I am part of the Medium Partner Program but that does not mean I write for the money. In fact, because of the nature of my niche, I offer some of my most popular pieces for free. I am sure you’ve read the many articles from writers boasting Medium makes…

I came of age in the seventies. So, I am a baby boomer from the latter half of the generation. We grew up when Rock and Roll music came into its own. A dominant radio format at the time defining the music for that era was Album Oriented Rock (AOR)…

Franklin, Massachusetts — Dean College, an accredited, private, co-educational institution based in Southern Massachusetts, announces a discussion of the legacy of AIDS forty years later. It will be conducted on the campus November 18 following the college’s live drama presentation of the musical “Rent”. “Rent” is the award-winning musical drama…

Music is a universal language and if you find yourself on a cruise, you will be among an international audience enjoying the artists. In January, a friend and I were enjoying the Blue Note® Jazz Cruise on the Celebrity Millenium in the Carribean Sea. …

There you are standing in the shower as the hot water flows over your body. It is where you do a lot of your thinking and some of your greatest ideas come into your head there. It happens again, you have an idea for a drama that you can put…

No one knows if the Reverend James Edward Coyle, a missionary priest from Ireland, knew when he sat on his front porch swing at his Catholic rectory in Birmingham, Alabama that he was about to enter his final rest but in fact, it came soon after on that Thursday night…

If you fight every battle, you will eventually lose the whole war It's Monday and you are fighting the morning traffic to get to your desk job at the publisher. Roughly, twenty employees work there and you heard the company hired a brand new graduate from the local university. You…

The morning was foggy and visibility was extremely low in Boston, Massachusetts. …

by Fr. Robert J Carr There is a dispute going on between the Marin County District Attorney’s office and Archbishop Cordileone of San Francisco. First I agree with the Archbishop on certain things and I disagree with him on others in this and other situations. On October 12, 2020, which…