Joseph P Badame: 31 books

Phyliss Crudo and Joseph Badame spent the early parts of their separate lives moving around Southern New Jersey. Eventually, he at fourteen, and she at thirty, wind up in the same classroom as student and teacher for two years. There was an immediate rapport between the two. After he graduated from...

For many students, especially prior to high school, their teachers can be major figures, even role models in influencing their lives. Occasionally, the fondness for the teacher becomes so intense that they develop a “crush” or infatuation with the teacher. Such was the case with Joseph and his...

For many students, especially prior to high school, their teachers can be major figures, even role models in influencing their lives. Occasionally, the fondness for the teacher becomes so intense that they develop a “crush” or infatuation with the teacher. Such was the case with Joseph and his...

All the accounts of Miss Devlin on the show were naturally about her music and her unusually lovely voice. At first she got rave reviews from the judges, the live audience, and the television viewers. She fell out of favor with the judges and reached fifth in the competition. She went home to her...

The former generations of self-sacrificing and benevolent Americans are dying and dying with them is American greatness and generosity. That greatness is being replaced by the entitlement mentality of much of our younger generation of today. The mentality is now approaching an epidemic and threatens...

This short story superficially explores the nature of book popularity and purchasing patterns through conducting a simplistic experiment. It is not a scientific study and offers no earth shattering conclusions, but it does present some interesting observations about the preferences and behavior of...

I have had a life-long love affair with my wife Phyliss. She is gone now, but during that time some truths became apparent that resulted in our happiness. Some establish a mind set, some generated a set of rules, some led to a useful exercise, a few revealed some cautions, and all generated a life...

A huge oak tree planted at the birth of our nation grows in the middle of two small farms. The farm houses are home to a four-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl. The children’s attraction to the tree becomes the centerpiece of their lives and the foundation of a deep friendship. Their bucolic...

Life is filled with those things of great importance and those things of little or no importance. Many times it takes a lifetime to tell the difference. This short tale can help you avoid wasting your lifetime to discover what is truly important.

This short story is an excerpt from the full book, “I Married my Teacher.” The story describes the last two days of a fifty-six year “affaire de coeur,” and the finality of the last hours spent with the person we care about more than ourselves. It is hoped that this rendition along with the...

Fiction is an escape, entertainment. But, there is nothing wrong with reading fiction and learning a little, is there? You know “go to school because you want to, not because you have to.” Try this story. It should scare you a little, teach you a little, make you smile a little, maybe surprise...

Conscientious parents are always searching for ways to teach lessons to their children that will be useful throughout their lives and in the rearing of their own children. This account of a young boy’s adventures for three summers from the 1950’s spent with caring relatives reveals important lessons...

When someone dies they leave behind a great deal of pain for their loved ones. Some of those loved ones go to extraordinary measures to contact those who have left to ease their sorrow. These efforts always fail in the hands of charlatans. I did not want my husband to go through that torment. So,...

I had fought so hard these past months to pry her from the grips of her certain demise. I had rejoiced at my achievement and success. I had saved my dear wife. I had won one of the biggest and most important battles of my life to remove her from danger and make her safe. This was an enormous effort...