Tom Faranda's Folly

Good walk, but wow, it was tough. More to follow, but here I am earlier about three miles north of the NY/NJ border at about 1,375 feet. Glad I got the cairn in the background.    

My friend Noreen "Tanya". Here's a link to her prior postings on the Times website during her Africa trip, which I put up a few days ago Guest blog: Noreen (Tanya) writing from Africa Hit the link below for the Nicholas Kristoff Sunday column, and Noreen's fine video, which is embedded on the left hand side of the … Read more

A couple of months ago we won two Yankee tickets – actually won an auction at a Montfort Academy luncheon. The game was way back on June 14th. Just getting around to posting this – pictures take time to choose and then upload.. A couple of funny things. We took the train to the Stadium – … Read more

Back in April I posted about my friend Noreen Connolly, who had entered a contest to win a trip to Africa with NY Times columnist Nick Kristof My friend Noreen in the running for trip with NY Times columnist Nick Kristof . Then when she actually won, for her video and writing entry, I wrote … Read more

I posted about Falk here. Peter Falk. Here’s a typical Columbo wrap-up. From PBS Nightly news a couple of days ago. One of the few must-watch TV programs in Faranda household, way back when.

Ahhh, an Ossining boy (like Me). His parents owned a kind of Army-Navy store on Main Street called (very sensibly) Falk’s. People used to tell me I looked / sounded like Peter Falk, when he was in his Columbo role. Especially when I had my London Fog raincoat on. … Peter Falk, the Emmy-winning star … Read more

Married in 1979, in Mandeville, Jamaica. As I said to Brigid this morning, "Ten of the happiest years of my life."

Tim will officially graduate from St. Augustine’s School next Friday (ending our 14 year relationship with the school, going back to when Joe was in pre-school). The school tradition for the eighth grade graduates is to go into NY for a show, and then have a dinner-dance on one of the “Spirit of New York” … Read more

Ahhh, Gunsmoke and Marshall Matt Dillon.   The show my parents would sit together on the couch to watch. It ran from 1955 to 1975. (It was replaced by Mary Tyler Moore spin-offs Rhoda and Phyllis!) James Arness, Iconic ‘Gunsmoke’ Lawman, Dead at 88 The first episode, and a very young Matt Dillon, with Chester, Miss … Read more

Sent to me by my good friend and occasional humor consultant Karen – An old guy was working out in the gym when he spotted a sweet young thing. He asked the trainer that was nearby, "What machine in here should I use to impress that sweet young thing over there?" The trainer looked him … Read more