May 29My Food, My StoryThere are a lot of places a title like this could go for me. The bigger idea, one that I have heard or seen often the past couple of decades is that there is so much more to a certain meals than simply the food put on a table to…Food3 min read
May 9Bourdain Still MattersI still miss those weekly visits from Anthony Bourdain, first on No Reservations, then Parts Unknow. On Cape Cod, where I write this from, we took a tiny bit of joy from being the start of his journey. The first place he stepped into a kitchen was as a dishwasher…Anthony Bourdain3 min read
May 2The Voters Speak! In Circles?I was originally going to call this, Ball of Confusion, but some might have thought it to be another music article. Though the name fits, because as I go through the latest Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll of voters, I have to say I am perplexed by some things that seemingly…Politics3 min read
Mar 14Do You Like Good Music?Do you know where that line is from? Shout out, Arthur Conley, who released the song, Sweet Soul Music, in 1967. I turned 10 in August of that year, but music was already an important part of my life. There was a lot of music I liked on the radio…3 min read
Jan 25Dear Baseball, I love you but we need to talkWe all have certain distinct memories of significant events in our lives, or where we were when we heard something happened. Clear as a bell to me was the first time I walked into Fenway Park as a kid in 1966 to see a Red Sox game. Maybe I had…Baseball4 min read
Jan 12Hey Guys? Show Up!I won’t lie, there may be times when I don’t mind standing out in a crowd, dipsy doo and enjoy some spotlight. I’ve run for office so sure, you have to have some of that gene in you. What I have noticed more over the past few years is maybe…Men2 min read
Dec 31, 2021Welcome to My (Hazy) WorldA few years ago, I noticed that my vision was very much not what it was. Road signs were getting harder to read, night driving near impossible. Based on people I knew who had cataracts, what I was experiencing seemed very much like that and that thought in my head…4 min read
Dec 21, 2021Back Down the Rabbit HoleSo how you YOU handle all the news of the new surge in COVID due primarily to omicron? It makes me feel that, after a brief time of a little normalcy, we are right back in the middle of the storm. I feel exasperated, frustrated and every sort of sick…Covid 193 min read
Dec 8, 2021Learning to FallI’ve always been a fan of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but there was one hit song that just never connected to me. That was, Learning to Fly. It’s really not an optimistic song at all, pay no attention to that title, my friends. I’m learning to fly around the…Success3 min read
Nov 29, 2021I Don’t Know How to Start ThisThis is probably not the most attention grabbing title, but it’s both not knowing where to start or even what this will be about. It’s complicated. Maybe it’s for me to put some things right in my mind, maybe it will connect out here in the ether when and if…Family3 min read
