When I was a young child of about age three, my dad bought a small cottage in New Hampshire. That purchase could have been considered odd, given the fact that we lived in an apartment in East Boston, rather than our own one-family home. Hindsight being what it is, it is clear that my dad […]
read moreBumpy Beginnings Can Finish Smoothly
I met my wife, Patricia, at Boston College under less than typical circumstances. She was in “The Rat”, the commuter cafeteria in Lyons Hall, and happened to be sitting in my usual spot. I came in after class like a bull in a china shop, full of bravado, and questioned if she realized she was […]
read moreDon’t Be Locked In For Life
Sometimes in life, you feel you have it all figured out and that the direction you are headed is absolutely perfect for you. At other times, you are twisting in the wind, trying to figure out what is next. Most would look at one of these as being good and the other, well… not so […]
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