Sucking up the ladybugs

Sucking up the ladybugs

I could never be single. My wife Karen and I do lots of stuff together. Have for over three decades. We don’t live extravagantly. Can’t afford it. Wouldn’t do it anyway. And so our days are simple and straightforward, ordinary; some might even think them lackluster...

The girl in the crowd

[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...