Meeting the Challenge of Accountability
Meeting the Challenge of Accountability By Albert J. Repicci, D.M.D. FEW EXPERIENCES IN life are as gratifying as being a part of the metamorphosis of floundering children into mature young adults. Likewise, few things are as frustrating and humbling. That is true for a parent and true also for an orthodontist. From the vantage point […]
The Death of Sexism
Subj: New Year’s resolution I have always held the concept of “New Year’s resolutions” in contempt, in large part because it seems self defeating to defer making behavioral changes in one’s self until some distance arbitrary date rather than addressing it immediately. None the less, in violation of all that’s holy, I have made a […]
Penitent Wizard (for Kelly)
THE PENITENT WIZARD It is said that there was a powerful wizard who lived in the land of Willowmere. He was considered the most awesome magician in the land and his feats had become legendary. One day he realized that this magic had begun to fail him. Not only did he fail to transform things […]
Retired dentist a witness to history
If there’s such a thing as a front-row seat on history, Albert Repicci has taken it. Article by Robert Marchant He’s seen an early moon launch at Cape Canaveral, met the pope, attended President John F. Kennedy’s funeral and watched the impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton inside the Capitol. He’s also watched tribunals deliver […]
From Nuremberg to Luneburg
The journey to the final Nazi war crimes trial by Alpert Repicci Editor’s note: As he prepared to leave for Germany to attend the trial of Nazi Oskar Groening, Greenwich’s Albert Repicci penned this account of events leading up to the trial, which remains ongoing. With its pitched tile roofs, soaring steeples, stepped gables and […]
Once Upon a Rose (Notes from behind the curtain)
At first blush, Once Upon a Rose, may appear to be a pleasant little tale put to dance. In essence, however, it is a morality play that draws from several existing fairy tales, including, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and the less obvious, The Wizard of Oz. Like Little Red Riding Hood, who was […]
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A Play On #% Words
A PLAY ON %*# WORDS(Faux Pas de Deux) A short play with two characters By Albert Repicci Cast of Characters Tony Collins — A budding playwright in his early 30s Ms. Harriet Hopper – A theater critic, also in her 30s TIME: The present AT RISE: A COCKTAIL LOUNGE. Seated alone at one end of […]
Holding Hands At Midnight
HOLDING HANDS AT MIDNIGHT By Albert Repicci Introductory music, “As Time Goes By” plays for 46 seconds.(Lyrics…)”You must remember thisA kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.The fundamental things applyAs time goes by. And when two lovers wooThey still say “I love you.”On that you can relyNo matter what the future […]