Ron Ciancutti

Ron Ciancutti worked in the parks and rec industry since he was 16 years old, covering everything from maintenance, operations, engineering, surveying, management, design, recreation, and finance.

69 Articles

Developing A New Skill Set

We went to an art exhibit the other evening. When you retire, you do things like that: go to an art exhibit with your wife.

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Gathering Trophies

“The overriding problem with our world in general is that we are, in large part, managed by incompetents.

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Don’t Stop

Walking home from the third grade one day, I got into a scuffle with another kid. It happened right in front of my family’s home, so Mom saw everything from the front window.

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A couple of old Army barracks sat far back from the road. One had been converted into living quarters, and the other housed bicycle parts of every kind. The gentleman who lived there allowed any kid who didn’t have a bike to build his own from the piles of frames, parts, and tires.

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Gentle Guidance

Americans seem to acknowledge the age of 18 as the defining point for adulthood. That threshold allows a former child to vote, drink, and make decisions independent of parents.

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Move On

My wife and I are often amused at some evening television that involves troubled adults who just can’t settle with their childhoods and the way their parents screwed up their lives.

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Turn The Page

Now, in my second year of retirement, my children tell me I am assembling a sizable list of “get-off-my-lawn”-type platitudes.

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Exercise Authority

I love taking a walk during the pre-dawn hours when the world is still half-asleep. I see houses and neighborhoods come alive. A light turns on here or there. As a man retrieves the morning paper, he sees me, nods, and waves. I smile. No words are exchanged.

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The Many Faces Of Patriotism

In 1945, RKO Radio and Frank Sinatra released a song and an accompanying video entitled “The House I Live In.” The project was intended to support national brotherhood and bolster belief in a united America.

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Surviving Bear Encounters

A bear sits on the steps that lead in and out of your house. Sometimes when you leave the house, the bear climbs on your back and goes with you.

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Hand-Picked Life Lessons

The one-square acre contained a house, an efficiency cottage, a garage that had been converted from a haybarn, and an attached single room for storage behind the barn.

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More Than A Passing Grade

My dad worked as a metallurgist with Ford Motor Company for 42 years. His dad worked at ALCOA Steel in Pennsylvania for 35 years.

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Ron Ciancutti

Developing A New Skill Set

Gathering Trophies

Don’t Stop

Simpler Times

Gentle Guidance

Move On

Turn The Page

Exercise Authority

The Many Faces Of Patriotism

Surviving Bear Encounters

Hand-Picked Life Lessons

More Than A Passing Grade