Mea Culpa Poodle
It’s probably unnecessary to publish a formal correction to an earlier essay since that’s really…
Rec Room Rectory
And that title pretty much sums it up because throughout my youth the rec room…
10 More Musical Bookmarks
It was so much fun the first time that I’ve unleashed 10 more of my…
Lunch at Linebaugh’s
The late, great, John Hartford (bluegrass/songwriter) was an early musical inspiration of mine and in…
The ‘Toby’ Home Defense Kit
When I was 8 years old, an elderly friend of my mother’s, Mrs. Smith, passed…
10 Musical Bookmarks
Music denotes points of interest along the road of life, bookmarks if you will. We’ve…
Alone Again, Naturally?
Because there was no father on hand and because my mother tried to have a…
Set ‘Em Up, Joe: The True Story of Rudolph
There’s been plenty of speculation over the decades as to the source of Rudolph the…
The High Strepper
Seeing my 10 year-old strep throat stricken niece at Thanksgiving a few days ago reminded…
Charge of the Lightweight
Growing up in a U.S./Canadian border city with the great wilds of Windsor, Ontario a…