My Aging Father's Decline: A Son's Photo Journal

Phillip Toledano Days with my Father
Phillip Toledano

This Is My Uncle Ralph
My father's brother died last year, although my father doesn't know this. He was a vehement Republican, marooned on an island of vehement liberals. He'd always be savagely attacked at family gatherings. To his credit, he defended himself with admirable swordsmanship.

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