Divorce is an ugly word. It’s never pretty. Even when the parties involved are so toxic to each other that both can only benefit from separation, it still winds up causing pain to those around them. Divorce: in latin, it’s divortium — essentially it means — to divide. Despite our…

My Wedding day was one of my favorite days. So was the day I got my first promo copy of Split Rock Road. When the Giants beat the 18–0 Patriots was a good day too. So were all the Yankee WS victories in my lifetime (7 at this writing). My first kiss was a…

One of the great indignities of moving into your fifties is the onset of a never-ending series of unexplained aches and pains, accompanied by a litany of snaps, crackles and pops to go with it. A cacophony of sound to add to the frustration of having to deal with the…

Why Parkersburg you ask? Well. I’ll tell you. It’s 1999, and Elena is pregnant. Only, the child isn’t her husband’s, and she knows it. She can’t bring herself to tell him, so she hides the pregnancy until she can hide it no longer… And then she leaves him in the middle…

They set out shortly before noon; her in a Calvin Klein sweatshirt, him wearing a Venice Beach hoodie with an old Yankee hat perched atop his head. The air was raw and damp as a March storm was making its way across New York City. They had planned this excursion…

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” That’s the 2nd amendment of the US Constitution. …

20 Months That’s a long time to be away from the things you love. Your friends, family, movies, etc. We’ve all had this same, shared experience. Some of us have had it worst than others; some have lost loved ones, some have lost jobs, some people got sick and are…

Tolerance. It’s an interesting concept. Basically, it means “live and let live”, despite any objections you might have. This is the actual dictionary definition — I’ve tried to live my life by this principle, I’ve always defended everyone’s right to believe what they want to believe and speak however they…

I’m a born skeptic. I don’t believe anything that I can’t see for myself. If my wife comes home, drenched like a rat and tells me it’s raining, I still get up and look at the window. That’s just my nature. In Jan of 2020, my two friends, whom I…