
Going Back, Part Two: Day Hall
See Part One here for the story of how I swept carpets, washed dishes and met the girl of my...

Going Back, Part One: Dellplain Hall
It would be hard to overstate the importance of Syracuse to my life. When I was in high school, it...
40 Years Sober
For this week’s Sunday Song (which I usually post on my Instagram), I decided to embrace Aimee Mann’s “Wise Up.”...

14,244 Days
Thirtty-nine years ago today, I woke up hung over for the last time. It wasn’t the first time I was...

Troy Is Beautiful.
A handwritten sticker, placed on a metal telephone booth enclosure. It reads:“Troy is beautiful much in the same way that...

Hangman
It would appear, from some sheets of paper I found tucked away within a box of things I haven’t looked...

The written word
I go months without posting here. I go months without posting on some of my other blogs, too. It doesn’t...

Return to the Pen
So apparently what’s happening now is that I am returning to journaling, but I’m mostly doing it old school –...

April Was A Month
Wow, was April a month. Never got on the bike because of wind, weather and work, but every other damn...

Taking Inventory
They don’t warn you when you’re a cynical young bastard that some day you’ll be a sentimental old bastard, that...