Then and Now: How 9/11 Changed the United States 13 Years Later
As dusk swallowed the day on Oct. 15, 2001, I sat in the cockpit of the Piper Warrior I was planning to fly from Lawrence, Massachusetts, to Sanford, Maine. My…
read moreFarewell Robin Williams
I wasn’t going to write a tribute, an article or an essay about Robin Williams. I never knew the man and I am no one of importance or notoriety. I…
read moreThe Memories We Leave Behind
A 53 year old woman stands in her daughter’s the bedroom doorway, her daughter having left for college. She looks around at her daughter’s bedroom. A room that was home to a small baby with a mobile hanging over the crib, later a little girl played with Barbies, said her evening prayers and made forts out of blankets.
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Re-runs Back Into The 1970’s and 1980’s
This morning I was making breakfast for my children humming the theme to The Fall Guy. My son asked me what the song was and I said “It’s from an…
read morePOEM: All I Ever Wanted
All I ever wanted was your love
All I ever needed were your arms
All I ever needed was you to believe in me
You held my hand, walked with me
You had your vision of what to be
Your plan was a target to achieve
And I was your spike to drive home
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The North Shore Watch – by George Edward Woodberry
In continuation of my Massachusetts (more specifically North Shore of Boston) poetry collection, here is the next poem. The first two can be found at “Lynn, Lynn, City of Sin”…
read moreDrone used for Extortion
When Susan got home later that evening she sat down at her desk and checked her email. In an email attachment was a photograph of her naked, standing in her bathroom door having just taken a shower. The email was from an anonymous email address and the words on the screen said…
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Casting Off Stereotypes: I Am More Than a Label
It never occurred to me how emphatic the world was about slapping a label on each person until I was in my mid-20s and someone said to me, “Do you…
read moreWhere the Wild Things Are – Punishing Children (and keeping your sanity)
(Here come the five famous words) When I was a kid, if I didn’t watch my mouth, obey my parents or if I was (caught) beating on my brother or sister, I got a hand to the backside. That’s right, a spanking. I know, crazy huh? Even more crazy is my father was never thrown in jail for child abuse and my mother never served a day in court due to taking a brush to my behind (I guess her hand hurt to spank?).
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40 Years on the Fence
This week I turn 40 years old. I will admit that last week, I was pretty down about the whole idea of leaving my 30s in my past. “It’s just…
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