Schadenfreude is that tingle of satisfaction we get when we learn about the failures of others and if your garden sucks this year, it’s gonna make you feel really good to hear that mine is even is worse.
Read MoreMost people say they moved to Cape Cod because they love the beach. I moved here because I loved a woman. She could have lived anywhere as far as I’m concerned but happened to live in a place full of beaches.
Read MoreDo your guests pretend to read, while waiting for you to appear? Or suddenly materialize at the sound of your voice? I will confess that I once climbed out a window, to avoid a couple who insisted I go with them to the beach.
Read MoreI love reading obituaries because we live in a world in which there’s too much going on to ever stop and consider a person’s accomplishments, until, of course, they die.
Read MoreSharks have become too lethal to be our mascots. But what dangerous creatures can be found on Cape Cod that can replace them on mugs and t-shirts? Fisher cats? Coyotes? Mosquitoes? Ticks? What about humans?
Read MoreRabbits are eating my bean plants and brussels sprouts; my prize roses and tender romaine lettuce. I find myself at war and losing and I’m turning into Elmer Fudd. People, we gotta get d’wabbits.
Read MoreIf you hear someone blabber about Fake News, call them out, demand their sources, and if they tell you, A Lot of People are Saying, well then you know, they have no proof at all.
Read MoreBefore I got married, I was great at doing nothing but now, when I’m doing nothing I see my wife looking at me like a car that’s idling in the driveway, or an empty house with all the lights on. A total waste of energy, she thinks, when he could be…
Read MoreYou don’t have to wait for Passover to make matzah balls. I make them along with chicken soup whenever I’m under the weather. Chill a bottle of champagne, find a good movie…think of them as Jewish hygge.
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