Legacy of Power vs. Legacy of Love: The Corleone and Murano Family Sagas
How do you watch the movies? What do you remember after the credits fade away? Do you remember “Take the gun, leave the cannoli”, or think how did it happen that Michael died as a lonely, forsaken man? Are you horrified by a headless horse, or by an enormity of senseless killing one man […]
The Trilogy of The Murano Family Saga.
Dr. Jack Murano will go through hell for his family. But Murano’s life is harsh. His father is in prison for killing his mother in a car accident while drunk. His son ends up in rehab after succumbing to the family addiction gene. Murano himself picks up the deadly habit, which he thought he’d already […]
What do I expect in 2025
Ever since 2020 I started writing about the past year, and about what do I expect in the new one, there was always a pattern. 2020 was a terrible year. We know, we suffered a lot. We probably still don’t know, and won’t know about the rest. But despite the national and international drama, each […]
Spirituality, The Other Side Of The Human Life
Peter Attia’s Outlive is for me a personal manual to the human body. But there is another aspect of being alive. And is far more fascinating. I got interested in Wayne Dyer’s writings in the 90′, in the second trimester of my life. I had a busy cardiac surgical practice, often operating at night, on […]
Ernest Hemingway, Extraordinary Writings By An Extraordinary Man.
In my travels through the world of literature, last year we decided to revisit Hemingway, and flew down to Key West. I was familiar with some of his writings before, but the best time to re-read them was while visiting the place he for eight years called home. His written stories made even a greater […]
Fight with the Devil, Murano Family Curse
Alcohol drinking in the family is a curse. Alcohol drinking in three generation leads to damnation. Dr. Jack Murano tries to prevent his son, Mike, from becoming a third-generation alcoholic. Starting from a seemingly innocent sip of champagne drank from an ice hockey trophy, through peer pressure during the high school parties, and drinking through […]
The Best Way to Ruin Father-Daughter Relationship
Dr. Jack Murano waited for that day ever since Kate was a little girl. In his mind, he rehearsed the wedding ceremony many times. He visualized the sequence of him walking her down the aisle, handing her to a future husband, and dancing the father-daughter dance. Long before the wedding, he even found the song […]
The Roundup, First Book of the Trilogy in Historical Fiction
The Murano family saga is my primary theme. Pals Forever is published. So is The Resurrections. The third on The Eighteenth Camel is coming out any day. But the life of a cardiac surgeon and his family is not the only story I am interested in. I am expanding beyond the medical fiction. My next […]
The Exchange, a Novel by John Grisham
Right after my retirement, I decided to start writing. I just graduated from my life’s second trimester, and started my third. Grisham was always my inspiration. One of a few. Throughout my life I gathered a lot of material, numerous stories, excellent stories. I was familiar with Grisham’s career, and how did it all start […]
