How It Began, Our Love Affair

By Mario V. Farina

Danny and Marylou had had a date, and it had gone well. He sent her a bundle of roses. I was in love with her, but thought Danny had won her hand! In speaking to Danny, he said he had intended the roses to be a joke. Appalled, I wrote a song called "Just a Bundle of Roses". In the song, the girl dies. We all worked in the same company. The boss told Danny and me Marylou had suddenly been taken to the hospital. I was worried. Had she hurt herself? I rushed to the hospital to find out how she was!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mario V. Farina
• Release date: Nov 27, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463241639

Mario V. Farina

Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor ([e-mail]).

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