"Economies of scale don't have to be big to be good"
This all happened about fifteen years ago, when I decided to go back to college at the age of fifty to finish my degree. My father never thought that getting a college degree was important, as he had become quite...
"Even good girls have bad girl dreams"
“Bless me Father, for I have sinned. It has been two years since my last confession.”Mary was a good Catholic girl. She was obedient to God and her parents, kept the Commandments, went to church regularly, followed the teachings of...
"We worked it out in the end"
As part of the function of the foundation that I set up in memory of my deceased wife and daughter to support the local performing arts community, I often had to meet with the directors and other supporters of programs...
"I gain a new appreciation of ballerinas"
While my wife and I were certainly supporters of the performing arts when she was alive, I would not have necessarily put us in the “patron” classification. However, due to her and my daughter’s untimely and unfortunate deaths in an...
"Not just lucky, but the luckiest"
The flight from Heathrow to Newark was late; late enough that I missed my connecting flight to BWI and had to wait until after six pm for the “next available.” It was, after all, Christmas Eve. I was lucky to...
"How it all began…"
I first met Quinn when she and my daughter Gretchen began acting in the same instructional theatre group. Quinn was actually a very good actress; as well as an accomplished singer and dancer. As the group did mostly musical theatre, she...
"Emily gets her question answered"
This is Part Three of what was originally supposed to be just two; written due to popular request. I suggest reading Parts One and Two for this part to make sense. We lay in each others arms, content for the moment...
"A means to an end."
"This is Part Two of a two-part story. I recommend reading “Emily-Part One” before reading this."We never did get to that "appetizer". The pizza place was slammed (it was, after all, a Friday night) and couldn’t promise delivery for at...
"This is dedictaed to a dear friend, who has changed me for the better."
Granted, it had been a hectic Monday morning. Our lovemaking Sunday had taken us well into the night, which was to be expected considering the day we had. It started at breakfast. My sweetheart had snuck out of bed while...
"The pool will never be the same"
I really hated the community pool in our housing development. Well, not actually the pool itself, but the fact that the place seemed to always be overrun with screaming kids and surly teenagers. I really wanted to be able to...