What? No “Long Time No Sea – First Edition”?

Having writing skills was paramount to my career. I wrote marketing and business proposals, business charters, annual business plans, and colorful annual reports. I attended classes on storytelling – a must for professionals whose success depends upon influencing others. I had a knack for this kind of work. It was fun and it carved out […]

Long Time No Sea – What inspired it

With sixty pounds of scuba gear strapped to my body, I groaned as I pulled myself up a slimy wooden ladder to the dock. I murmured, “I must be getting old. Twenty years ago I could do this with ease.” As my head popped above the dock, I saw a blonde-headed boy sitting directly in […]

No Palm Trees on Cuttyhunk – Unsupervised boys

In 1959, two fourteen-year-old boys – Geoff and Peter – climbed aboard a train at midnight in Stamford, Connecticut and headed to Providence, Rhode Island – one hundred-twenty miles away. Arriving at 2:30 AM, they dragged their camping gear to the local bus station and waited four hours to be taken to New Bedford, Massachusetts […]

Why I Write

Why I write… here’s the short answer to a question that took years to understand. Writing is fresh air to my soul. It removes the fog of confusion. It simplifies the complicated. It finds words when the voice can’t. It reaches into one’s inner self – sometimes obscured by a cluttered conscious. It shows us […]