Spring snow is futile and only short lived. A lot of maladies in life are that way too. Given that, they are still pains. I would love a giant cast iron skillet/pan. Before someone dies you have the good and the bad from them. After they die you still have the bad but...
My dad died yesterday. Each death one experiences is unique. Each death brings back emtions from previous events. My dad was a complex man. My dad taught me how to golf. My dad taught me how to keep score golfing. I had to learn how to keep score honestly elsewhere....
It happens from time to time. I only really noticed it in the last two weeks. It’s something that my son Joe does. He will completely and irrationally worry about something that basically has no chance of occuring. It’s not the dark, it’s not...
I stood before my father in his nursing room bed and looked at him sincerely. I asked, “Dad, do you need anything? Is there anything you want to say? Is there anything you want to get off of your chest?” He looked at me and began… “Jay, I’ve made some mistakes. I’ve...
New year, new list. If you need your leaves, they’re in my lawn. There isn’t a flat floor in my house. The basement is the worst, there might even be a right angle at some point. I made some bad breakfast sausage two days ago (marinated it but it...
Mariah Carey had already left the Time Square stage. Snoop was strolling along the stage with Pitbull. You were wherever you were and I was in my living room with my brother and sisters and some of their families. As the clock wound down I was hit by two things....
