

Big Sur - Never Meet Your Heroes!
There is the adage “one should never meet your heroes.” I have learned that truth as the times I have met someone I admired just...


If You Have Ever Been My Friend...
If you have ever been my friend … chances are pretty good I am going to miss you some time or another. You are particularly in danger of...


Fix Or Repair Daily
A 1966 Ford Mustang or a 1966 Ford Falcon? Seems a pretty easy choice for anyone except my Father. I was 17 years old and wanted the...


Wrasslin' in the UHF Snow Globe
I do not claim to have walked to school in the snow, uphill, both ways, although I did walk to and from school in the first grade in the...


Bobbie pins, blue paint & blue language
Memory is fleeting as anyone who has reached their “7s” can confirm…or deny if enough sand has trickled through the hourglass so the...


Snow Ice Cream
Elvis always croons on my birthday because we share the day, although he isn’t using January 8th much anymore except for the radio and TV...


Retire - Recharge - Rewrite
I’m staring at a blank page I would like to fill for the first time in about four years. Today is my 71st birthday and seven days ago I...