For Rebecca

Tonight was the closest that I have ever come to seeing our county, our town, and our home from the view of my own wife, my own flesh.

Blessed Be the Ties That Bind

In the last dozen years we have been on the receiving end of any number of solicitations to move away from New Jersey. Many of them are lighthearted and congenial daydreams from the lips of sincere friends. We reply to these with an earnest measure of flattery, affirmation, and/or acknowledgment.