I miss my old town……
I miss the way it used to look and the old stores I went to.
Everything has changed or transformed. Everyone moved in their own direction and I have Continue reading →

I appreciate my days off because they are few….

I took an extra shift yesterday and painted the walls in the loading dock of my building. But as engineers, there were other chores for us. First, there was a steam leak we needed to fix.
So….we shut the valves, broke the pipe Continue reading →

Kent was a short man with salt and peppered hair and a gray beard. His bright blue eyes made him look wild, as if he were detached from reality, and his bent nose had been broken more than once.
Kent lived in Alphabet City for much of his life. He followed in the footsteps of Continue reading →

“I want to wrap myself in your skin
and bathe in a slow wet kiss.”
That was the line I was trying to think of before you went to bed last night.

By the time sunrise begins, the moonbeams fade from our bedroom window, and I will lose the Continue reading →

At the end of the day,
all I can do is push away from my desk and say,
“I did the best I could.”
I can look myself in the mirror and Continue reading →

In the time of a loved one’s passing, there are no words that can separate us from the pain or loss. Sadly, death is very much a part of living. And though my words are only an effort, I offer them to you with hopes that they may bring comfort in your time of mourning.

I was in my 20’s when my cousin Robbie died. He was on the tough end of Continue reading →

I am currently working on an event. But before I tell you what the event is, I would like to qualify myself as a father.
When my daughter was two years old she was sitting at her mother’s makeup table and fell from the stool. I wasn’t there to see it, but I was told the stool flipped and hit my daughter Rachel in the bottom of her chin.

I was on my way home from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital when I got the call. Of course, traffic would not agree Continue reading →

I wish you were here to see this…..
Currently, the temperature is 54 degrees in Midtown Manhattan. The leaves have turned orange in Bryant Park and the city has set up an ice skating rink in the middle of the park’s winter village.
Everyone is skating around in the same direction. Some skate better than others, but everyone is still smiling.
I like that…
There are two women Continue reading →