At long last, what began as a sequel to Empty Seats is now available! Called Still Doing Time, it's the story of Jimmy Bailey, who first appeared in Empty Seats, as he began his quest to make it in Major League Baseball, only to find himself in a maximum-security...
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Two Hot Weeks Every July
(Wanda Fischer photo) Spending Two Weeks in Southwestern Virginia Was Always a Challenge My father was from the south, my mother from the north. For fifty weeks out of the year, we lived on the South Shore of Boston. Neither of my parents graduated from high school,...
In the Booth
Remembering the Day I was the Public Address Announcer for the Red Sox Wanda in the booth at Fenway Park on August 5, 2012, announcing a game between the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. Doesn't seem possible that it was twelve years ago today when I took the elevator to...
My Father Was a Hillbilly
My late father, Giles Adams, with his mother, Maude Adams, in 1976--the only time she ever visited my family in Massachusetts. My (late) later was a hillbilly. He would have told you so if you'd have had the opportunity to meet him. He was proud of where he came...
Dick Summer, Radio DJ Par Excellence, RIP
I wrote to Dick Summer several years ago, telling him how much his broadcasts on WBZ radio in Boston meant to me. I wasn’t in radio back then. I was in high school. He was an all-night DJ on clear channel (not the same thing as Clear Channel) WBZ. He was...
Happy Anniversary, Ma and Dad
Seventy-seven years ago, today, the woman who would become my mother, Gertrude Agnes Theresa Dwyer, and the man who would become my father, Giles Jesse Adams, boarded a Greyhound Bus in Boston, along with two of their friends, and headed to Seabrook, New Hampshire....
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It’s a novel about baseball–and life.
Three strangers met by chance in 1972 with one thing in common: baseball. They want to become major league baseball players. They were star pitchers on the baseball teams in their respective home towns, and baseball is what brought them together to play for a minor-league team in a remote town in western New York.
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A Day in My Life, April 1, 2024 — No April Fool’s Joke Here
Although I'm no longer in the Rave Reviews Book Club (RRBC) 30-day blog challenge (it ended on March 30), I would like to take a moment to toast the four people who joined me in that challenge--Pat Garcia, Joy Lilley (who both live in Europe), Nonnie Jules (RRBC's...
A Day in My Life, March 30, 2024 — The Final Day of the RRBC 30-Day Blog Challenge
Today may be the last day of the Rave Reviews Book Club 30-Day Blog Challenge, but there's no way that I will stop blogging. I have had way too much fun over the last month to quit here. I've been able to swap stories with four other incredible bloggers from different...
A Day in My Life, March 29, 2024 — Vietnam Veterans Day and Other Musings
Today I've been thinking about days gone while considering the fact that today is Vietnam Veterans Day. My husband is a Vietnam Veteran, but perhaps not your "typical" one. He was a conscientious objector. His draft number in 1970 was 20, so he knew for sure he would...
A Day in My Life, March 28, 2024 — Even a Gray Day
It's a gray, overcast day here. I started out the morning by playing doubles tennis for an hour and a half, then heading out to see my old friend, the dermatologist (I swear, I've been putting her daughter through medical school with my white Irish skin). I sent out a...
A Day in My Life, March 27, 2024 — Happy 70th Birthday to My Late Sister, Patty
My cousin Helen (birthday: March 25, 1947), sister Patty (birthday: March 27, 1954) and me My cousin Helen's 77th birthday was March 25, 2024 Today would have been my sister Patty's seventieth birthday, had she not passed away in February 2006. She was a funny,...
A Day in My Life, March 26, 2024 — School Days, School Days, Dear Old Golden Rule Days
30-day blogging challenge On Tuesdays I go to an elementary school in my area, via a program called Reading is Fun. I work one-on-one with two students--one in the second grade, one in the third--whose reading skills are lower than their grade level. It's an...
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