Author: redpenguinweb

It was October 2008. My boss called me into the office and told me that my department was being downsized and that I was, unfortunately, being let go. He was …

An enclosure of time A sail to guide me on an ivy pass not emerged until one treads the ridge and builds the past Where the path is obscured on …

You never know the last time you might speak to someone. Growing up, my mother always told me “Don’t ever end a conversation with fighting!” “Yeah, yeah, whatever mom,” I’d …

Back in the summer of 1992, an interesting event took place at an East End beach on Long Island, New York. Billy Joel and his wife, Christie Brinkley, the actress …

I am from the Age of Disco and Gucci bags. From bell bottom pants and platform shoes. I am from antipasto and manicotti on Sundays to home cooked meals every …

For several years, I would, each month, go to the 25th floor of One World Trade Center, the North Tower, to attend the Board of Directors meeting for Empire Blue …

My 17 years as a senior support person at a health system was going well until I needed to assist my family members, due to old-age and illness. Then the …

Ten years ago, several supernatural phenomena and dreams inspired me to write a collection of vignettes. But it was mother’s death in 2016 which unconsciously drove me to write about …

My story began in 2012 when I unexpectedly lost my job after eight years as an Executive Assistant to the President of a small insurance brokerage. The company lost a …

My road to current ‘freedom’ (I call it current cause I always know it can disappear) must always be worked on; I never take it for granted. If nothing else …