iSmith: We’ve had a lot of fun here over the years, giggling and wriggling, tossing in a chortle every now and then. But it’s time to get serious. Human issues. (I push a physical button on the table, similar to
There once was a man from Nantucket. Paddy Harnett, the island’s butcher, who took over the shop from his father before him, had never even been on the mainland. A short trip to Martha’s Vineyard as a child is the
I became a father before I ever became a son. My parents had struggled to conceive a child for years, but they were certain they wanted to raise a family. Even with the interminable despair and human failure that plagues
It’s late. I’m late. My alarm was set correctly, but I had neglected to properly adjust the volume. I hurry through a shower and get quickly dressed. I check my phone to find that my ride had went on without
Obviously most people would like to win the lottery. Even as it’s entirely left up to chance, and the most minuscule at that, they know they can win. They dream of it. It gives them an escape, if only in
I don’t know how you feel about sports, but no matter where you are on that spectrum, you have to admit that the broadcasters and commentators and players and coaches and all related personnel talk about the same stuff over
A few years ago, your band played a show in Halifax, and a few of us flew up from Newfoundland for a few days to see it. While it wasn’t the original Lost Weekend, life doesn’t get a whole lot
I know a lot of people struggle with their performance while attending large events where they don’t know anyone, like a girlfriend’s office party, where everyone is only trying to be the most normal. Well if that’s what they’re going
So it’s early in the morning, when I should be up cooking breakfast or something by then, which I am, for ourselves and a friend who spent last night on our couch. We start off pretty good, frying up some
Joscelyn is a wonderful, weighty given name. But a lot of really strong names are no longer given to children, if they ever were. Where’s Genghis? We’re all descended from one. A few mothers should pay him some respect. Wolfgang
