Uncorking a Story Blog
Time Stand Still
Have you ever experienced a song in such a timely manner that it sends shivers down your spine? Perhaps it's a familiar tune you've listened to countless times, yet in a specific moment, it suddenly resonates with you on a deeper level, offering a newfound...
Why I Ride
On Saturday March 2nd, I will be participating in Cycle for Survival to raise money for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Why am I riding? I’m glad you asked! And I will answer that question, I promise. But I’m a writer and we...
If you don’t want to know the answer, don’t ask the question.
Do you know how, in your own mind, you consider yourself younger than you actually are? I do anyway. In my head, I’m still in my early twenties. Well, today I was hit in the face with the reality that I’m no spring chicken anymore. Most Sunday mornings I join my...
What if the small things are really the big things?
Warning, this post was inspired by a pumpkin. More on that later. As another Thanksgiving weekend wraps up, I’m filled with a wide range of emotions. I was happy to have had the kids home for an extended period of time and now sad that they have all started to head...
What would you do with an extra hour?
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...
Signs, Signs
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 Electrical Band. It was repopularized by the...