family stories

Uncle Joe’s Last Drink

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Joe Cavallo strumming a guitar.

In Weymouth, they called him Joe Horse. His real name was Joseph Cavallo, but nobody called him that. Not at Denly’s, not on Lake Street, not at the Water Department where he worked. You see, Cavallo means horse in Italian, and Joe wore that name like a crown. He was a local legend. The kind … Read more

Where She Lives Now

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Mason-and-Colby-visiting-Aunt-Loretta-and-my-Grandparents

When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, my mind drifted back to a memory I hadn’t thought about in years. It was the spring of 1980, and I was just four years old. That was the year my Aunt Loretta passed away, she was the first person I ever lost. Loretta Cavallo was born on … Read more