Things that appear in my head
The news was bleak. President Donald Trump had just announced he was COVID free a day after the White House doctor said he was no longer at risk of transmitting the coronavirus but did not say explicitly whether Trump had tested negative for it. Trump, who was poised Monday to host his first rally after […]
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Writing a poem for a girl can be a simple task… or a laborious task, depending on your state of mind. Really. A hundred million songs swirl about every time I think of her. Don’t believe me? Something, You Are So Beautiful, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Every Time I Think of
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Those words were uttered by my 8th-grade history teacher, Mister Pacione. It was 1975 and he was referring to the New York Mets of two years earlier. A last-place ball club in August who came within one game of winning the World Series. “So be grateful for them. Allow yourself to enjoy. Embrace those moments.
It was a simple question with a simple answer. Of course, I wasn’t afraid to be happy. Everyone in this world is fighting to find their forever happiness. But as the question started to seep into my brain and I looked at the source of the question, someone I loved more than anything, I realized
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I’ve taken to the notion that a marriage license should expire after two or three years. Athletes sign three-year deals all the time. Unless it’s an unusual case, Manny Machado and Bryce Harper come to mind, today’s athlete signs brief-term deals and if things are going well after that second year, the owner and the
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I did not say a little-known tip about growing old. I said OLDER. You will become your father, or heaven forbid, your mother. My actions of late can be attributed to my father. I make noises when I sit. Mostly farting. Grunting/groaning as I get up. You know. That “Uuuuhhhh” noise you make when you rest into the couch
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It’s dark. It’s late. No, it’s early. I’m sitting on the enclosed terrace. Staring at the moon’s reflection off the ocean. No sounds. At this moment, the universe comprises water, sky, stars, and me. Why am I awake at this hour? I refer you to my blog post, 3 AM. I have no answers why
Several years ago, I found myself looking for a job. I had lost my position as a Strategic Alliance Manager traveling up and down the Eastern Seaboard working for a large corporation and was faced with the prospect of no income. I was married to a narcissist and had two small children. She refused to
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When I was 10 years old, we took our first family vacation that did not include driving in my dad’s car. Don’t get me wrong, those trips to Plymouth Rock, Cooperstown to see the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the mountains in upstate New York, known as the Borscht Belt, were fun. Although, as the
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When I was seven years old, I liked living in my house and being responsible for nothing. When we traveled, my mother packed for me, unpacked for me, and told me what to wear. At eight, my father informed me if I made my bed every day, he would give me fifty cents every Friday
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