As we age, we sometimes look at life through the rear-view mirror, longing for a past often whitewashed by nostalgia. As a result, some of us fall into a funk, thinking the best days are what we can only experience…

Music has always been a big part of my life. I’m sure that’s true for many people, I know it’s true for some of my friends. The music of our youth shapes us even to this day. It added color…

Time does indeed pass in the blink of an eye. It was forty years ago on this date I began my career with the East Providence Police Department. Forty years. It doesn’t seem possible. To serve on a police department,…

In one of those moments in time, I found myself sitting in the waiting area in a hospital emergency room. The specifics are unimportant. While I sat there, watching the slowly moving second hand struggle to make one revolution, I…

One route for our daily walk takes us past Cumberland High School.  Walking by the place I spent four years of my life sparked memories. It got me to think about those very different times. As often happens, my mind’s…

I will be away from writing for a few days. Off to celebrate my daughter’s wedding. A little girl grown all too soon. Such is the speed at which life flies by. A moment ago she was a tiny human being…

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time…                                                                                   James Taylor In a few short weeks, I will bear a new title. Father of the bride. Just the thought of it can bring both tears to my eyes…

Most people misunderstand how memory works. We think of it as a recording of our daily lives. It is not. It is a compendium of images, sounds, smells, and tastes; voices, conversations, laughter, and feelings; moments of ecstasy and sorrow,…

I have never been one to focus on age. I believe it a waste of the limited time we all have. Of course, as a young boy, I engaged in the universal desire to be older. When asked, I was…

Here is a bit of a perspective for my fellow members of the Cumberland High School Class of 1974. In 1974: The President of the United States was Richard Nixon, until August 9th, and then Gerald Ford after Nixon resigned…