Carla D’aguanno: a visual storyteller standing next to one of her recent paintings. (Photo by A. Keith Carreiro, 25 July 2017.) http://carladaguanno.com/ Sometimes, I get blessed by learning about the incredible talent that is around me locally. When I do discover someone who just amazes me by their creative capacity for expression, I feel as…
Dad at around 20–years–old (Origin of photo unknown: c. 1938–1940). In setting out to pay tribute to my father, I did not realize the amount of information and family history that I had learned from him. This post is the third in this series of honoring him. This is a lengthy post, which I hope…
My dad, Alfred Carreiro (1918–2017), with his dad, José Carreiro (1880–1952). (c.1938) This post is the second part of of a three–part tribute to my father.1 He lived for almost a century. A lot of living, experience and adventures fell to him. He had an amazing journey. I have tried to be as historically accurate…
Alfred “Fred” Carreiro (1918 – 2017) (Photo credit: A. Keith Carreiro, 2015) It has been a bit over nine weeks (65 days) since I lost my dad. Since his passing, I have learned that not only was he my father, obviously, but he was also one of my best friends. Barring his contradictions, character flaws…
First Decent Snowfall of the 2016–17 Winter Season. (Photo by A. Keith Carreiro, January 2017.) January 2017 is now here! I have tried taking advantage of the intersession break between the fall and spring semesters by spending time on marketing and promoting the Penitent – Part I. There are currently six reviews on Amazon…
“Changing views of spacetime along the world line of a rapidly accelerating observer” (https://commons.wikimedia.org¹) Last December of 2015, I made two New Year’s resolutions. The first was to join the newly opened YMCA in Swansea. I’ll return to this first point later on in this blog post. The second one follows: It has been…
Photo of Gandalf and Keith used in Cheryl’s Blog, CMash Reads (Credit: Carolyn Carreiro, 2012). I was interviewed by Cheryl Masciarelli this week. Cheryl posted this interview on her Wednesday, December 14th weblog site CMash Reads. The link to this interview is listed below: THE PENITENT: Part I (Immortality Wars Book 1) Guest Author: A. Keith…
“Gandalf and that Other Guy.” (Credit: courtesy & permission of Bill Hall, Associate Editor of The Spectator, 23 November 2016.) On Wednesday, November 16, I was interviewed by Bill Hall, Associate Editor of The Spectator, a weekly newspaper that serves the two towns of Somerset and Swansea, Massachusetts. The article ran in the paper…
Being Interviewed on “The Third Degree with Chris Carreiro”. (Credit: Chris Carreiro, 9 November 2016.) My first radio interview about my writing occurred this past Wednesday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:00 on WSAR-AM (1480). I was interviewed on the hour long program, “The Third Degree with Chris Carreiro”. Although we have the same last…
Seated left to Right: Stephen King, David Bright, Harold Crosby, Jim Smith, Philip Thompson, Keith Carreiro, Frank Kadi, Sherry Dec, Michael Alpert & Jim Bishop (Credit: Hans–Ake Liljas, 7 November 2016). This past Monday evening in Maine, starting at seven o’clock, a rare and unique event occurred. It transpired in The Hutchins Concert Hall…