I don’t tell a lot of Cop stories. I am still serving and it seems odd to talk about it. But I have a story that involves my late friend Mike. Mike was a senior and very, very well respected member of my department. I was lucky enough to work with him benefit from his…
Read MoreOver on Substack I wrote about mood and atmosphere. The premise opened up with certain life rules I have. I started to write about the four skills that I think everyone should know. They are essential skills in life and they represent skills that are sadly going the way of the Stick Shift. And yes,…
Read MoreLast night I was at a gathering at my friend Byron’s house. He had lured me down the opposite end of our tiny state with the promise of a firepit and good bourbon. Like most Rhode Islanders, I balk at driving more than twenty minutes anywhere, but my Long Suffering Wife pointed out that…
Read MoreI was flattered when a good friend of mine, a professor and a street brawler for democracy in strange foreign lands, made all the stranger in 1997, asked me to read his first manuscript. I can not adequately convey how difficult it is to write your first novel. They’re easy to start but they are…
Read MoreThe park ranger looked at me, she was trying to find a nice way of asking if we knew what we were doing. It was her first time dealing with the Blackstone Valley Aquatic Recreation Society, a collection made up almost entirely of men old enough to know better than to do the stupid…
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