Eliot DaleyMay 2IntimidationA few days earlier, Patti had officiated at the wedding of Trish’s daughter. Now we were sitting on the waterfront deck of the lovely...
Eliot DaleyApr 3If Only They Had Asked Me (Part 2)I’m still on recess from anything important, so here’s my next trivial wondering: What is it with these massive highway “sound barriers”...
Eliot DaleyMar 31If Only They Had Asked Me...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...
Eliot DaleyMar 22I Shot Rule Rattray in the HeartFirst 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...
Eliot DaleyFeb 26I Want to Stop Him, But...“These are the times that try men’s souls”, wrote Thomas Paine in “The American Crisis”, December 19, 1776. That same week, General...
Eliot DaleyFeb 20Patti replied, "Of Course"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...
Eliot DaleyFeb 17Just to "Win"? Really?I cheated once. I think it was the only time I deliberately, knowingly did something to “win”. Fresno High School. Junior year....
Eliot DaleyFeb 2Nobody's Gonna Fix It For UsEarly 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...
Eliot DaleyJan 25When Tie-Breakers Break DownThe best tennis match I ever played consisted of only one marathon set. That set ended inconclusively with each of us having won fifteen...
Eliot DaleyJan 10Despair Is Not An OptionA few years back, Patti and our daughter Ali and I were in a serious pickle. Sailing from Connecticut to Maine in a newly acquired...