May 6 2021
7-8 May 2021
My Mom’s B birthday
The Birthdays of Peter Ilyich Tchaikowsky and Johannes Brahms
The End of WWII in Europe
Below is an article celebrating The Brotherhood of Man, entitled, “Remember the Future for Truth is Timeless .…
Apr 29 2021
Vignettes of Cheek Turns
(no preachiness, just sharing… with YOU!)
by © Stephen Melillo, IGNA 29 APR 2021
On the birthday of Duke Ellington
Willy Romanello, Greenwich High School, Connecticut. Class of 75. We’ll get back to him!
Movement 1:…
Mar 3 2021
3 March 2021
On the 22nd Anniversary of the STORMWORKS Chapter 3: WAIT of the WORLD Recording
with Maurice Hamers & The Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Thoughts on Death to Moby Dick, a Love Stor…
Feb 6 2021
6 FEB 2021
Father Peter M. Rinaldi and the Escape from Plato's Cave
Father Peter M. Rinaldi, in 1993
A SYNChronicity of Events:
Neatly nestled between the birthdays of John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith, my Son will make his Confirmation…
Nov 14 2020
14 November 2020
What a Week it has been…
This Veterans Day was also the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Landing. This week saw the 245th Anniversary of the US Marines, during the 250th Anniversary of Beethoven and the the…
Nov 12 2020
Just received the first Hardcover printing of "Death to Moby Dick, a Love Story." The sequel to Melville's Moby Dick will be ready for you and your gift list soon! Especially for those of you who have thoroughly enjoyed "Ahab,…
Jun 11 2020
27 June 2016
a Commencement Speech
for the Graduates and Beautiful, Great kids of Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music
Though delivered just 3 days after the funeral,
this speech was written prior to the eulogy written for my…
Mar 19 2020
for 21 March 2020
On the Birthday of JS Bach
“The Story of Mrs. Han & Stormworks”
Several years ago, we made “the rounds” to our favorite Sushi lady, Mrs. Han. Something was different. Above her beautiful smile and always…
Mar 19 2020
“The echoey sounds of stretching and cracking ice filled the inlet. The surround had become an arena, an eternal, unearthly battleground. The white whale broke the surface slowly. Inching forward, it broke the ice ahead of its brow, sending mountainous…
Oct 24 2019
In December of 2011, while doing some Christmas shopping, I saw a man wearing a WWII Veterans cap. Over the years, I seem to have acquired a homing-beacon to such Men and Women. I feel an instant duty to put…
Oct 24 2019
If you’ve ever seen the movie, RUDY… (with an excellent score by Jerry Goldsmith!) … you will see something of the “Psychology of Success” in action. As Henry Hartman said: “Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.”
Is that…
Oct 24 2019
We are tuned to believe that “failure” is something to be avoided, when quite the contrary, failure is a target point. Warning… we are about to redefine “failure” in ways that exceed the normal usage of the word.
Let’s look…
