Bret and I have known each other for 11 years. We met at St. John's College in Santa Fe where he was studying the great thinkers of the ancient East and I was attempting those of the West. Bret still lives in Santa Fe with ...
Luke is a stud. Luke attended Mater Dei, Gonzaga, Brown. From a boy and before that perhaps from his father, Luke's number one love was football. From MapleWood to MD to Gonzaga -- Luke played football and lacrosse and ex...
Jose is a rising senior at Georgetown Prep who is a phenomenal young man who happens to be very good at soccer. Jose recently committed to attend Duke University as a student-athlete, but before that Mater Dei helped Jose fo...
Alex Thomas recently married Maggie Davis who happens to be the sister of my beautiful fiance, Debbie!!! Alex has become a fast friend because we both enjoy literature (we talk Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Melville, Tim O'Brien), Ph...
Terry went to Mater Dei, Prep, Duke, where he played lacrosse and captained the team -- sounds like a familiar path, but what is more is that at the end of Independence Month he is off to Coronado, CA for the first step towar...
Monsignor John Ensler has always preferred Father John. He says there have been so many good priests who have not been given this title, and I believe this to be true. But I have also had the thought that is it because Fath...
Alyssa sold me my house and has help sell many of my neighbors their homes. Alyssa lives a street over here in the mean-streets of the "Hamlet" -- my home since high school, and has earned herself quite the prominent status ...
John is a Mater Dei Griffin, Georgetown Prep Hoya, and Loyola Greyhound, and he recent has placed the stick and cleats in the closet, but not before helping lead the 'Hounds into the quarterfinals of the NCAA lacrosse tourna...
Matty Thompson is tearing it up on the lacrosse field of High Point University -- but a little differently than you may think. There is a story about a UNC football player who was about to hang up the cleats mid-career when ...
I taught Will Giblin 1st grade PE and 8th grade history -- not in the same year -- and Will says that was the only class he says that he fell asleep in -- not in the PE!!! Other than the nap, Will and I have always got along...
I have known Gail as long as I have known Henry. I have known Henry as long as he has known Linda. And I have truly known my sister as long as Henry and Linda have been in love -- and that has been a finger-licking long and...
FENELLA is founder and leading principle of Fenella's Finds -- which is an online, instagram-based consignment marketplace. As FaceBook Marketplace has grown too large, Fenella steps in and offers you a more intimate, genuin...
Marshall was a great Griffin at MD and he is a senior at the brink of graduation from the school of Eye Street -- GONZAGA!!! Marshall picked up lacrosse quite young, and it was in his seventh grade year that he felt a pull t...
Justin came to Mater Dei in 6th grade and he was instantly liked and respected. In competitive arenas, Justin excelled in the classroom and on the athletic fields. He went on to Georgetown Prep where he did just the same -...
Coach Fegan was the football coach for Georgetown Prep from 1961 - 1996. Coach was and still is a legend!!! Whenever I run into the old ball coach, it is always pleasant -- whether it is on Prep campus, Annapolis, or the sh...
Matty Callahan is son of Tracy who was on the 'cast back in season one. Matty and I bonded over philosophy and have become recent and fast friends. We sit down and talk just that -- philosophy, books, fathers, football, gol...
Matthew is a later-in-life friend (don't know if that is a term but it is now) who has become a fast friend. We go deep into topics of divorce, depression, keys to living your best life, kids, and more. Tough topics are tou...
Austin and I go back to 2nd grade at Mater Dei School. We were good friends in GriffinLand. Austin went on to St. Alban's and then to Bowdoin College where he played lacrosse and went to Florence with his soon to be wife Ma...
Matt Markoff is the one of three brothers who are responsible for the outdoor sensation which is Calleva and the insane creation which is The Haunted Forest!! WE have been friends for 15 years -- when Mater Dei first signed ...
Dave is a rock star -- literally -- he is one of the founding members of the Kentucky Avenue Band -- and they rock. Their new album just debuted two weeks ago -- so this was perfect timing to sit down with Dave and talk musi...
Susan and I go back to Ayden, her younger son, was in 1st grade PE. In 1986 Susan began working for Ridgewells and 11 years later she bought it -- that kinda sums up this serious go-getter. It was a treat to sit down with Su...
Arch love movies; I love movies. Arch knows a lot about knows -- I know something about something and a little about movies. We have a conversation over ZOOM about MOVIES -- present and past. I hope that you enjoy, for Arc...
My #1 SIS and her favorite sibling like Tuesdays. Tuesdays have become our day. We sat down in the morning on a beautiful and was to become steamy Tuesday to talk the Rock, our weight-loss competition, Florida (of course), ...
I taught Tommy and Connor since first grade and not they are 8th graders set to graduate from Mater Dei -- but not without a month of fun!!! We sat down to talk sports, the 'vid, Popeyes, LEDO, and all other things interesti...
