Audio books: The good, the bad and the silly
When I was twenty years old, my best friend, Bengi, suggested that I begin listening to audio books during my one hour drive from Attleboro, MA to my job on…
When I was twenty years old, my best friend, Bengi, suggested that I begin listening to audio books during my one hour drive from Attleboro, MA to my job on…
I refuse to purchase a greeting card wrapped in cellophane ever again. Not because it's the green thing to do (which it is) or to save cash (which it would).…
When I was seventeen years old, I was canoeing across a lake in northern Maine. The lake was so large that I couldn’t see the shore on three sides. The…
It never gets old. Walking through Fort Lauderdale International Airport, we walk by a Hudson Booksellers. On the front table, in one of the best locations possible in terms of…
Late in the fall, I spent the afternoon in Northampton with my wife, my daughter, and my in-laws. We had a delightful lunch and spent the afternoon time touring the…
Next month I will be speaking at my hometown library as part of a program that is geared at offering an education in writing and publishing to anyone interested in…
I spent the afternoon at Butterfly World in Coconut Beach, Florida, and while the butterflies, hummingbirds and flowers were delightful (my daughter adored the whole experience), it was the signage…
There is an amusing tradition amongst spouses that each can create a Freebie List of people who they are allowed to date in the event that the opportunity ever presents…
I just overheard a phone call that expresses the essence of man and woman. Wife’s friend wants to have lunch with her and her husband. From what I can glean,…
I don’t understand these people who enjoy people-watching. Are these lunatics trying to tell me that they like to spend their time watching unattractive and ordinary people walk through airports,…