Esquizito's Blog – June 2012 Archive (1)
June 17, 2012 – Father's Day.
Dear Reader, peace to you and yours today. It has been a long, long journey traveling through life since I last spoke up here. I'm glad you made it thru too!
I'm in the City of Angels – which is not too far from Maison Musique – as I am blessedly visiting with my family. It's the perfect time to tell of what I know, and what I love.
My father was a good man. A good man in the true sense. And as his third and youngest son, last of all his children, I…
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