Last Friday I was visiting my Mom as she recuperated from surgery.  She was anxious to get up and to walk around… stretch her legs and feel her body in motion.  My Mom has always been a swirl of energy! My Mom was attached to about a million or so tubes of various lengths and needed a nurse for assistance [...]

During my 30 years of teaching English & Reading, I stumbled upon some rather unique and I dare say ingenious Cheat Sheets (not that I ever condoned this practice, but kudos for originality).  I always told the would-be “cheater” that it would have taken less time to study than to develop the Cheat Sheet scheme. So how do I now [...]

When my alarm clock went off at 3:30AM Sunday morning, a few things crossed my mind: 1) Why didn’t I go to bed earlier the night before? 2) Just five more minutes… I’ll even take two! 3) Really? I SIGNED UP for this? Willingly? I’m talking, of course, about the Amica Ironman 70.3 Providence triathlon that, by now, you’re undoubtedly [...]