By Larry Bashe I suppose, when anyone talks about Brian McLane, they naturally focus on his lifetime of advocacy work on behalf of the disabled community. I happened to be with Brian the night he received an honorary degree from Niagara University in recognition of that lifetime of advocacy. And just so you’re aware of […]
I won’t write long today because, frankly, I don’t have it in me. My heart and mind are elsewhere. You see, this week my big brother Neal passed away. A few days ago, he experienced some sudden dizziness and disorientation that, it turns out, were the result of a brain bleed that, had he lived, […]
While I’ve not posted for months, it wasn’t because you weren’t in my thoughts. To the contrary. If you’re reading this now, rest assured, there’s a good chance that over the course of this long and particularly hot summer I’ve thought about you – and done so on more than one occasion. But rather than […]
By Brian McLane (The following is a touch long, and for that reason I offer this, a gentle note of caution. But should you venture forward, I truly hope you’ll find the story worth the trip.) It was the most important game of our lives, but for different reasons. Me, as an alum and former […]
By Brian McLane It’s certainly not a “stop the presses” moment when I tell you that, at least in my mind, 2021 was an awful year. It was a year, at least for many, full of too much pain, fear, desolation and, above all, loneliness. I should know. I lived and breathed many of those […]