Remind me again of that partly cloudy morning. Remind me again of the men and women who went to work that day. Remind me again of the husbands and wives, the sons and the daughters, who boarded the planes. Remind me again of the office workers in that five-sided building. Remind me again of the…
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The Bel Esprit Project
Liz Finegan was a classmate of mine at Hamilton College. We didn’t travel in the same social circles, but I always knew her as a very nice and intelligent person. If you’re a women’s soccer fan, you would know Liz Finegan’s daughter Emily Menges, one of the top defenders in the National Women’s Soccer League…
Read MoreAfter a Boston concert 25 years ago…
I was once a freelance writer for the music magazine Goldmine, and in 1997 I was blessed to have my first-ever cover story published with that magazine. It took a lot of arranging and management on my part, for sure. But I made it happen. The Goldmine cover story … was a profile of the…
Read MoreConnecting Phyllis to Elaine
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning, let’s check the emails, see if there’s anything of interest … advertisement … advertisement … solicitation … someone contacting me through the blog … hey wait a second… I received a “Contact Chuck Miller” from someone from way in my past. And this person referenced things in her letter to…
Read MoreThe closing of Golden Past Antiques.
My Aunt Elaine has operated an antiques barn in New Hampshire for nearly five decades. It was tucked into the winding roads of Wolfeboro, in a rustic barn that doesn’t even show up properly on a GPS. Basically, you follow Route 109A until the urge to buy something unique hits you – then look to…
Read MoreRemember these names on Memorial Day 2022.
This Memorial Day, in addition to the usual tradition of outdoor cookouts and gatherings, as well as parades and celebrations, please take a moment to remember the following who won’t be home to celebrate Memorial Day with their families. Aaron Salter, 55. Celestine Chaney, 65. Roberta A. Drury, 32. Andre Mackniel, 53. Katherine Massey, 72.…
Read MoreThe Tears of Angels
I’m looking up at the sky. How many stars can I see in the night? Dozens? Hundreds? A thousand upon a thousand? And if every star in the sky were the dim tears of an angel’s cries… the thought that another young soul would lose their only chance to live a full and complete life,…
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The Vicious Cycle
On May 14th, a grocery store in Buffalo began the day with shoppers purchasing their home goods. By the end of the day, their worst fears came true. A stranger arrived in the store with an AR-15 assault rifle and started shooting the customers. He killed ten people, including a retired police officer. And he…
Read MoreThe Anniversary
52 years ago. 52 years and it still catches me every time. On February 20, 1970, I lost my three-year-old baby brother Allen in a single-car crash in Rensselaer County. I blogged about it twelve years ago, and eleven years ago I blogged about providing the proper respect. I’m not going to lie. In an…
Read MoreThe purple cowl-necked sweater
I need to tell you this story. It’s all true. And nearly 45 years after it happened, it still hurts inside. As many blog readers know, I had a very difficult childhood. The home life was tough, and classmates in the South Colonie School District (otherwise known as Schools 7, 9 and 10 of The…
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Chuck The Writer 