Stop getting older, little girl.
Today is my daughter's ninth birthday.As I write these words (at 5:40 AM), she's standing about seven feet to my left, listening to the music of Grace Vanderwaal and, in…
Today is my daughter's ninth birthday.As I write these words (at 5:40 AM), she's standing about seven feet to my left, listening to the music of Grace Vanderwaal and, in…
During my 21 years as a wedding DJ, I have played Billy Joel's "Piano Man" at 9:00 on a Saturday whenever possible.Hundreds of times. Only once - La Renaissance, September 2011 - did…
The New England Patriots defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in the AFC championship game at Gillette Stadium. It was the eighth AFC championship game that I have attended in…
I was writing this morning. It was quite early. The sun had yet to rise. Words were flowing. Paragraphs were forming. Things were good. Then my daughter, Clara, age 8, appeared…
I wasn't able to attend this year's Women's March, which saddened me. Last year's march was one of my highlights of 2017. It represented hope and possibility in a time…
Elysha met a person who read my first novel, Something Missing, and refuses to read any more of my books because after reading the first, she is worried that I'm…
My partner and I started our DJ business 21 years ago on a whim. We had no experience and no equipment but thought we could make it work.Since 1997, we’ve…
I learned something new this week:"Onset" is a word that signals the beginning of something, but it specifically signals the beginning of something unpleasant.Unpleasant only.I did not know this. For decades,…
At the Olive Garden in West Hartford, CT there is a men's restroom. Inside that men's restroom, there is a framed photograph of a house and a tree. I'll never understand restaurant…
As an "inbox zero" guy (one who strives to keep his email's inbox empty or as close to empty as possible), you can't imagine how upsetting this particular phone is…