Ok, because you asked, I’ll share: last January I fell on some icy stairs, landed on my elbow, and caused serious damage to my ulnar nerve (think about how great it feels to hit your funny bone…that’s how my arm’s felt since January). Next week I go in for surgery. Doc says I’ll be minus [...]

Summer 2009 has mirrored last year’s model in many ways: the weather’s terrible, the Sox are unpredictable, New Englanders are restless. Second-guessing our residency in these parts has become bar room fodder. Last week Jenny and I vacationed on the shores of Mousam Lake (Shapleigh, ME). At least half of the lakehouses were vacant. Our [...]

We expect summer to be deliberate, a snake slithering slowly across a moutain path before us. Of course it always manages to escape us like a flyball in the sun, seldom arriving in its desired location in shape and form. I’ve always wondered if folks in other parts of the country lament over the passing [...]