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The day started out horribly.  Two days beforehand, my wife’s grandfather, Samuel Ginsburg, passed away after a long and valiant battle against Alzheimer’s Disease.  That day, we were going to attend his funeral. My wife Vicki was already mad at me; I had scheduled the week off so that I could attend the inductions of…

It’s a beautiful, cloudless night.  I’m sitting by the shores of a quiet lake in the Adirondacks, my camera aimed at the slate-black night sky. The plan this evening is to capture a series of images of the stars as they reflect off the shimmering lake below.  Just something to experiment with, nothing major.  I’ve…

I can’t remember when I acquired this badge.  I don’t recall if it was during one of my trips there, or whether it was snagged in a yard sale. But the truth of the matter is – I had to do this on Sunday. Yesterday I went to the Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom amusement…

It was dripping and dank.  The floors were soggy and the cloudy smell of mildew permeated the air.  Thick and wet, like milky mud. And I was down in the basement, hiding.  Shivering and scared.  Not knowing who to turn to or who to tell. And 30 years later… it still seems too real to…

I’ve blogged in the past about my beloved grandmother. She was as close to being a saint as there is in Judaism.  And every year, whenever I get a chance to visit Boston, I always make an effort to pay respects to my grandmother and grandfather, who rest in eternal peace at the Hadrath Israel…

Seven angels saved my life today.  They kept me from dying in a fiery car crash that never happened.  They made sure every motorist stayed on I-90 and nobody bumped into anybody. Seven other angels helped save someone else’s life today.  They kept them from dying in that same car crash.  And we never even…

“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “To talk of many things: Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax– Of cabbages–and kings– And why the sea is boiling hot– And whether pigs have wings.” “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” from “Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There,” by Lewis Carroll It started when I woke up…

What Cheryl Bremble did was absolutely horrible.  Disgusting.  And shameful. And for all of you who have taken Anthony Weiner to task for his transgressions, I hope you give this worthless excuse for a woman the same vitriol in spades. This 40-year-old Philadelphia special education teacher has been arrested for sending several explicit text messages…