It’s been a tough NFL offseason for me. From the time the Super Bowl ended then through the free agency announcements and NFL draft I’ve been waiting and anticipating the beginning of the regular season games.
Due to the many mandatory furlough days I have been required to take this summer I have had too much time to reflect on this offseason as I lay on the beach.
You see I have a small get away cottage on the Rhode Island coast.
It’s always been a sanctuary for me. A place separated from my work-week grind; a place where everything else is forgotten. No television and no phone service are allowed; I thought it was a good idea long ago.
It’s not a grand place; it’s just a beach shack really. But for 20 years now it’s been my Shangri-La.
Usually it’s only a place to change into our swim suits, cook and eat our meals and eventually lay our heads down for sleep in anticipation of the next sunny day.
I’ve spent a lot of time down here at the beach this year because of those said furlough days I mentioned.
It has not been the same this year. There’s been to much foul weather and no...
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