September, 2014

Treasuring the autumn of life and all that it brings

September 22, 2014By ericCurrent Writing, Poetry5 Comments

A poem … Autumn is a time when things do perish and the new becomes old and worn out.

Time brings people together or lets them drift apart

September 16, 2014By ericCurrent Writing, Poetry4 Comments

Take my hand,
Yours in mine,
As we walk among
The shadows of time…

The News – Really?

September 9, 2014By ericCurrent Writing, Random Thoughts4 Comments

It is interesting how we have “progressed” if you can call it that, in how we are provided the news. There is something to be said for more voices being heard and more viewpoints shared, but the bias and vitriol that is present today seems to fill every page and broadcast…

TO HALVE AND HALVE NOT

The spread laid out on the breakfast room table looked the same on almost any given Saturday morning. A platter of sliced red ripe tomatoes and Bermuda onions, a brick of butter, and Philadelphia brand cream cheese (nothing whipped on […]

Brownie

When my parents brought home the family’s new RCA Victor black-and-white television set, they made it clear that it was not to be the center of attention, and as such, it would not be in the living room. That room was for reading the Sunday paper or a good book, entertaining company, and watching the flames flicker in the large brick fireplace.

It’s time to think about Trout Season 2021

Well, it’s that time of year once again. Trout season in rivers and streams will open on April 1st in New York, Massachusetts and Maine, April 10th in Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut, and April 27th in New Hampshire for trout ponds rivers and streams.

Forty-Four Years and the Friendship Continues

Forty-four years. In this mobile and fast-paced world, that’s a long time for two, now baby boomers, to be friends. But the friendship between us, that is Ellery (Rick) Miller and Eric (Rick) Mondschein is alive and well. In fact, […]