Category Archives: cars

Car Accident In Baltimore

July 25, 2019 – 12:20 pm

I dreamt I fell asleep at the wheel of my brother’s car. I drove into a city bus in Baltimore. No one was hurt, but it was my first car accident in forty three years.

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LiTTLE GTO

July 4, 2019 – 10:04 am

I dream of 1969. The GTO is red. A blonde is behind the wheel. Her skin white. Untouched by summer. Spring on a highway heading south Florida in the distance. Her hand shifts to fourth. Her foot presses on the accelerator. Faster faster. Go GTO go. Her name is Dee Dee. She has too much […]

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Thai New Year’s Traffic Festival

January 1, 2018 – 1:04 pm

When I was young, the radio listed the national traffic deaths over the most traditional holidays. Being patriotic the America scored the highest fatalities on the 4th of July. New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day came never close. These announcements were designed to warn the public about the dangers of driving drunk and thanks […]

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Driving On Water

October 3, 2017 – 8:02 pm

There are several hundreds in New York City. My good friend, Nick, has one in the backyard of his house atop Staten Island. The good doctor graciously invites me for a swim during the summer months. His four children have four cars and Nick has three along with that of his wife. None of the […]

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Zroom Ferrari Zroom

May 24, 2016 – 12:18 am

My mother deteriorated rapidly in her bed at MGH. She was in the final stages of her battle with cancer. It was not a pretty fight, but her beauty remained intact to the end. On Christmas Eve my mother held my hand and said, “I’m so happy I made Christmas.” “Me too.” I thought about […]

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