“Wild Thing, I Think I Love You!”

“But I want to know for sure!
C’mon and — hold me tight.
You mooove me.”
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Having a little too much in common

Have you heard about the parted-at-birth twins who got married?
Eeeeep.
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Fletcher’s — Why Life So Hard?

It was Thursday shortly after 5 PM, and Ron had just finished restocking the coolers; he was ready for the evening crowd. He stopped to re-fill his coffeecup, noting the place was already half full, and took a moment to scan the customers dispersed along the bar.
Jim Garvin, the only regular in so far, [...]

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Happy Winter Solstice

I’m going to go have a beer this evening with my friend Brian to celebrate the solstice. We generally get together for a pint this time of year, to note the days beginning to get longer. It’s dark early now, but getting brighter, which sounds pretty good to me.
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So, Was It Worth the Trip?

I’ve mentioned my wife’s talent with stained glass before, and you can see more of it here.
When she first mentioned taking a beadmaking class it was in the context of learning how to make buttons, so I didn’t quite grok it. It was part of a design element for her lamps, and the [...]

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It’s nice to make new friends

While visiting Paul and Kathy in Minnesota, good friends I’ve known a long time, I also got to know some new members of the family. Pictured is Leia (with dog tags), who Paul believed was at a height disadvantage in her efforts to get to know me better.

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What Is It About Dentists?

When I go into a grocery store, I don’t get a bunch of clerks scolding me for buying cheddar cheese or fat-laden salad dressing or a bag of lime-flavored taco chips (god love ‘em). If I go see a movie the ticket-taker doesn’t admonish me for watching such prurient trash.
How come it’s so hard to [...]

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Strangers in a Familiar Foreign Land

We watched a very engaging movie last night about four North Africans who volunteer to fight for the French. Part and parcel of the story is that these men are fighting for a nation that has colonized their own countries. As soldiers in Europe they find themselves in wonderfully ambiguous places, confronting scenes and situations [...]

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Little Color, Except for the Personal

Okay, a little research would have let me know it wasn’t the best year to visit the Upper Midwest looking for autumn color. The Midwest had a dry spring and summer, then a very stormy September.
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“And I Couldn’t Believe My Luck”

A few months back I wrote about the good life. No, more than the good life, the fantastic life, top of the world, and how it might be enjoyed in Manhattan mid 20th century, by a star having life by the tail, living in tall cotton or deep clover.
That was a joie de vivre forged [...]

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