Paul DiSclafani

Long Island is loaded with dollar stores. You know the ones I’m talking about. Everything, and I mean everything in the store, is priced at a dollar. Unfortunately, there seems to be a stigma attached to...

My mother will be 87 this month and unlike me, she continues to have very vivid dreams. My dreams are certainly not going to win any Academy Awards. Besides, I rarely remember them in the...

While Pete the salesman at Furn-A-Kit was checking the computer to confirm the bookcase I wanted was in stock, he asked if I was aware the furniture needed to be assembled. He said many people...

It’s hard to believe, but I’m coming up on 45 years of driving. Full disclosure, I failed my permit test. Can you believe that? I read the handbook, went in with a huge chip on my...

While waiting at the Post Office Café for the guest of honor, I observed the collection of friends and family milling around and smiled. I’ve known most of them since they were kids, and here...