by Mike Carlon | Nov 5, 2023 | Open Mike
Today we were given the gift of an extra hour in our day. If today were yesterday, I’d be writing this at 1:05 in the afternoon. Instead, my fingers are touching the keyboard at 12:05. Last night I jokingly said to my kids, “We gain an extra hour tonight, but we...
by Mike Carlon | Oct 14, 2023 | Open Mike
So I got me a pen and a paper And I made up my own little sign I said, “Thank you, Lord, for thinkin’ ’bout me I’m alive and doin’ fine” The lyrics above are from a song called Signs, written by Les Emmerson of The Five Man...
by Mike Carlon | Sep 23, 2023 | Open Mike
We just passed the three month anniversary of my brother’s passing and, to quote the late Jerry Garcia (one of my brother Gregory’s favorites), “I want to know, where does the time go?” How could it have been three months? It’s still so surreal that my brother, my...
by Mike Carlon | Jul 1, 2023 | Open Mike
On Sunday, I was getting ready to go for a run through Waveny park here in New Canaan when my mother asked me, “Michael, are your shoes tied?” I thought, that is a funny question to ask a 48 year old man, and it stayed in my head as I was starting my run. As I ran...
by Mike Carlon | Apr 26, 2023 | Open Mike
As many of you know, I’m an avid runner which is ironic because, when I was a kid, I hated running. I was slow, it just wasn’t fun, and I avoided it like the plague. Something happened in high school, though. My twin brother Jimmy joined the cross-country team, which...
by Mike Carlon | Apr 1, 2023 | Open Mike, Self Awareness
I’m a morning person. Dracula is more of a morning person compared to most of the people I know, which I suppose is fortunate for me as I can devote the time I’d be chit chatting with other humans to getting some writing done. Some people cannot handle the energy I...
