Penobscot Falcon

By Eric Green

Additional Column Posts (1 - 12 of 12)

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  Quitting art, judgments, and writing a novel

  By Eric Green - Nov 09
  It's a given that we don't know what's going to happen in our lives, yet once a life-changing incident has occurred, it's also precarious to ...
  

• Eating habits, Pesci and going local

  By Eric Green - Feb 27
  My friend Frank, whom I've written about before in this column, used to telephone me every few months during the late '80s before he died. He was ...
  
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  Churches, religion and a toothless bite

  By Eric Green - Dec 01
  I confess, I've never been religious and I've never joined a church. I have, however, had some unusual experiences in churches besides the ...
  

• House guests, bike gangs and just saying no

  By Eric Green - Aug 18
  The phone rang the other day. I answered for once. "Hey," my friend said, "she finally left!" "Who?" "My wife's house guest. She was ...
  

• Shoes, shopping and other addictive disorders

  By Eric Green - Jul 14
  I like to buy women's shoes. Or more accurately put: I like to buy women shoes. Actually, I like to buy my wife shoes, though she wasn't my wife ...
  

• Greenhouses, spring planting and a perfect summer

  By Eric Green - May 26
  "Twenty-eight degrees on my barn thermometer at five this morning," said the fellow after settling the 50-pound bag of 5-10-10 fertilizer into the ...
  

• Mayans, 2012 and the end of the world

  By Eric Green - Apr 01
  Some believe that the ancient Mayans have predicted that our world will end in 2012. I tend to agree with them. There was a rather adolescent ...
  
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  Gifts, hysteria and a perfect plaid

  By Eric Green - Dec 21
  Our cat brings me birds. He has a particular voice for this on approach, and when I hear it, my heart drops a few inches because I know I'm in for ...
  
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  Bears, eccentrics and a poetry clothesline

  By Eric Green - Nov 03
  Sunday morning I walked out into my yard to find a fresh hole in the ground. A horseshoe post had been dug up during the night, the shovel marks ...
  

• Elizabeth, cancer and a way home

  Aug 11
  We often hear the phrase, "died after a courageous fight with cancer." But is there courage in being ill? After all, sick people have no choice ...
  

• Personalities, cool and the American underdog hero

  By Eric Green - Jun 23
  No one minds being referred to as cool, and I think everyone has some idea what it is. Of course that perception is always changing, and each ...
  

• Mom behind the wheel and SoundRacer

  By Eric Green - Apr 14
  My mother had a tempestuous relationship with cars. Basically, she wrecked everything she drove except one vehicle, a VW Sirocco that miraculousl...