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Tony Aiello

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Things I wanted to tell you.

Same River Twice

Same River Twice: A Lesson in Fatherhood from my Grandmother

Oct 9, 2018

Same River Twice

Oct 9, 2018

Tony Aiello
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Things I wanted to tell you.

Paying a Debt with Change

I keep a ragtag collection of small containers full of Bicentennial quarters, Kennedy half-dollars, and Eisenhower dollars. I used to come…

Jan 24, 2016

Paying a Debt with Change

Jan 24, 2016

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Things I wanted to tell you.

Don’t you (forget about me).

I always thought I’d go back. Even as I’ve grown older and gone farther away, even as I moved deeper into my 40s. Go back the way so many…

Jan 20, 2016

Don’t you (forget about me).

Jan 20, 2016

Tony Aiello
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Things I wanted to tell you.

Skipping Across

I have a flat piece of slate the size of a small plate, maybe four inches across, a half-inch thick near the middle, tapering at the edges…

Dec 11, 2015

Skipping Across

Dec 11, 2015

Tony Aiello
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Things I wanted to tell you.

Cat’s Eyes

I have this friend, known him since I was 19 definitely, 18 probably. A couple years older than me, from a small town in Texas. We served…

Dec 3, 2015

Cat’s Eyes

Dec 3, 2015

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Peace Doves

We were talking about birds. In our front yard we keep a feeder hung from an evergreen bush allowed to grow wild into a tree. A madding…

Nov 20, 2015

Peace Doves

Nov 20, 2015

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Things I wanted to tell you.

A Father’s Gift

He lies prone, in blue field uniform, in high boots and spurs, his shooting eye aligned with his Sharp’s rifle, cheek pressed, body firm…

Nov 13, 2015

A Father’s Gift

Nov 13, 2015

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Things I wanted to tell you.

A Happy House

There will be days that balance perfectly your heart and head, your yesterdays intersecting with today to shine with perfect clarity, like…

Nov 4, 2015

A Happy House

Nov 4, 2015

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Things I wanted to tell you.

Hey Jude

I wanted to tell you about your name. It started with a gift, a protection, a talisman. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, I was a…

Oct 12, 2015

Hey Jude

Oct 12, 2015

Tony Aiello

Tony Aiello

I live in Brooklyn with my wife, infant son, French Bulldog, and half-wild cat. I have been a soldier, scholar, and an electrician, and am now a full-time dad.

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