Writing Circle

What qualifies me? I am not at all comfortable thinking of myself in this way. It’s my father’s fault. I’ve perhaps shared that here before. Like so many parents, he had my best interests in mind. His heart was in the right place but the execution of his parenting ended up distorting how I view&h...

Lately I have had several friends urge me to write a memoir. My reaction is always “Me? Why on earth me?” They all have different reasons but there seems to be common agreement that, told in my own words, the rather unorthodox story of the path of my life so far, could be entertaining. And…

I have often been accused of having a fertile imagination. Perhaps that is the reason that I have had so much trouble over the years convincing people this story is true. I used to tell this dark tale at social gatherings, often ones where alcohol was served. Nobody ever bought into it. On these ...

i live a transitory life / on weekdays i live in extreme southern new hampshire and work just across the border in the peoples republic of massacusetts / i have the greatest job in the world and get paid silly amounts of money to do it / i have worked at the same firm for…