Perhaps you've noticed. I hope you have, but fear you haven't. It's been a while since I posted here. In fact, I've gone 0-f...

"Who's my good best friend I got?" -A question my Grandpa Sal routinely asked his 15 grandchildren, creating a very fierce...

The one thing that cushions the blow of summer ending, for me, is that it coincides with the start of football season. I am a big pro footba...

"It's just a fantasy. It's not the real thing. But sometimes a fantasy is all you need." -Billy Joel It's the most wo...

"No man is poor who has friends," - from It's a Wonderful Life This weekend My Director and I attended my 20th high school r...

"Because if that little kid likes me, how bad could I be?" - Wreck-It Ralph Father's Day. I don't ask for much. I don...

"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived." -Helen Keller Not onl...

"Find the level of intolerance you can tolerate and stay there." -David Horton, Ultra-marathon runner When Peanut did this all o...

"I used to be young and cocky like these kids. Now I'm old and cocky." -Me, to My Director, as a group of graduates stood at ...

Peanut's first year of Kindergarten is coming to an end soon. Another school year behind her, if you include daycare. Twelve more years...

"Don't make fun of your mother. It's a sin against your soul." -My mom. I don't call my mom as much as I should. Tim...

"Speaking words of wisdom, let it be." -The Beatles Peanut is indeed her father's daughter. Sometimes, like in the case of h...

Let peace begin with me.   Let this be the moment now.   With every breath I take   Let this be my solemn vow. I didn't give u...

A statue sits in one of our flower gardens in the backyard. It's a small statue. Once the garden is in full bloom, you have to look fo...

One of my crazy before-I-was-a-parent goals was to introduce Peanut to real music, early and often. I couldn't fathom her being one of t...

It doesn't take much to make me happy. I find joy in the simplest things. Conversely, the most inane things can potentially ruin my othe...

There is a song that I have to hear to officially mark the beginning of Christmas season. Our tree may be up, our halls may be decked, our p...

Eventually, there will be healing, but the scars will remain. The broken will be torn down, rebuilt, replaced. When the new rises, we will n...

"Tonight I'm gonna take that ride. Cross the river to the Jersey side... 'Cause down the shore everything's alright." ...

"Troubled times, they had come... to my hometown." -Bruce Springsteen Most of the images you've seen from Sandy's impac...