My wife is just a nurse. I met my wife early in the morning, within the cold, sterile, solitude of a sleepy operating room. We were both setting up our different workspaces for the same procedure. She was a student in a Nurse Anesthesia program and I was a weathered Surgical Technologist and graduate student…

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The 90’s called and it has some observations to share. Some insights to make today a little bit better. “I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me.” – Eddie Vedder Please indulge me here, this is not about nostalgia. It’s about pragmatism. I was thinking earlier today about what’s missing, in…

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The Berkley Hunt, 1842 “The Chase.” (Oil on Canvas) By: Francis Calcraft Turner.  If I could only figure out what this painting means to me. Or meant to me. Or why it causes me to feel the way I do when I partake of it. I am standing in my bedroom, looking at this piece…

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“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed is you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald. What does it mean to you when your spouse comes home after a long day? That mid-day transition that often makes or breaks the rest of…

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It’s been awhile since I could say I loved myself as well… How are you? Maybe you’re alone. Maybe you’re not. Maybe you’re happy. Maybe you’re not. Maybe you’re a father. Maybe you’re not. Maybe you can’t be. Maybe that ship has sailed. Maybe you’re lost. Maybe you’ve finally been found. Maybe you’re in love.…

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Write Your Spouse or Partner a Love Letter…Today. What would it take for you to write your spouse or partner a love letter today? Ask yourself that question and see what answer you get. What would be the reason not to? It would literally change the course of your day. Are things going so well…

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Welcome to my blog page. I am excited about this particular journey of mine and I am glad that you are here with me. I love to write. I’m working on a novel, a short film, a children’s book, a memoir, a journal, poetry, endless texts to my children, daily lists never finished, and frequent…

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  To The Harbormaster By: Frank O’Hara I wanted to be sure to reach you; though my ship was on the way it got caught in some moorings. I am always tying up and then deciding to depart. In storms and at sunset, with the metallic coils of the tide around my fathomless arms, I…

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