My journey day was full of discoveries. The first was that it’s no longer easy to get Uber or Lyft rides to the airport before 6am. Uber had nada, which has never happened to me, and the first Lyft driver cancelled, which happily lead me to Cleo, a wonderfully kind and chatty driver with whomContinue reading “Fort Something”
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I’m Leaving on a Jetplane
But where am I going? First correct guess (not if you already know!) wins a prize from my sunny destination!
Last Minute Thoughts
It’s now just hours to go until my early morning flight — who knows whether I’ll get any sleep tonight. But I gotta say, I’ve had a pretty sweet day with good signs galore. First of all, my mom bought us all scratch tickets to help celebrate my wife’s birthday, and I won $100 onContinue reading “Last Minute Thoughts”
One for the Road
A few moments ago, I did something I’ve never done before. I checked in for my Jet Blue flight on. . .wait for it. . .a smart phone. Whoa. For those of you currently living in the 21st Century, this might not seem like news. For me, it’s monumental. You see, although I do haveContinue reading “One for the Road”
Rules of the Road
The spring of 2021 has presented me with a unique opportunity, and I intend to take advantage of it. From March 28, what I call Protection Day, though June 21, when summer begins, my wife will be working from home, and my daughters will still be remote schooling. I’m not teaching this semester, and mostContinue reading “Rules of the Road”
Prologue Part 4: Taking a Chance
We won. It took a while, and bonus points to anyone who put “armed insurrection” on their bingo card for January 2021, but we won. And so after the Inauguration, my thoughts turned to the question lingering on all our minds: what do I do now? You see, I’m a screenwriter, and before the pandemicContinue reading “Prologue Part 4: Taking a Chance”
Prologue Part 3: Taking a Stand
My family and I finished our walking project on August 1st. I’m not saying the rest of the month was uniformly awesome. (Surprise root canals? Hard pass.) But overall the summer stays in memory as a season in the bubble, the eye of a swirling COVID storm. There were some months when my town hadContinue reading “Prologue Part 3: Taking a Stand”
Prologue Part 2: Taking a Walk
March and April 2020 were two of the toughest months of my life. The fear I felt was matched only by the speed with which everything fell apart. A week after returning from Kauai, I hopped back on a plane to LA to take care of some screenwriting business. In retrospect, it seems so stupendouslyContinue reading “Prologue Part 2: Taking a Walk”
Prologue Part 1: Taking a Ride
On the afternoon we left Kauai, I dropped my family off at a local museum and went for my first helicopter ride. It was Saturday, February 22, 2020, and a month later, my kids’ schools would be shut, my wife would be working remotely, and I would be scrambling to shop before Massachusetts entered lockdown.Continue reading “Prologue Part 1: Taking a Ride”
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