Can Someone Pick Up Our Mess Please?

Something for Flashback Friday from my old (private) blog when I first moved to Rome. This entry is dated, October 26, 2007. I just realized that I haven’t posted any photos in a while. Here’s one taken today on the balcony. The sky is overcast here in Rome, but at...

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

  Ask any parent of small children if they had a relaxing weekend and then look and see if they don’t twitch just slightly. You’re just seeing the car crash in their brains between the memories of weekends they USED to have versus the ones they are...

End of a New Beginning

Here’s a little something for Flashback Friday from the days just before I moved to Rome. This entry is dated July 14, 2006: Today was my last day at William Paterson University. I had two students to meet, final paperwork to fill out, and keys to return. My...

Why I Support Northampton’s Clown

Creepily-dressed clowns appearing unexpectedly in public just can’t catch a break anymore. The Atlantic Wire Online on September 15th reports: The poor residents of Northampton, England are living in a nightmare scenario straight out of a Stephen King novel...