Our boy watches Star Wars for the first time
My son Charlie, age 5, watched episodes 4, 5, and 6 of Star Wars with me and Elysha over the past two weeks. It was quite the experience. Though he knew almost nothing…
The hardest and best apology
I've managed to do this several times in my life, and it's true. Life becomes a lot easier when you simply forgive, absent of any apology.It's like lifting an enormous…
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…
It’s 9:00 on a Saturday…
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…
Five sausages and a good story
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…
It’s a wonder I get anything done
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…
Women’s March 2018
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…
Are my books a window into my soul?
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…
When I launched my DJ career, it was ancient times
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 about “onset” this week
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,…
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