by admin | Aug 8, 2015 | Essays, Peter's blog
[This first appeared in my hometown paper, The Bridgton News, in the spring of 2014] On paper I am the dumbest person in my family. Although I have a college degree, my son (the marine engineer) is twice as educated as I am, and my wife (the nutritionist) and my...
by admin | Jul 30, 2015 | Essays, Peter's blog
High from the north the new summer dawn slants in early, golden and burning above the distant ridge and slicing through a muggy haze over the meadow and blazing in through the window, streaking and glinting across the top of our dining room table. I bought the table...
by admin | Jul 15, 2015 | Essays, Peter's blog
I thought I was alone in the house that evening so when I went in to take a bath I closed the curtain around the tub but left the door half open. I’m lying there, gently simmering with a good book, and my 21 year-old daughter just barges right in. “Oh! Hi Dad.”...
by admin | Jul 1, 2015 | Peter's blog
My son and daughter are two of the most optimistic people I’ve ever known. Hold on, that’s not right—they are without a doubt the most optimistic people I’ve ever known. Year’s ago my son (the engineer) was up for a big promotion at his...
by admin | Jun 16, 2015 | Essays, Peter's blog
The house stood empty. Dad and I stood exhausted. With our backs against our overloaded trucks, we stared at the home where time had knitted our family together since 1958. Mom was gone now, and we were packing up the house. Bright rectangles on the walls showed where...
