I Thought Gluten-Free Was a Scam Until…
Once upon a time, I was a pizza-eating, beer-drinking kind of guy. I stopped drinking beer a while back but that’s a different story. I grew up with a bunch of Italians so eating pasta was mandatory, yum! Italian food is still my favorite category today. But one day, something happened that changed how I eat. On September 30, 2022, my girlfriend and I ventured to eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island where I proposed to her (and she accepted!). I used to read about Mystic Seaport as a kid and we were finally going. I was super excited! I have always had a thing for the sea and New England. I never visited Mystic Seaport when I was stationed proverbially “down the street” in Groton while I was in the US Navy. Finally, I could see the Charles Morgan and several ships I read about as a child. We had…
I am a writer and I have always been a writer. I started writing as a child. The fourth grade is the first time that I recall taking pleasure in writing. Our classes turned to creative writing and we could write about anything we wanted. Sometimes I chose my childhood fantasies of being a battleship…
Once upon a time, I was a pizza-eating, beer-drinking kind of guy. I stopped drinking beer a while back but that’s a different story. I grew up with a bunch of Italians so eating pasta was mandatory, yum! Italian food is still my favorite category today. But one day, something happened that changed how I…
PHOTO CREDIT: This photo is from the Rolling Stone article “Remembering the Victims of the Lewiston, Maine Mass Shooting that can be found here: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/lewiston-maine-shooting-victims-1234863628/ In November of 2020, right after the lock downs that redefined our economy and our lives, an internet friend of mine and I decided to take our relationship to a…