Personal Writings

December 2012 “Now that is what I call settling in and hitting the ground running,” wrote my friend Eric Vazquez on Jan. 13 when I

Sept. 24, 2012 Last night I dreamed I was bowling. I had a similar dream one night last week. On one level, this is not

March 12, 2012 At 7 this morning, along a six-mile round-trip loop from Asbury Park to Belmar, I ran between the sun rising over the

December 2011 In 1979 I read a novel, the title long gone from my memory, in which the protagonist, a young man living at home

Easton Mountain, Aug. 13, 2011 He saw Jesus in my eyes As we gazed and touched         that chilly afternoon We paired

December 2010 … I started quiet and slow with no surprise. Then one morning I woke to realize I had a good thing going. That

December 2009 What started in 2008 as my timid re-emergence in the realm of public singing grew full force in 2009 into a series of

May 2009 Sometimes a singer, like an actor with a particular role, has to study and practice and mature before his abilities match the technical

A look back at 2008 Hibernation to expansiveness, letting go to reclamation, wariness to open-heartedness — 2008 was a study in contrasts. My year started

In the morning, after we’ve cleaned her cage, after she’s had her out-of-cage time and her bath, after she’s gorged herself on cheese and seeds