Buffalo, City of Light and Beer

Buffalo, City of Light and Beer

Ah, Buffalo, City of Light and beer! Flew into Buffalo last week to visit my sisters in our old hometown of Tonawanda. How wonderful to stand among the milling crowd in the airport and hear that lovely western NY accent! After living in Kentucky for twelve years,...
My Polish-Italian Hometown Tonawanda, NY

My Polish-Italian Hometown Tonawanda, NY

Only after I grew up and moved away from my hometown of Tonawanda, NY, did I realize and appreciate the Polish and Italian ethnicity of our community Now when I get a chance to return, I love to see all the old familiar Polish and Italian names on the businesses,...
The Irish Bride: A New Novella by Renee Yancy

The Irish Bride: A New Novella by Renee Yancy

Out this week, a new anthology of historical novellas in The Runaway Brides Collection. My novella, The Irish Bride, relates the story of Deanie Devane, who escapes the Irish potato famine after her father’s death and sails across the ocean to America to make a...
Floating Killer Brains on WKBW’s Fright Night

Floating Killer Brains on WKBW’s Fright Night

Fright Night at 159 Findlay Avenue and floating killer brains? Being the oldest in a big Catholic family had its perks. New clothes instead of the hand-me-downs my younger sisters received. It had its cons, too. As the oldest, I had to help my mother with my younger...
Delaware Pool Summers in Tonawanda, NY

Delaware Pool Summers in Tonawanda, NY

It was a near daily pilgrimage in the 60’s. Walk down Findlay Avenue to Vicksburg, turn left and walk the two short blocks to Ted’s. Turn right on Sheridan. Past the Animal Clinic with its cat skeleton in the window.  Across the railroad tracks. I...
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