Repicci Tries Out for Baseball Olympics

Greenwich Orthodontist Tries Out For Olympic Baseball Team. I am here to make you a proposition… Your secret yearning all your life has been to be a baseball player yourself                                      -Damn Yankees It was the Saturday morning […]

Repicci Inducted in Greenwich Old Timers Hall of Fame

In a packed house at the Greenwich Hyatt Regency, Dr Albert Repicci was inducted into the Greenwich Old Timers Hall of Fame after having been introduced and sponsored by Mike Sandlock former major league catcher and recent inductee in the Brooklyn Dodger hall of Fame. Repicci was known in town as an avid baseball player […]

Antigua Memoir

As I approached 40 years of age, I began to wonder what legacy I might leave. How might I in some small way make a difference in the world. I did not consider myself as having any particular talent for making such change, but it did strike me the simple act of relieving suffering,  could […]

Welcome Home: Janice and Al Repicci Create Community From Their Doorstep

We chat with Janice and Al Repicci, who show us that building a sense of community starts with a simple hello. Any day can be a beautiful day in the neighborhood photography by Vendera Alexandrova If Greenwich magazine gave out a Mr. Rogers Good Neighbor Award, Janice and Al Repicci would top the list. Beloved members of the Willowmere neighborhood […]

Mongolia

Prior to the exploration of outer space our euphemistic reference for the most distant place on earth was considered to be outer Mongolia. With that in mind, I became intrigued with the notion of making that journey as soon as I saw a project to Mongolia appear on the schedule. With barely a thought, since […]

Letters to The Editor

Nov. 17, 2024To The Editor: Re: Why We Got It So Wrong (opinion, David Brooks)  November 15: The answer to David Brooks lamentation lies  in his opinion piece written after the 2016 election which likewise shocked the elite and media class. The answer is  still “ arrogance” which clings to the notion that pundits, major […]

Phillippines

The Philippines Most of the projects outside of the western hemisphere took at least two or three flights to get to the mission location. Since all arrangements and expenses were the responsibility of the volunteer, it became a little daunting passing through three or four airports or countries before getting into your destination. The Philippines […]

Rwanda

It has been over 20 years since I undertook this mission in Rwanda, which marked my last healthcare project  in  Africa. What took so long to record this project? Perhaps it was the sense of futility that engulfed me when I reflected back on the savagery and brutality that had occurred there in the recent […]

Think Gray

An apple may be red and ripe,But within, filled with rot.Another may be green an dull ,But worms it fosters not. Allow the mind to wander,But wander not astray,For that which seems as black or white,Is very often gray.

The Centurians

Dark insipid gloom foreboding,Fiends and demons of despair,While heart and strength so fast eroding,Luring to its vapid lair. Rife with anguish soul forsaken,Shrouded by the lords of night,Cast a pall on spirits broken,Haunting shadows sow the blight. Yet to the rampart hope must quicken,Standing vigil where ‘er you roam,With faith as beacon for the stricken,Hand […]