07.27.2013 Columns Column: Hot enough for ya? Why no, wiseguy My son sent me a text the other day. As usual, he employed an amazing economy of words. “I don’t remember this.” “This” refers to summer weather in Washington,...
07.14.2013 Columns Column: No, I don’t come from Lawng Guyland Several weeks back the Kellys made their annual trip up to Boothbay Harbor, Maine, a place we fell in love with 15 or so years ago. On one sunny...
05.05.2013 Columns Column: A not-always-misspent life revisited It’s a clear indication that you’ve reached a certain age when your social calendar, usually based on trips to the dump or the supermarket, now includes reunions. By definition,...
03.17.2013 Columns Column: The pipes were calling, but was it for me? St. Patrick’s Day just isn’t the same anymore. For over a decade the annual celebration of all things Irish — and unfortunately things that have nothing to do Mother...
01.12.2013 Columns Column: Yeah, it’s my birthday. Shut up about it There’s a chance you may no longer spot yours truly at the post office, dump or supermarket, all the hot spots that provide most of my opportunities for social...
09.14.2012 Columns Column: I bear the inky markings of one tough dude Sailors have ’em, tough guys have ’em, bikers have ’em and I have one. Not being a sailor or a biker, by the process of elimination that means that...
03.30.2011 Columns Column: Stepping beyond the Celtic circle On my way to a Saturday afternoon haircut, my 11-year-old world was knocked off kilter, turned topsy-turvy, thrown for a loop and all that I thought I knew and...
