Back in the fall of 1971, when my parents deposited me on the campus of East Stroudsburg State College, I had a decision to make. I was 17, and for the first time in my life, was basically on my own. Would I sustain the Christian beliefs my parents had imparted to me? Or, would … [Read more…]

When things at work haven’t been going well and your boss tells you he wants you to come to his office – and sitting at his conference table is the HR rep – “the handwriting is on the wall.” When your son says he can’t find his most recent school Report Card on the very … [Read more…]

This past winter changed my property’s landscape forever. Five pine trees of various shapes and sizes couldn’t stand up to the gale-force winds that blew in with a series of Nor’easters. My chainsaw massatree buddy, alias Woolley-Bully Bunyan, helped me manicure my yard back into its “Better Homes & Gardens” likeness – or nearly. In … [Read more…]

I hadn’t completed even my 1st semester at college when the Dean of Students paid me an unscheduled visit. Hebinformed me I was being relocated to another dormitory because I posed an unfavorable arson risk where I currently resided. Humiliatingly, I was burned in effigy in front of probably 30 guys from my dorm who … [Read more…]

Throughout my adolescence and continuing through much of my adult life, I’d often go to bed and see this recurrent dream disrupt my sleep; a nightmare actually. I was being chased by some unrecognized assailant. He’d be leaping into the air in an effort to grab my ankles – to do who knows what?? Why … [Read more…]