Month: December 2019

Cab Drivers can be good listeners...in Costa Rica too You hear a lot of interesting things when you drive touristas around.  I’m not one of the official Costa Rican cab drivers, the ones with the red cars with the yellow triangle on the door. That’s a tough job, long hours and having to turn on … Continue reading Tico Cabbie

A snapshot-in-words of life in an Italian enclave on Detroit’s East Side in the 40s and 50s. Dear Mamo: How're you doing? I haven't seen you since grade school. I think about you from time to time. Especially when I tell my kids stories about you and the old neighborhood. How things were in our … Continue reading A Letter to Mamo

Are there some things we shouldn't talk abut in a marriage? Martin leaned forward, a little out of plumb, wavering slightly. “Can I say something, judge?” The traffic court judge leaned her chin on her hand, offering the slight nod and indulgent smile she might have bestowed on her favorite uncle. “Look, your honor,” he … Continue reading Left Turn on Red

Let It Rest   My wife, Penney, and I were returning from an outing to the Antler’s Bar and Grill where all the animals are stuffed and those that aren’t are stewed. That’s as close as I wanted to get to wildlife on a bitter winter night. But, wouldn’t you know it, on the road … Continue reading Let It Rest