Author Archives: Jim

The Shores of Avalon

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Jim

My Mother would tell me that the best month to be at the Jersey shore was September.  You have to understand… my Mother didn’t favour crowds.  After Labor Day, the “summer folks” (the rentals) departed the beach communities and retreated … Continue reading →

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Thank God for Jimmy Hoffa

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Jim

It’s 6:30AM, a biting cold in the air, cars and and vans belching exhaust from their tailpipes, vehicles kept idling while their inhabitants rush in to get a hot cup of “joe”.  There are a dozen places like this on my … Continue reading →

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Odes, Haikus & other Literary Forms

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Jim

They enjoyed their time together in the manner in which old friends can do.  They had been friends since grade school.  They could talk of their childhood, of their parents, of their respective loves in their life… or of political … Continue reading →

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Thirsty No Longer

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Jim

Shared experiences can create bonds stronger than the cable on a bridge.  Family ties are a natural… so too, childhood friends. But it can happen in the jury room or the fox hole, too… times that have a clear time … Continue reading →

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