Tag Archives: Rahway N.J.

Nothing Sacred?

Posted on December 2, 2019 by jpkenna

  It’s summer, down the shore, in 1948, which would make me three years old. If there’s an east wind, aka sea breeze, you can hear the ocean murmuring half a block away, through the back screen door. It’s morning, … Continue reading →

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Mike, growing up back East

Posted on April 1, 2014 by jpkenna

  As Seattle begins recovery from a June fire that leveled nearly its entire commercial district, Jimmy Scanlon continues working railroad construction in the booming, more-northerly Puget Sound city of Fairhaven. Learning his girlfriend Susie Taylor came through the Seattle … Continue reading →

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