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Hello, friends. This is going to be a long newsletter because my essay, the final part of “Chased From the Park,” is nearly 3,000 words long. I could’ve broken up into two parts and have had that story be four parts in this newsletter, but I decided to go for it. I hope you don’t…

Hello, friends. If you’ve been following me or reading my diatribes for any length of time, you know that I’m a big Bruce Springsteen fan. His music has guided me through good times and bad, jubilant and horrific. This week, I am so damn proud to be a Springsteen fan. He made news this week…

Hello, friends. Happy Mother’s Day to those who celebrate! Teacher’s Appreciation was this week and I’d be remiss if I didn’t give appreciation to the teachers I had who left an indelible mark on me and on the colleagues who are making a difference every day. In this time we’re in, though, teachers don’t feel…

Hello, friends. Sometimes I’m all over the place. Today has been like that. I’ve done some running around because a snowstorm is coming and I needed to move my Dad’s minivan because of a parking ban where he lives. Then I had to get some gas and get some lunch. My Crohn’s Disease has been…

Hello, friends. Bruce Springsteen’s “Radio Nowhere” was a single on his 2007 album Magic. The album, as a while, was a response to life in George W. Bush’s Post-9/11 America. I find a lot of the album relevant now. The same happened between 2016-2020, too. This weekend, though, a line from “Radio Nowhere” keeps running…

Hello, friends! This past week was The Longest Week In The School Year. The week before Christmas or Winter Vacation. A full five days took roughly five months to pass. But here I am on the other side and I have a full two-week break, which is unheard of these days. Anyway, let’s me get…

Hello, friends! This week has been busy and will only sort of calm down later today, after my family and I come back from seeing Hamilton. It’s playing in nearby Providence, Rhode Island, and we got my 12-year-old tickets for her birthday last month. I’m excited because I’ve never seen a Broadway show before (if…

Hello, friends. Part of the title of this update is, of course, referencing the famous meme with the dog sitting in the burning house, saying, “Everything’s fine,” because that’s what it feels like. I have some Thoughts and I’m not sure I should share them. I probably will eventually because I feel like I must…

Hello, friends! Is it possible to clench your jaw so hard that it snaps off, flying across the room and hitting someone in the forehead? I’m asking, as the kids say, for a friend. The sun is shining on this mid-March Saturday, the sound (noise) of children playing outside is coming through the sliding glass…

Hello, friends! I’m writing this later on Saturday night than I normally do and might have to finish this tomorrow. Things were busy today and I couldn’t get myself to the computer. This week was a good one but it had one bad moment. On Monday, I started a new medication and it didn’t agree…