OCTOBER ISSUE 2025
“I grew up in Connecticut in what I would call an ordinary childhood. After high school, I worked for my father’s steel fabricating business . . .”
“My name is Philip Rivera, but everyone calls me Phil. I’m 80 years old now, so I’m ancient. I was born and raised here in . . .”
“I was number 10 of 11 children, born into a family that didn’t have much money but had everything that really mattered. We lived in a . . .”
“If my life was a book, it’d be a bestseller. That’s for sure. The prologue would be me riding the bicycle back down to my house. Then I . . .”
“I grew up on Long Island, right on the water. So, I grew up being used to the beach and living in a small town there. I was the youngest . . .”
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