Lost in New Jersey

Here’s the full text of the poem. I owe my love of poetry to a lawyer -- and today, National Poetry Day 2015, I'd like to thank him...

Today I read announcements that showed technology at its best... realtime translations on Skype . And at its worst... the "Yelp for ...

When Pope Francis was leaving St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York on September 24, 2015, I gave him a nervous, friendly wave, and he res...

I've updated a small Pinterest site I posted several years ago about Verizon's response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York. ...

Have you read the recently published “Go Set a Watchman”? One of my favorite writers, Harper Lee ( see here ), had originally submitted th...

Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. But write as if Syd Penner's looking over your shoulder. Penner...

I was half the age of Nabokov’s protagonist when I first read “Lolita” – and it enthralled me. As of my last reading, just a few weeks ag...

I had intended to post a collection of colorful photos on Facebook from a recent visit to New Orleans, where I met up with my sister from Ca...

I had a meeting this afternoon at a PR agency on the East Side, so I worked from home this morning and drove in. I thought I’d meet my daug...