Category: <span>Short Stories</span>

A further update; it appears they would rather have a fox run the chicken house.

…. since most of my friends voted the way they did, I really had to get to the root of what they really were voting on. using my thesis that “you would never let your family do business with him or yourself do business with him or put yourself in a compromising position with him”,…


I may have sorted this out for myself, and why the election went the way it did.

We all live in our own little bubbles and have our own …. biases. I have them. I would never do business with someone who bankrupted over … 6 corporations declaring bankruptcy … closed 15 companies. Many with unpaid contractors …. I understand 1, but more than that is malicious. 2. I would never relate…


So the dogs got together up on the coast ..

So the dogs got together up on the coast .. Hear No Evil, See No Evil and Say No Evil. Their leader for this has been forever changed, by that sassy pup, from Hopkinton. The 2 of them just cannot get enough of everything. I got my lead on this, from Princes Grace, the border…


and then there was Gracie.

Gracie is a border collie. She was going to be adopted by us and she came over for a visit. She was a small one, not so long legged and a little bit of a scaredy-cat. Within our first 10 minutes, she had a run-in with Clyde. Clyde has a backstory, once upon a time…


Why does the weather seem so important ? … and why do people of a certain age(who do not ski), stay up north ? …. and why do people get sick of my constant pressure to ditch and go to warmer climates ?

I am in massachusetts, for just a few days and while I was considering my dates the first thing I considered was how sunny ? is it going to be while i’m there … Once I saw the sun icons, I started making plans, kids, siblings, business stuff, plane tickets ohh my ! Second –…


Adult Camp. The inevitable has fully arrived.

When I was young, maybe 6 or 7, I remember driving to Florida, sitting in the way back of a Ford station wagon, (no seatbelts or even concerns back then .. just a pillow and blanket.) We left West Hartford early in the morning to get by NYC before the traffic began. It was a…


Living with one foot in the past and one in the future, and back again.

I like living with the dinosaurs every now and again. I mean that lovingly, with admiration, kindness and honor. I was planning a march Florida run with just 2 goals, see how the new house was progressing and see my 93 year old Aunt. She is my mothers sister. My mother passed away in her…


Good Old Chip.

Chip October 2021 Chip has been a primary character in the “Tales of Sturbridge” I have yet to write the tales … but Chip will be front and center.


NYT – The Benefits of ‘Wise Selfishness’ –

A story about the nyt happiness writer and his visit to the Dali lama and a conversation about selfishness – My Howard Theory on this is age old. I learned it and have been practicing it forever. It is one of the 3 or 4 base tenets of my life. (My earliest memory, maybe age…


When you’re not sure what to do, start a project.

It was late summer, shadows were long and we just had a dumpster delivered. It was my fault, I’ve been driving a pickup truck and that always has repercussions… as I always bring stuff home in it. Shelley was in tears again, as I emptied the tools into the barn. She said “enough is enough”…