The Lake Boy

My brother Alfie wasn’t a typical big brother. Unlike most children who may feel threatened when a newborn sibling enters the picture, he had prepared himself during my nine-month swim in my mother’s uterine pool of amniotic fluid to assume the role of mentor and teacher from the moment I saw daylight. He was going…

PARTY TIME (A Lake Boy Tale) Gayle Road is a steeply graded street located on the east side of Skaneateles Lake; on the outer Eastern border but still within the village limits. Lined on either side with relatively modest ranch style homes, the street descends sharply in altitude, curves suddenly to the south at a…