibly handsome and my grandmother often compared him to Clark Gable. He fought in World War II as a member of Merrill’s Marauders and married Anna Sofia DiFolco when he returned. He became a […]
The Dogs of War November 11th, 2012 @ 2:53 pm PST
Happy Veterans’ Day! Celebrate by watching this compilation of videos of dogs welcoming their masters home from the field. And a special hat tip to my maternal grandfather Vincent Albanese (1918 – 1986), who fought in WWII as one of Merrill’s Marauders, and to my paternal grandfather Walter Gagne (?? – 2010), who fought in […]
Indigo Manor: Assisted Living in Daytona Beach, Florida May 22nd, 2007 @ 2:16 pm PDT
The assisted living facility that killed my grandmother
Anna Albanese May 4th, 2007 @ 11:44 am PDT
Anna S. Albanese10/28/1920 – 05/04/2007 My grandmother passed away died this afternoon. I hate “passed away”. It’s so … passive. Nana was not a passive person. She was incredibly, astoundingly active. She’d been pretty limited for the last few years, but that’s not really how I’ll remember her. When I was in elementary school I […]
My Family Is Cool January 19th, 2007 @ 6:10 pm PST
At some point recently I stumbled upon Geni.com, a family-tree site. This is the kind of thing I seriously dig. It makes me sad that I can only go back two or three nodes on my family tree. My oldest nana is 86 and — when I called her a few minutes ago — was […]
