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I don't have a toothbrush and other stories

Click on "Patricia's stories" to read her fascinating stories, or on "Nino's stories" to read mine. The chapters are numbered in sequence.

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AND THAT´S WHY I AM WRITING

My dear wife Patricia died 2 1/2 years ago, she was my big love, my everything, and I resented that not right away thousands of the...

Chapter XXI - ABOUT GRITS, PICK-UP TRUCKS AND GUNS

I felt at home in the United States, I loved everything about it, the people, my new family, the food, the space, the nature, the roads,...

HAPPINESS ON LAY-AWAY

Some years ago Patricia told her sister Jane that we had our happiest times when we lived in Florida, not for the last reason because we...

THEIR HUSBANDS ARE CHICKEN

"NINO!" Patricia's eyes were sparkling, her face glowing and screaming happiness, and she smiled from ear to ear, it looked like she was...

PARIS, JE T'AIME

I love to walk in Paris in the early morning, I had to search a little to find a café which opened already, it was just a little before 8...

Chapter XX - EDUCATING DAVID

You don't need much if you live on the beach, it's sunny every day, the sunshine makes you happy and makes life way less complicated, you...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

I loved it when she forgot our anniversary because then I remembered it, and it got an extra dimension, so I was kind of hoping for it. I...

Chapter XIX - NEVER PRAISE HITLER

I started my new job at the Black Orchid in Indian Harbor Beach, it was family-owned by the Pettica Family, nice people. Let me introduce...

Chapter 13 - THE KILLING FIELDS

Often at the end of such busy days, the ladies would sit quietly in my living room. I loved those evenings with a fire burning and...

Chapter XVIII - SADDAM, READ MY LIPS!

And then I got this phone call: "Can I speak with the owner?" That will be me, what can I do for you". "Now Sir, we have a great...

Chapter XVII - HOW TO LIKE FLORIDA

"Patricia!!! Come outside, what in the fuck is going on, is there an earthquake or so?" I was watering the lawn and I heard a deep...

Chapter XVI - A NEW BEGINNING

"Heeeeyyyyy Ninooooooo" It was moving day and John came to help me to load up the Ryder truck we rented. My brother-in-law John was my...

Chapter XV - SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Patricia decided that we should move to a warmer climate and to a cheaper area, as Maryland, and especially Howard County, was quite...

NOW WE KNOW HOW IT FEELS!

After the Covid virus brought traveling to a stop, we are finally in Israel again! During that unwanted travel stop, I found myself one...

Chapter 12 - THE EPISCOPALIANS ARE OUT

As they gained back some strength and recovered from the illnesses, parasites, and malaria, their moods changed. I had read that after...

Chapter XIV – ONE ROUND-TRIP TO MARYLAND PLEASE

Idaho has potatoes, Iowa has beef, Virginia has history, Maine has lobsters, Utah has Mormons, Florida has early bird specials,...

Chapter 11 - A GIFT FROM CAROL, MR. FRIENDLY

We had started with the post-its stuck on every item in the house, and with the donation from Jeanne Marie, each person had a notebook...

Chapter XIII - IT WAS AN UNFORGETTABLE MORNING

Patriciaaaaah, Jane is here! I was just heading out to go to the Safeway to get some bread when Patricia’s sister Jane pulled up on our...

Chapter XII - JACK DANIELS, OH PLEASE, NOT AGAIN!

I just finished work that day, and as usual, after work, the kitchen colleagues and I went for a drink at the bar of the restaurant where...

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