First Class Deluxe Bedroom on a Train
Is there such a thing? Amtrak says so and my wife, myself and my grandson, Josh, age 9 rode from Charleston, SC to NYC round trip in one back in…
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July 1, 2026
What’s the Sound of One Hand Clapping?
The show was outstanding. Every performer on that stage earned the standing ovation they got. I just couldn't give them a proper one. At eighty-seven, with a potful of arthritis,…
June 25, 2026
It’s a Small World After All
Ever strike up a conversation with a perfect stranger and find out you have a connection that seems impossible to be just a coincidence? Happened to me this morning. You…
June 16, 2026
Happy Birthday, My Love
Happy Birthday, My Love June 12. You know what I was doing three days ago, sixty-two years back? I was in my apartment, right here in Charleston, wearing my loudest…
June 11, 2026
Where Everyone Knows Your Name
I always say life is a sitcom. Well, I think I found my set. Lucky for me, there's a coffee shop not far from my apartment here in Charleston. My…
June 2, 2026
Unforgettable People
There’s a list I carry in my head. People I’ve seen. People I’ve touched. People I watched on a stage and never forgot. A New York kid who ended up…
May 21, 2026
Becoming a Man
OK. Here I am, a gawky, skinny 15-year-old walking into where he was talking, not nicely, to my mom. There he is, way bigger than me. He coulda easily killed…
May 16, 2026
The Quotes that Shaped Me
I was four years old. My dad was on a gurney, on his way out the door to the hospital after a heart attack. He looked up at me and…
May 11, 2026
Teacher’s Pet
She was young. She was beautiful. And I, a nine-year-old kid from Flushing, Queens, had a giant crush on her. Mrs. Swenson, my fourth grade teacher, was the person that…
May 7, 2026
The Old Man in the Attic Calls Tech Support
My freakin internet connection doesn’t work. To fix that problem my gigantic corporate internet provider sent me a new cellular modem. I had to ask what the hell that was.…
April 29, 2026