We were driving over the Mystic River Bridge, when the woman directly behind me reached over the seat and put her hands over my eyes! Author’s note: Unlike other post card stories, this one costed me a fortune in postage and too many post cards. Also, unlike other post card stories, hell… This one is true! — You learn a lot when driving a cab. Sometimes you wish you hadn’t. I drove a Yellow Cab…

How one three-letter word changed his life There’s a great scene in the Rocky II movie where Rocky is facing his own reluctance and lost ambition about the upcoming match against Apollo Creed, especially after Adrian, his wife, is hospitalized. He lacks moral certainty. Morality and the knowledge that you are right, that the course you have…

“The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.” — Steve Martin Writers write. Thinking about writing or thinking about becoming a writer is not writing. To be a writer — even to learn to write — you must write. “Focus on the writing. It’s the only thing you have true control over.” — JA Konrath Writing and editing are two separate…

Somewhere between here and there is your sweet spot. It’s where you are most useful to yourself and others. It’s also a place to have a blast and lots of energetic fun. It’s your place in the sun. If you haven’t found your sweet spot yet, allow me to help. …

You do! We are the tomorrow people, who own yesterday and today. We are the doers, the planners, the dreamers who convert thoughts into things. We are the future. But what is “tomorrow,” that magic place that hopefully exists for all of us? Tomorrow doesn’t really exist until it happens. Nevertheless, tomorrow…

Out here in the middle of nowhere there’s no paper, no ink, no computers, no nothing. Only me, my dog, and the little shack we live in near the beach. I never liked fishing, but now it’s our major source of protein. Plus, I dig up clams, so we have…

It mesmerized me the first time I saw it… “Red and yellow, blue and green,” goes the prism song from long ago. It’s true. Colors are amazing things. How do they do it? No one knows, except physicists and interior decorators. (And maybe paint manufacturers.) I like colors, especially blue — a certain vibrant shade of deep velvet blue…

Editor’s note: The Nitty Gritty was a sensation in the 1960s. But what would happen to the Nitty Gritty in today? Let’s find out… It caught on in a flash — the “Nitty Gritty.” Suddenly young kids, teenagers, parents, even Grandma and Grampa were doing it. Wasn’t hard to learn. …

I was seated at the most coveted spot in the restaurant. Soon, I found out why. It was the most sought-after spot in the most exclusive restaurant in the city. No one sat at table #5 unless they were the biggest of big shots. Even then, they had to be really up there on the spectrum of importance, not just a local celeb. So, you can…