On Saturday mornings, my brother and I would get up very early—unreasonably early, you might say. We would then steal downstairs, ever so stealthily, so as not to wake up Mom or Dad. Mostly it was Dad we did not […]
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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, […]
Life at 12 College Road – A Short Video
Life at 12 College Road is a collection of thirty-three “real life” short stories that, when taken as a whole, paint a mosaic of a time and place both familiar and distant.
Fall Leaves
I was again delighted to have Boomercafe.com publish one of the stories from Life at 12 College Road, called, “Fall Leaves.”
An Interview with Fiona Mcvie of ‘authorsinterviews’ about writing and Life at 12 College Road
I was delighted that Fiona Mcvie of Authorsinterviews, located in the United Kingdom, interviewed me about writing and my book Life at 12 College Road.
The Dining Room Table
The Dining Room Table is the first chapter or short story, if you will, from my book Life at 12 College Road.
As I sat at the table, I realized the other three chairs had been tilted forward so that their ladder-backs rested against it. They were obviously no longer of use. Scanning the room, it dawned on me that this was not some unknown, foreign establishment…
An Interview with BeachBoundBooks about writing and Life at 12 College Road
I was honored to have been interviewed by Stacie Theis of BeachBoundBooks about writing and my book Life at 12 College Road.
An interview about writing and Life at 12 College Road
I was honored to have Jan Bowman, writer and winner of the 2011 Roanoke Review Fiction Award, interview me for her blog about writing and why I wrote Life at 12 College Road.