BlogBits™: Grandpa and Peter

August 28, 2023

© Peter Costello

This is Peter’s Grandpa, Edward Costello, the guy who gave Peter his first jack knife and taught him how to use it. They went fishing on a party boat and caught Boston mackerel off of Plum Island. The special bond between a boy and his loving grandpa can’t be forgotten, and the look on young Peter’s face says it all (plus the fact he’s holding more fish than “Pop”)!  Summer of 1953.



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