RIPTIDE EARL AND OCEAN MEMORIES

As a kid at the Jersey shore, on days of ocean calm, I would float over the occasional ripple with my dad, his hands folded behind his head and his tan, slender, feet parallel and pointing skyward. “Ahh, this is worth a million bucks,” he’d say and now I know he was right about those . . . → Read More: RIPTIDE EARL AND OCEAN MEMORIES

TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG

Sometimes I play a game in which I name an object and then try to associate a worry with it, just to see if I can stump myself.

“Venetian blinds,” I say.

“Peeping Tom!” I answer without having inhaled.

“Tomatoes,” I try. “Salmonella poisoning!”

Another way to play is to see how many worries I . . . → Read More: TO BLOG OR NOT TO BLOG