Wanted: One Teaching Job

by | Aug 19, 2013 | Teaching

Wanted. One teaching job. Setting negotiable, for a genius who hasn’t yet been hired.  The candidate is certified in social studies, but social studies isn’t all you get with this candidate. He connects to any subject at the drop of a time, weaving in...

Using Chalk Outlines to Parallel Park in RI

by | Jul 15, 2013 | Rhode Island, satire

I left the house early. My appointment was at 10, but traffic and parking can be a challenge. I found a spot about a half-mile from my destination–I have always objected to paying for parking if there is any alternative, and I hate parking garages. Not that I...

Rhode Island 101 for Quora

by | Jul 10, 2013 | Rhode Island

I couldn’t resist answering this Rhode Island question on Quora. I tried to resist, but failed…Stewie made me do it. Being a foreigner from Connecticut, a state I can no longer afford, I feel dual allegiance. I was born and bred in Bridgeport, also known...

The Little Things: When Time Stands Still in America

by | Jul 3, 2013 | family

It’s 5:30 AM. I’m sitting in the library of the Spruce Point Inn in Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor is a quaint, nautical village–I can hear the ebb and flow of the tide and the constant warning of the fog horn, as you do in New England nautical...