Many years ago I received a letter from John Lennon. Okay, I didn’t really. But Danny Collins did. In the film, Danny Collins (which is based on a true story), Al Pacino is a hard-living, aging rocker still making … Read the rest
I was always a (pretty) good kid. I saw how my older sisters behavior hurt my parents, and I never wanted to hurt them like that. Looking back, I know my sisters never meant to hurt them, they were just … Read the rest
In Alcoholics Anonymous, when someone stops drinking they are referred to as a recovering rather than a recovered alcoholic. I’m surmising the theory behind this is that there is finality in the word recovered, so if a person drinks … Read the rest
Last weekend I went to CVS to pick up a prescription. As I wove my way back to the pharmacy, I walked through AN ENTIRE AISLE of PEEPS.
Read the restLast week I received the best compliment a writer can get from a fan: “You not only made me cry, you made me do the Ugly Cry.”
You know, the kind of cry that makes you look like this:
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