Let’s get this outta the way right up front: we are ALL gonna die. This is one of several docs that will be in the “Black Audit Bag” after I have said my final “Fuck Me!!” The “BAB” will include not only legal and financial documents. There will be directives, keepsakes, and copies of some…
I’ve been doing some spring cleaning. I’m calling it “packing to move.” I don’t plan on going anywhere soon, but I wanta get a head start for when that day does come. On Wednesday I went through the 2 drawers of my nightstand. I shredded or recycled about a foot-and-a-half tall stack of stuff….
Sometime in the late 90’s I started looking at the online edition of the St. Francois County Daily Journal several times a week. Mostly I just look at the obituaries. The D.J. is the only daily in the county where I was born, where my 92-year old dad lives today and where he has lived…
The precise order of events: 1. I saw a five word reply to a FB post : “Somebody needs to do something!” 2. A few minutes later, on a different thread in a different group, I saw almost the exact same words. 3. At that very same moment the song that was playing: “Somebody to…
Yesterday I made “an announcement” to 3 friends as we traveled the back roads from Pittsburg, KS to Springfield. Maybe only 2 of them heard me; Bruce mighta been snoozing at the time. We were coming home after a fantastic house concert by Paul Thorn at the Coda Concert House in Joplin and a fabulous…
Man-oh-man do I need to get busy or what?? I have been a total sluggard since I posted my bucket list just a bit short of two years ago, mid-march of ’17. Yet somehow I was diagnosed with fatigue on my birthday last September and advised to slow down… And I had TOTALLY forgotten about…
The dreaded letter (reproduced below if you dare) will get sent to some folks via e-mail. They’ll also get this link to the JibJab: https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/disco_christmas/b079887c-1399-46b3-99d9-734253cdf3e0 -=-==–=-= Hope your 2018 has been a good year. Mine was a dandy. Saw more live music than ever. It was Awesome. Crossed several artists off my “bucket list”…a bunch of…
It’s short. It’s simple. It’s true. Love trumps hate. Period. The 33rd Imagine Concert was the last “large venue” concert of the year for me, unless something unforeseen happens. I saw LOTS of large venue shows in 2018. 12/8/18 was a great evening in too many ways to list….but I’ll try: Friends Bar food Music…
I wrote about 7 “firsts” a year ago. Some fond memories there. Only one First this time. A sound. A sound that is unmistakeable, and not just the first time it’s heard. It’s the power. All that power. The sound of an ocean is a beautiful sound. The first time I heard it was almost…
The following went to quite a few folks via e-mail. Most of them will also get a JibJab. -=-=-=-= I hope your 2017 has been a good one. Mine has been pretty awesome. I’m a lucky guy. 1/1/17 began with coffee, waffles and the hair of the dog with friends at my favorite breakfast place…