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When we leave the comfort of our home and venture out into the disabled-unfriendly world beyond, Kim and I know something will bite us in the ass. We just never know what form it’s going to take. We hadn’t flown in two years. During that time, I grew weaker and fatter, and airplane seats grew… Continue reading February 2019 Cruise Post #1: We’ll Never Fly Again (but of course we will)

Join me at Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland, Maine at 6:30 PM on March 14. See below.

As I wrote in my 2018 annual summary, I have been forced to learn how to complete more tasks without using my hands. This presents some unique challenges. For example, when I could no longer turn the pages on a book, I began reading e-books. When it became more difficult for me to control an… Continue reading The Pitfalls of a Hands-Free Existence

I’ve always enjoyed the craft of writing. As a student, I dabbled in fiction, but as a senior in high school my prize essay was a piece of creative nonfiction, portending my future. But after high school, I became an engineer and businessperson. I took pride in crafting reports that were clearly written and thoroughly… Continue reading 2018 – The Year I Published a Book

Seventeen years is a long time to have had MS. Unimpressed by the number seventeen? How about the fact that I’ve lived with MS for upwards of 5 billion seconds? That’s a lot of seconds to have had MS, and I haven’t taken a single one of them off. Welcome to my annual post where… Continue reading 2018 Annual Report

2010 was an eventful year for me, and I commemorated it with this Christmas poem. You may enjoy following a few of the hyperlinks for old times sake…   Merry Disabled Christmas   This year I endured disabled surgery And read disabled books I contributed to a disabled charity And thwarted disabled crooks I sailed on a disabled cruise… Continue reading Merry Disabled Christmas 2018

How about a copy of ENJOYING THE RIDE: Two Generations of Tragedy and Triumph? If you live in southern Maine, print copies are available at CIA Café and Nonesuch Books in South Portland, for $15.99 per copy. Amazon.com also has ENJOYING THE RIDE available in 3 versions (click on the one you want): Print: $15.99 Audio:… Continue reading Wondering What to Buy that Special Someone for Christmas?

I wrote in my book: During my sophomore year on the high school track team, my future wife stood out among the other freshman runners because of her blazing speed, playful personality, and nice ass. These were the criteria I used to select my life partner. Brilliant, right? After one date, Kim decided we would… Continue reading How to Select the Ideal Life Partner

My friend Meg burst onto the MS blogging scene in 2013, not with a whimper but a bang. She calls her website BBHwithMS.com, where BBH stands for Boobs, Boots, and Hair. Although most of us write cautiously, being careful not to offend, Meg writes courageously, as if to say, “Don’t like my blog? Well, nobody’s… Continue reading Book review — SEGWAY INTO MY NEW LIFE: A Story of Diagnosis, by Meg Lewellyn

My friend, Dave King, who figures prominently in the book, helped me pull together this audio version, so that I didn’t have to invest thousands of dollars for a professional narrator in a studio. Plus, I think it’s kind of nice to have listeners hear my story in my voice, flawed as it is. I… Continue reading Audiobooks Now for Sale! ENJOYING THE RIDE: Two Generations of Tragedy and Triumph