Stories from Jeannie Peck

ca - mid-1930s Although Marilyn, Buddy and Jeannie were only summertime “country kids”, there were occasions durin...

I had intended at the outset to write a one-paragraph book review. But upon further consideration, decided, “Oh, what ...

Circa 1939 Charlie arrived home on a lovely late Summer Friday afternoon. There was a gentle breeze and it was not too h...

(ca 1937) When you come right down to it, sometimes a most ordinary man can be at the same time, a most remarkable man....

She awoke, startled, to an unfamiliar sound. The clock on the nightstand read 3:20. There was that sound again. Somethin...

“Do you want to know what makes me laugh?” Jeanne Peck asked, wielding a sheet of paper. “This makes me laugh” a...

The year: 1945 or so. The place: The Bronx, New York. A strange phenomenon was taking place. Throngs of otherwise quie...

During the Depression Years of the 1930’s ordinary working-class folks (no matter the color of the collar) had very li...

Among Charlie’s many and varied friends were Patsy and Tony, who owned a Bar and Grille down in Golden’s Bridge. At ...