Monthly Archives: January 2016

The Greatest Show on Earth!

Imagine: Greenburg, NY, circa 1954. I’m heading into the backyard with a length of rope. As I head out the door, I announce that I’m gonna try a circus trick I saw on television. My mother turns to my father … Continue reading

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…to the Moon Mao Tse Tung!

When I was a child, I thought I could do anything. One day I decided that the way to get to the Moon was to just stack crates atop each other till I got there. I got about ten feet … Continue reading

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