I taught myself to drive my very own car at a young age. My older cousin had become bored with his car, so my Mom acquired it for me. What a thrill to have my own car, no more stupid tricycle. I loved cars. This car, my very first car, resembled a 1954 General Motors sedan, which … [Read more...]

Do I look like an overblown, gaseous mess of a promotional billboard? I am not a blimp. The reference is absurd, illogical, and most politically derogatory, nonetheless, hurtful. Blimps are enormous aerial devices. You won’t catch me floating over the Super Bowl stadium anytime … [Read more...]

I was born with a brain deficiency. There is an absence of the domestic chromosome necessary to motivate me to successfully do housework. I was 27 before I realized that a discussion about Hoover upright was about a vacuum cleaner and not about the posture of a past president. I … [Read more...]

We live in coastal Rhode Island, a spring, summer and fall paradise. Within five minutes, we can be on the beach, gazing at Block Island and checking out the tourists. A big part of our rugged New England coast is the wind. It varies in intensity, but it is pretty much always … [Read more...]