When I first met Elaine I was dating her daughter and in that first conversation with her something very special was happening. It was like a bell ringing. I had no idea but I knew it was good. Several years later I was at Castleton State’s library working on something I was writing. When I [...]
In memory of Jim Coombs
As a young man you could have thrown him into a room with a bunch of wild animals, wait 10 minutes, and he would have come out brushing his hands, like he had just done a good day’s work. Next, he went to work as a bouncer at the Hampton Manor and got a look [...]
A Naval love story
When heading off to serve his country, the last thing Charles Carswell thought was that he was going to meet the person he would spend the next 63 years with.





