Bryan's Posts About Living and Dying

“It’s Not About The Nail”

If you were in woods or wetlands all summer, as I was, and are among the one-percenters who missed this:

John Wires (1922-2013)

Saying goodbye to John Wires a week ago was unlike any other farewell we had shared for the better part of three decades. Even our outing that humid evening was unusual. John didn’t usually go for ice cream. But when…

Our Bottles Ourselves

By Bryan Pfeiffer Bobby Martino’s office is a menagerie of empties: sticky bottles, clacking cans and the aroma of stale beer. Here in the bottle room of M&M Beverage and Redemption Center in Barre Town, stale beer is the least…

Eulogy for my Father, Joe Pfeiffer (1925-2010)

On behalf of my family, I thank you all for coming today. We’re all here, family and friends together, to remember and celebrate the life of Joe Pfeiffer, a husband, uncle, cousin, grandfather, comedian, mench, kind of a klutz, and,…