Gary GruberFeb 23, 20223 min readThe Story Behind the Stories (Part Ten)My high school graduating class of 1967 has proven to be unusually cohesive after all these years. While I did not attend the tenth...
Gary GruberFeb 22, 20224 min readOn Being Genuine (Part One)When I look back on the people who have come and gone in my life, I am always drawn to the 1%’ers. I was fortunate to have been accepted...
Gary GruberFeb 21, 20223 min readNothin’ in Common, Except a Whole Lotta Love for TochinoshinThere must be something to the cliché opposites attract. When I first spied Phyllis sitting in the control booth in the...
Gary GruberFeb 19, 20224 min readThe Worst Thing I Ever Did to My WifeWorking at the “Color Lab” on Yonkers Ave was one sweet job. Each printer had their own room. Printing was done on an automated enlarger...
Gary GruberFeb 18, 20225 min readThe Best Day of My Life and I Almost Had to Kill SomeoneThe night before Phyllis gave birth to our wonderful daughter Sasha, I was entertaining a friend of mine – a 5th degree black belt I...
Gary GruberFeb 16, 20224 min readThere Was a Day…If there are two more different people in the world than me and my Phyllis, I’ve never met them. If the old saw opposites attract is...
Gary GruberFeb 12, 20227 min readTruth – where it comes from, and where it goesTruth is always the shortest distance between two points but can seldom be apprehended by walking in a straight line. I was only 13 when...
Gary GruberFeb 11, 20224 min readThe Story Behind the Stories (Part Nine)One of my favorite jobs after graduating college was working as a shipping clerk in a dental supply house. Little did I know that my...
Gary GruberFeb 10, 20222 min readCats and GodPeople either believe in God or they don’t. This is an attempt to simply raise the question “Is it possible?” I am a believer, always...
Gary GruberFeb 9, 20224 min readThe Story Behind the Stories (Part Eight)Los Angeles in the mid 70’s was a magnificent city. It was the good old days when criminals were arrested, tried, and incarcerated. While...
Gary GruberFeb 8, 20225 min readNo Expectations, No DisappointmentsIn Loving memory, Archbishop Nicola Rotunno, 12/1/1928 – 2/8/1999 Archbishop Nicola Rotunno was the Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, Rwanda...
Gary GruberFeb 7, 20224 min readThe Story Behind the Stories (Part Seven)Resilience is born from defeat. You have two choices in life when you’ve been knocked flat on your butt -- and lying there was never an...
Gary GruberFeb 4, 20227 min readOf Course I Carry a GunI have legally carried a concealed weapon for 12 years now – my four CCW permits allow me to carry in 38 states. My history with firearms...
Gary GruberFeb 3, 20226 min readThe Story Behind the Stories (Part Six) aka On Being AgileI was told from as early as I can remember that my mission in life was to grow up to become a doctor. All Jewish boys are doctors or...
Gary GruberFeb 2, 20225 min readPaybacks are a BitchMy first cat was named after my friend Tommy Cromack, who lived on Third Ave. Tommy was a blond haired, blue-eyed-all-American boy. He...
Gary GruberFeb 1, 20228 min readLove to Eat, Eat to LoveFood is sacred to me. Once in Los Angeles many moons ago, my wife and I visited our favorite Thai restaurant (Chan Dara) and requested a...
Gary GruberJan 31, 202213 min readVacation Begins (Author’s note: This is a verbatim transcript from a written journal I kept on a vacation {circa 1982}. Aside from a few punctuation...
Gary GruberJan 28, 20225 min readMoses ain’t got nothin’ on me…I like the word torrential and have been able to use it in a sentence three times. It had been raining constantly all day. It was one of...
Gary GruberJan 24, 20224 min readThe Story Behind the Stories (Part Five)Paris was a wonderous place to visit in the summer of 1970. After a semester abroad in Munich, I began travelling and wound up here –...
Gary GruberJan 23, 20225 min readMe and the MafiaAnyone raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) in the 50’s has at least a passing recognition of the name Russel Bufalino. When I was...
