Category: Stories from My Life

  • Mariners Cliffside Beach Resort, Sandy Ground, Anguilla, BWI

    If you’re coming for a visit to Anguilla, we hope you consider our beautiful beachfront escape, the Mariners Cliffside Beach Resort. We are located directly on the beach in Sandy Ground, which has the best night life on the island. The white sand and bright blue water will melt away any semblance of stress. We…

  • What Is “dingtwist”?

    Some of you have been wondering where I got the name for the site. “dingtwist” is a strange word you haven’t heard before. When I was a kid, maybe 11 or 12 years old, I was hanging out with some neighborhood friends and we got in a small argument. My friend Richard became frustrated and…

  • Winter’s First Snow

    Winter’s First Snow

    The sun rose cold and red, but the first snow clouds of the winter snuffed it out before it could brighten the land.                         And finally the sleeping trees and the rolling gray fields have their first coat of snow.

  • The Nature of Time

    The Nature of Time

    She stretches and coils, bounces and boils. A torturous lover who craves our attention then makes us suffer for having given it. “You came here to experience me. Do not ignore me,” she says. We humans are obsessed with time. I bet there are at least four clocks in your immediate vicinity. There are five…

  • Sungazing – A Complete Guide + Resources

    Sungazing – A Complete Guide + Resources

    Disclaimer: I am neither a doctor nor a scientist and am not recommending partaking in the practice of sungazing. If you decide to do so, it is at your own discretion and you are solely responsible for any harm you may endure as a result. Growing up, we were all warned about the sun. You’ll burn…

  • A November Morning

    A November Morning

    November is the least aesthetically pleasing month of the year, at least in New England. The bright colors of October have passed and the winter snow awaits more favorable conditions. Everything is brown and gray and our uncomfortable acclimation to freezing temperatures is an almost daily chore. Nonetheless, since we are lucky enough to live…

  • Fresh Air

    There has been some stress lately, so I decided I needed to get outside. This was last Friday. As much as I love hiking with other people, a lot of the time I prefer to go alone so I can fully appreciate the woods without being distracted by conversation. So I didn’t invite anyone other…

  • Mount Greylock Hike

    Mount Greylock Hike

    On October 9th, 2013, Jen and I hiked Mount Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts, tucked way up in the northwest corner. We chose a Wednesday because this is peak foliage season up there which means the mountain spends its weekends covered with hikers. There’s also a road to the summit, so even people incapable of…

  • Sitting on a Park Bench

    Sitting on a Park Bench

    A lone maple leaf detaches from its life source, fluttering down into the pond to join its fallen friends already soft and brown with decay, the first casualties of an inexorable winter rapidly approaching. A fish hides in the leaf’s shade and nibbles off a snack. A bigger fish lurks deeper, hungry. The leaf fed…

  • I Quit My Job

    I Quit My Job

    I was at the beach a couple months ago swimming, as I do, by exhaling, sinking to the bottom, and letting myself be at the mercy of the waves. As my fingers brushed the sandy bottom, my left hand bumped a solid object, which was unexpected on this pure sand beach. It was a rock.…