"A clutch of words that causes a clutch at the heart..."

Observations and ruminations of a small-town writer.

Writer Adam

Writer Adam
Location
Newburgh, New York,
Bio
I'm a newspaper reporter. That's right, we're not dead yet. I walk through the world every day, armed with only a notebook, a pen and curiosity. Then I report back to you. I'm a cancer survivor, a basketball player and a college professor. But mostly a journalist, here to write and be read.

MY RECENT POSTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 8:22AM

Where were you when...?

Where were you when...?

That's the question a lot of people will be asking today as we engage in that great, cathartic ritual of telling our stories.

I was just on the other side of the Hudson River, in Hoboken, N.J., starting my 22nd day of college. Tuesday's were a nightmare… Read full post »

APRIL 5, 2009 10:17PM

The blossoming of a new season

Spring arrived while you were busy at the office.

Just walk outside and look. Tree buds are opening. Brown grass is regaining color. Streams are running and girgling again. 

But for me nothing says spring like Opening Day. Yup, baseball starts tomorrow and I couldn't be happier. I can feel… Read full post »