My dad was from Omaha, Nebraska. Mom’s roots were in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Their lives merged in Baltimore, Maryland, where I was born…the second of three sons. My father was a doctor and my mother a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. Their romance grew out of a professional relationship and they married a year after their first date.

My parents and grandparents were devout Catholics and raised my brothers and I in strict Catholic tradition. Unfortunately, our educational environment was all male. The feminine part of our learning was after school hours. Heck, I knew more about the military facts of life than the other facts of life by the time I reached puberty. Flashbacks of Youth is my first book. It only seems appropriate to write about my first family. It is a legacy to my children, their children, and future generations. However, I believe many others will also enjoy the story – a snippet of life in the thirties and forties in Baltimore. It will bring back fond memories of many youthful experiences. I am now retired and don’t mind it at all. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada where many retirees play golf, bowl, or gamble, keeping busy from week to week.