“So, let me get this straight. You hate visiting the hospital but now you want to go right after school?” Joe’s mother said as they sat eating dinner. “Why the sudden change?” “I just want to go see him.  I…

Joe and Chrissy spent several hours organizing and assembling parts. Slowly, the sleigh began to take shape. Turning the page in the manual, Joe read the next step. Engine testing, part 1. He handed the book to Chrissy, found the…

Joe looked out the window as the snow swirled in the wind. Please, please, please, call it off. Please. He listened to the muffled sounds of his mother and father talking as they listened to the radio. The familiar voice,…

Did you bring them?”  Joe called out as he stood on the bike path “Yes,” Chrissy answered, running over to him. “Seems a little crazy since you don’t have a dog.” A smile crossed her face. “Unless they’re for you,…

Joe ran in the house, dropped his backpack on the floor, and dashed up the stairs. As he jiggled the mouse to wake the computer, he paused. Running back down the stairs, he went into the living room where his…

“So, what was this big secret your grandfather shared with you?” “Moooom, I can’t tell you. It’s a secret.” Joe looked at his mother as she started the car. “I promised.” “That grandfather of yours is up to something, isn’t…

In keeping with an old tradition, I bring you Part 1 of the serialized story of The Last Christmas. Millions of years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, the Pawtucket Times would publish a story over the two weeks leading…

In 1914, in the midst of the worst fighting during World War I, a strange phenomenon occurred. Unofficial, yet well documented, a truce broke out during Christmas. The Pope, Benedict XV, had proposed the truce but the warring nations refused…

“The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Article II § 4 of the Constitution  With the opening…

Why reinvent the wheel? This article is a statement of fact. It contains things one can either verify or try disprove through facts and research but it is not susceptible to simply dismissing it as untrue.