All writings contained herein were originally published in the Cape Cod Times between 1987 and 2013. They are substantially intact in their original form. I have done this deliberately to maintain the character and atmosphere of the times and occasions in which they were written over these 26 years. A special note to the reader: this is not a "Greatest Hits" album, nor is it a collection of "The Best Of..." I have selected the pieces for this collection in an attempt to provide the reader with a sampling of the diverse topics that my 1400 consecutive Sunday columns represent. Thank you for that opportunity. I hope I have been successful. Only you can be the judge of that. I do promise that I will make you laugh and make you cry. Enjoy... Dan McCullough Rock Harbor Orleans, Massachusetts August 19th, 2013
About the Author: ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born and raised in Rhode Island, Dan McCullough has been travelling and writing since he was a teenager, twice hitchhiking coast-to-coast across America and into Canada and Mexico before he was 20 years old, keeping journals, writing poetry and short stories based on his journeys. Since then he has travelled to Israel, China, Mexico, Central and South America, Egypt, Morocco, the Azores, the Canaries, at least 50 trips to Europe, including every corner of Scotland, all of the major islands of the Caribbean, most of the provinces of Canada, and 47 of the 50 states. Over the course of his life, he has worked as a dishwasher, golf caddy, bartender, commercial fisherman, landscaper, lobster dealer, sailing instructor, interstate Teamsters' Union semi-trailer truck driver, technical writer, stonemason, and gravedigger. "Sailing Alone On Sundays" is his fourth book. His previous publication, "Out of the Cave," a reader's introduction to philosophy, is currently in its 5th printing. As a playwright, his works have seen five productions in southeastern New England. He is the author of dozens of short stories and his work has been printed in several journals. He has published 1,400 newspaper columns and articles in the Cape Cod Times, The Providence Journal, and other periodicals. Teaching college philosophy for four decades, he did his undergraduate work at Providence College, completing his graduate studies at Boston University. He is currently tenured professor of philosophy at Cape Cod Community College, where he has received the Excellence in Teaching Award. He has been the resident medical ethicist on the Cape Cod Hospital Ethics Committee for the past 20 years. As a medical ethicist, he has written several articles on medical ethics published in such places as South Africa, Sweden, and Israel. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant to study medical ethics in the People's Republic of China. He is the father of one child, Daniel III, grandfather of two: Alexander and Andrew, and father-in-law to their beloved mother, Kimberly Trudel. He currently resides on Cape Cod, near the fishing village of Rock Harbor, where he has lived most of his life.