I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being read more

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.

Richard was a bright guy. He had a lot of good travel skills, obviously. Many (escapees) just stay right around read more

Richard was a bright guy. He had a lot of good travel skills, obviously. Many (escapees) just stay right around Salem, so we've been able to bring them back into the hospital. We haven't been that lucky with Richard.

I think we just started to play hockey. It was pretty torturous for the first two periods there. We had read more

I think we just started to play hockey. It was pretty torturous for the first two periods there. We had a few brief moments in there where we did play good or looked all right, but, for the most part, we looked like a pee-wee team out there.

Everything depends on political developments.

Everything depends on political developments.

We have immediate needs such as fixing radio interoperability problems, repayment of local police for guarding airports, firefighter grants, and read more

We have immediate needs such as fixing radio interoperability problems, repayment of local police for guarding airports, firefighter grants, and other homeland security needs that the Congress and president need to act on, ... Funds for these urgent priorities were cut in the 2002 supplemental spending bill.

We call it a wardrobe. It's a magic place where children find out that the world is a place of read more

We call it a wardrobe. It's a magic place where children find out that the world is a place of infinite possibilities.

However, we address these (incursions) as the serious criminal acts that they are, and these cases are actively pursued.

However, we address these (incursions) as the serious criminal acts that they are, and these cases are actively pursued.

Miami was coming off of a tough loss and I thought if we got that doubles point we would have read more

Miami was coming off of a tough loss and I thought if we got that doubles point we would have a lot of momentum. We couldn't capitalize on that momentum and that's unusual for us.

Last year I had them play doubles at tournaments, (and during conference matches) I put them at one and two read more

Last year I had them play doubles at tournaments, (and during conference matches) I put them at one and two singles. That was the best way to get success, I put our four best kids in the top four spots.