Eleonore was a smart lady. The mother of my cousin’s husband, she was funny, disarming, and seemingly interested in everything. She grabbed your attention from the moment you entered her house to the moment you left. Unlike her husband, John, who was mild mannered and soft spoken, she was loud and larger than life. Steve […]
Life
Cheers and Beers for Fifty Years
This past weekend I went on a bender down memory lane. Getting together with a bunch of high school friends from the Class of 1986, we cooked out, went out, and, while none of us passed out, we sure came close to reliving those glorious days of old. Bruce Springsteen couldn’t have been more […]
The End of the Vacation
Cape Cod has come and gone, again. A week’s beach vacation. With it, the stresses and joys of living on top of each other are relegated to the realm of memory, the alcohol infused game nights and sun drenched beach days fade away, as well, and the process of resurfacing and resuming life begins. The […]
Spring Reading
So here it is June, then end of the school year (yay!), and the time that the summer reading seasons opens it’s sunny maw and beckons us down the path of reading delight. No papers to grade, no school, just pure, nonencroached upon time. Well, maybe not exactly. The time is easier, no doubt, and […]
Off to the Mountain!
I‘m off to the New England Young Writers’ Conference today, and I’m pretty excited about it! The last time I was at Breadloaf was three years ago, and the experience was just awesome, so I’m hoping this go around will surpass the last one. I have a student going this year, which is very […]
Winter into Spring
It’s been a long winter. This week has been the first since last fall that temperatures are projected to crest consistently above the 55 degree mark. With the upsurge in spring like weather, it can be easy (well, not so easy, really), to forget the sins of season’s past. Winter wasn’t that bad, and Maybe […]