Story Excerpts

Fiction - Novel
The Sound of Money
Musician gets mixed up with the mob
My Year as a Clown
Chuck Morgan confronts single life when his wife of twenty years leaves for another man.
Creative Non-Fiction
Somalia and Soccer
Mogadischu is New Orleans fourteen years out if nobody came to the rescue.
Nashville Gold
Selling songs in Nashville is like trying to strike it rich after the gold rush
On the Mat
Yoga is part of my everyday life, so is writing; this blog bridges the gap
The Connecticut Philadelphian
Die-hard Philly Sports Fan Blogs in CT Despite the Losing
The Harvard Wedding and Lunch with Fidel
A Struggling writer can't face business school friends at a wedding
Short Stories -- Fiction
Chaperone
Dad takes son to a hard core rock show and relives teen age years
The Jersey Cowboy
High school football star graduates to the union docks
Coming Home
Davida must decide what to do about her father's return from prison
Weekly Essay Archive
A Writer's Journal
Web postings dating back to June 2003

Dropping like flies...

April 5, 2009

Each day I drive through town it seems as if another business has shuttered its doors. Last month the Cadillac/Pontiac dealership closed – it had occupied a choice parcel of land on the Post Road in Westport for over thirty years.

Several restaurants have bitten the dust, even the corner newsagent where I bought (more…)