Tough Mudder Memories
(Originally Published May 15, 2017) There are moments in time where you know with certainty that life will never be the same afterwards. One of those moments for me came on a clear, crisp November morning in Englishtown, New Jersey. I was standing upon a stained wooded platform looking down at a massive tub...
Shelter From The Storm
(Originally published November 6, 2017) “Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form “Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm” Those are the words of...
Reflections On Me Too
(Originally Published February 7, 2019) A couple of months ago, in the midst of all the consternation over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and the arresting testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before congress, Donald Trump of all people said something that caused me to think a great deal. (I know, I...
There Goes Rhmin’ Simon
(Originally Published July 8, 2018) Quebec is flat. I mean, my God Quebec is flat. I look out the window of my father’s Buick and there is just gray emptiness, spread out in every direction excepting a few large mounds of trees and earth some miles distant. Coming from the peaks and valleys of...
Darkness at the Edge of Town
(Originally published September 3, 2019) March 18th, 2014 was a day that would change my life, though not in the way I intended. It was the day that my first novel, Slip Sliding Away, was published and I truly believed that it was the beginning of a great adventure. I had written a topical...
Good Old Desk
I was on a date this past summer when the young lady across from me asked if I held any religious convictions. I replied, “They haven’t been able to pin anything on me yet, see?” By the look on her face I sensed that her question had been sincere, not to mention my Edward G...
The Long And Winding Road To Empathy
(Originally Published October 2016) I had a moment of self-realization this morning. It lead me to a truth I’ve more or less known about myself for quite some time, but let me start at the beginning. When one works as a scheduler, one becomes rather cozy bedfellows with chaos and frustration. There’s nothing quite...