I am heartbroken over how the pandemic impacted my grandchildren. What they lost can never be fixed. Read More

Retrospect – The Day I Became a Knight By Kevin J. W. Driscoll (c) 2025 Picture this: I was eight years old, and my backyard was no ordinary place. It was a sprawling kingdom, teeming with hidden treasures and fierce dragons (okay, they were just our cats, but to an eight-year-old, they were formidable foes).… Read More

Meeting my buddies in Times Square on New Years Eve--what could go wrong? Read More

Remembering Gerhard,  The Dude Abides We first met Gerhard through our friend Renee.  He was the English professor who years earlier had been her graduate school thesis advisor. The two had remained very close and Renee invited Gerhard to join our group of friends who took turns hosting each other at dinner,  and who in… Read More

In my mind I played so well. Read More

Baby Grand My father was a self-taught classical pianist and throughout my childhood the sounds of his music rang through our house.  And in my mind’s eye I can still see him sitting at the baby grand playing a piece by Chopin or Beethoven.  (See Moonlight Sonata) That baby grand followed my folks from the house… Read More

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it" -- Goethe Read More

(Excerpted from my book, The Long Pivot Home: Based on a true story of love and loss in Oklahoma.) For five years, from 1995-2000, I had been trying to complete a giant pivot in my life, charting a new course away from the loss of my beloved wife Selena, then away from my experience in… Read More

Snow had fallen overnight, and when we arrived at Skyline, the road was closed. The trip was ruined. Read More

I hadn’t realized how closely Patti and John had listened when I’d described my experience at the Chilmark Writer’s Workshop on Martha’s Vineyard, a wonderful, supportive writing workshop given by Nancy Slonim Aronie, an island legend (and beyond; she teaches at Kripalu, is featured on “All Things Considered”, and just published her third book). I… Read More