A few days earlier, Patti had officiated at the wedding of Trish’s daughter. Now we were sitting on the waterfront deck of the lovely...

I’m still on recess from anything important, so here’s my next trivial wondering: What is it with these massive highway “sound barriers”...

After writing a few posts on heavy-duty subjects like Ukraine and Putin, I need a nonsense break. So over the next couple of days, I’m...

First time I ever shot another human being in the heart I was about eight or nine years old. The kid I shot was a little older. Nice...

“These are the times that try men’s souls”, wrote Thomas Paine in “The American Crisis”, December 19, 1776. That same week, General...

Sixty-two years ago today, I said “I do” and Patti said “I do.” And with that, we were married. But three months earlier, on November...

I cheated once. I think it was the only time I deliberately, knowingly did something to “win”. Fresno High School. Junior year....

Early in my career, I served as a pastor on the staff of a large church. One day a parishioner came to meet with me, ostensibly for...

The best tennis match I ever played consisted of only one marathon set. That set ended inconclusively with each of us having won fifteen...

A few years back, Patti and our daughter Ali and I were in a serious pickle. Sailing from Connecticut to Maine in a newly acquired...