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Author Archives: Daniel J. Curran
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One really never really knows what is going on behind the scenes in someone’s life. I am happy that Mr. Curran shared many of his moments/stories in this book. Some of them are sweet and charming (I especially loved the antics of his dear old Mom) while others left me tearing, and some just made me laugh out loud.
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“These Moments” with its flashes of both humor and melancholy has something of the feel of Frank McCourt’s “Angela’s Ashes,” another son of Ireland. It’s a good read and certainly worth some of your moments.
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His Last Few Hours Desperate people do desperate things. Frank Curran was desperate. It was time to pay up, and he knew it. But ending up as a news piece in the Chicago Times wasn’t what Frankie Curran had in mind when he headed into a frigid Chicago morning on January 25, 1938. Before he […]
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Patriots My aunts, Isabelle and Elizabeth, achieved World War II hero status. Sadly, I never knew either of them or had the opportunity to speak to either one. I only knew of them through their heroic exploits. Both were nurses who served on the front lines. Elizabeth, the younger of the two, served in Anzio, […]
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Thurles, IR By Daniel J. Curran A former girlfriend’s husband’s 17-year-old son, Adam, was killed in a car accident. The driver and the car’s occupants were all under the influence when the car ran off the road, hitting a tree-killing Adam. He was the lone death. At the time of the accident, Adam was talking […]
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Alpenrose Velodrome The Alpenrose Velodrome is a single fixed-gear bicycle-racing track on the Alpenrose Dairy property in Beaverton. Constructed in 1967, it is one of two velodrome tracks in the Northwest; the second, the Jerry Baker Memorial Velodrome, is in Redmond, Washington. The Alpenrose Velodrome is a member of the American Track Racing Association, a […]
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Water I am a long-distance cyclist and have been for close to 30 years. Good hydration is paramount to effective long-distance cycling. I took off for a 32-mile ride. I rode a few blocks only to realize I didn’t bring any water with me. At some point, while riding, I stopped and picked up a […]
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Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland consecrated Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in the West Hills of Portland on September 30, 1888. Over a thousand people attended the hour-long ceremony, despite the constant, drizzling rain. It was the second Catholic cemetery in Multnomah County and the first in Portland (Portland and East […]