Seahawks Shoot for the Moon by Joseph Giannunzio aka Radio's Joe Cooper

Football Sunday

Just got done painting this...

Seahawks need to shoot for the moon! 

I apologize, if you are not a Seahawks fan.

When I lived in Michigan I was a Packers and Lions fan. I still like them, too. 

--Joe

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Published Author Joe Giannunzio on Amazon

Hello,

At last! Here's my book. Available now on Amazon.com.

Just in case you wonder what I  look like today, I threw a photo in between the front and back cover of my book from a painting I did. I' m holding two large rainbow trout I caught in a small river not far from the house. I grew up fishing with my dad at remote Pine Creek.

My wonderful granddaughter Madeline put this paperback together for me and had it self-published. 

I used to write (and still do) about fun happenings while with them -- my 'grand-girls' Madeline, Samantha and Ruby' all grown up now when they were kids. Many tales I made up to make them think positive in life and do the right thing. My late Uncle Romeo once told me, "Never do something you don't want anyone else to know."

Also some real memoirs of my life growing up in the U.P.. very poor, terrible situations, but determined to make life fun even as kids in Iron Mountain, Norway and Hardwood. This is just a fraction of what I will be writing in the future...

You can order it through Amazon.com using this direct link Joe Giannunzio - The Book or send me your address and small check for $6.00 and I'll pay the postage. Even a free autograph included (ha ha).

The paperback is not a money-maker for me. Just that I enjoy looking back on life now that I am older. I am sure many of you, as we all do, do not have every minute of our lives perfect. Wish it was that way. 

There are days of heaven and days of hell; makes no difference, if you are rich, middle class or poor.

I like to say.,"As we get older our life becomes 80% memories and happy we are still here. Some of our friends and family members are not but still live on in our minds and hearts."

Thanks, 

Joe.

P.S. My granddaughter put my name for the title so there are other books called Joe...look for Joe Giannunzio..

White Sport Coats and Pink Carnations --- Great Memories

When it comes to nostalgia  (don't miss this video, it's great)

https://youtu.be/ZgdufzXvjqw

I have lots of stories to tell, being around music all my life and starting with this one.

If you have time read and then watch. it will bring back memories, if you were there.

I was in 6th grade and walking home with a classmate (Fred Kohler) and he tells me there is a new guy singing a new music called rock and roll and is getting very popular in the South, but a lot of parents do not like his moves or the music. Fred says his brother has the brand new record and the first one that his guy (Elvis Presley) recorded and is a big hit mostly in the South..1954.."That's All Right" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" R & R style..
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We never had a record player at our house so I didn't even know how to use one. He tells me to put it on the record player while he gets us each a pop to drink...I tried to put it on, pressed too hard and broke the record in half!!. So the first record by Elvis Presley I broke in half and didn't hear it that day. 

Might have been an omen in a way...Later years I started a rock and roll band, sang some of his songs and then got into radio and played his hit records.

In a strange way a sort of pay back. Oh yes... Living in Iron Mountain at that time the first rock and roll movie came out a couple of years later. Friday night all us teens went to the Braumart Theater on Friday nights.

The movie "Rock Around the Clock" was showing. We were all fascinated by the singers and groups...great variety…We felt that we finally had a music we could call our own so we stayed after the show and talked about the singers and the music.

Of course life was not perfect but very simple and in some ways we were very naïve.....Hard to keep up with the changes that seem to happen every day.

I know you will like it..Some day I will write a book or memoir about this..

Take care and long live Rock and Roll. 

Joe.

PS..The adults said it would soon die in just a few years. We are still waiting.

Mr. Eugene Melchiori Made a Difference in My Life

The Charles Schultz Philosophy  

 

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just ponder them and you'll get the point.
 

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant.

4 Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
  

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for Best Actor and Actress.
  

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.

These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.  

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this
 one:
  

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through
    school:
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult
    time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something
   worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and
    special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time
    with. 

 
   Easier?
  

The lesson:
  

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money...or the most awards. They simply are the ones who care the most.

I have thought of that many times.

I had a counselor in high school and coach, the late Eugene Melchiori, Norway High, MI. 

When my father died I was 14 and the oldest of seven kids. 

My mother went on to marry an SOB who beat us kids. She and he were put in jail. 

The State took all of us away from my mother, who was uneducated and couldn't take care of us. Youngest was 3 years old...My sister and 4 of the brothers were put in the Catholic orphanage 80 miles away in Marquette, MI. Hardly saw them again. My second oldest brother Bob and I were taken in by our kind Uncle Romeo and Aunt Josephine so we could at least finish high school. I got so depressed with the kids being gone that I gave up studying and my grades dropped.

In a small town people seem to know what is going on. Gene approached me one day and said.  "I see your grades have all slipped and I understand the pain you are going through with your family separated,  but you have to finish high school or you will regret it the rest of your life. Finding a good job will be tough. So you should take typing, get your grades back up and I know life will get better for you and your sister and brothers in the future."

 My thinking before he told me that was to quit school and join the Army in a year or so. 

I got my grades back up and played sports.  was  not one of the better players, but schoolmates like Eddie DeRoeck, Art Marcell, and Johnny Nylund always encouraged me. 

If not for Mr. Melchiori I would not have. I saw him and his wife at my 40th class reunion. I told him how he helped me. He had tears in his eyes. I never forgot what he did for me. He passed away a couple of years ago. http://www.obituarymanager.com/pro/print_condolence.php?cust_id=6&id=32501

I also want to thank Mrs. Lovato. John's mother, who was the cook who always gave us kids an extra helping at lunch, knowing we most likely never got to have breakfast. 

So many others to thank, too. Especially ones that were always kind to me.

God Bless, Eugene Melchiori...for me, my brother Bob, too he is angel.  I am sure many of you have your stories, too about how a teacher or other adult changed your life. I might not be here today if not for him.

Joe

Thoughts on Johnny Cash and an End to War by Joe Cooper

Even as Johnny got older, he still sang great songs.

The feeling he put into them is very powerful.

Many do not know that he was writing songs and poetry when he was just 12 years old.

His mother taught him to play guitar.

He joined the Air Force.  Many of his fellow G.I.'s and civilians asked him to sing at clubs around the base in Germany where he was stationed.  

When he came home, he auditioned at Sun Records, teamed up with the Tennessee Two and had lots of hits.  His first was I Walk the Line.  

When you have time, listen to Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream ... people of the world wanting to put an end to war.  https://youtu.be/WB1UD2GpBcc

We have been waiting all our lives for 'No More Wars' ... not sure it will ever happen.

Thanks,

Joe

Could the be US steaming toward an iceberg like the Titanic