5 Star Amazon review for my new book, Rescue 911. Thank you Jackmac! This is a collection of stories from retired Providence, R.I. Fire Dept. Capt. Michael Morse. Morse served as an EMT/Firefighter before retiring in 2013. This is a great collection that brings to light the stressful and sometimes comic calls he has responded […]
Am I outraged by Donald Trump? No. Weinstein? Nope. The Clintons? Hell no. A bunch of football players taking a knee? Far from it. The number of Me Too’s on my Facebook feed? Not surprised or outraged. I save my outrage for the kids I’ve seen burned with cigarettes, raped by their babysitters, women beaten, […]
I stepped into The Warwick Public Library this morning, it’s where I do most of my writing for publication these days, and lo and behold, there it was, The Ramones, and me, sharing the spotlight. Who says dreams don’t come true! It’s 1977, I’m fifteen and inside The Living Room, a Downcity nightclub with a […]
I don’t know if people like me–people who are trained to respond and are confident in their ability to do so–see mass casualties differently than most. When I see images from the latest disaster, terrorist attack, or mass shooting flash across my screen, my eyes are drawn to the rescuers, not the victims. I focus […]
“Welcome to Providence,” my training officer said to us, sixty-four trainees all about to begin a career in the fire service. Some of us had experience, some did not. We were told to forget everything we knew or thought we knew about the vocation we had chosen, because now we were going to learn things […]