A couple of nights ago, I met up with six old friends of mine for a good old-fashioned reunion. We met in Torrington, at the Berkshire Cafe. There were only two of these guys that I had seen fairly recently, Sean and Bouch, so it was great to see how and what everyone else was […]

The man I’m talking about is our (Ann and I’s son), Eric, who recently sent us a copy of the play, titled Halloween Special, that he wrote on his own and twice presented earlier this week to interested students at a theater that was available on campus. Now, I’ve got to be honest: I had […]

When we took off for San Antonio early last week, the goal was for Ann to attend and enjoy her biblical 2-day conference,To Teach and Preach the Bible which was also in San Antonio and for us to stay at my good friend Sean’s house for a few days to help us save money for […]

Every time that I text our son Eric, I make it a point to ask how all things in his life are going, sometimes from the condition of his car to the progress and/or success of the courses that he is taking. Now, as a college sophomore with a full schedule, I know that he […]

On Saturday afternoon, my dear wife Ann thought it would be nice to visit somewhere down by the water(ocean) and spend a few hours together. It was a brilliant ideas as we ended up driving down to the Niantic Bay Boardwalk and taking a nice walk-2 miles total- on what looked like a fairly new […]

Yesterday just before noon, my good friend Mike swung by to pick me up. We then headed over to Charlotte Hungerford where we picked up my brother Steve, before heading down to the Berkshire Cafe for some of their always tasty pizzas. Oh, and we kidded ourselves by ordering and eating some salad as well. […]

I went about doing it this past Monday night at our latest meeting, and because he would head back to UNCSA this past Thursday, I thought that it would be appropriate to talk about how nice it was to have him around for at least one more summer. While Eric worked plenty at a resort […]

Today marks 34 years since my mother passed away at the far too young age of 55. Due to her and dad being such amazing parents to all 10 of us, each one of us has turned out OK. We also have the strength it takes to keep living our lives despite the incredible sorrow […]

This was the theme of my latest speech for our Toastmasters meeting this past Monday night. I used a couple of different phrases, one that I heard and another one that I, myself, used to get into why words, even in very short phrases, could make such an impact. I then went on to talk […]

The title above was also the title of my latest Toastmaster speech this past Monday night. I had waited until the last minute like I often did when looking for something to talk about and then I said, well, I’m gaining weight again. Why not talk about how, at my age(54)it’s pretty important that I […]