James Kelly made a point back then, said, “What’s the point of sleepin; There’ll be time for that when we get done with the company we’re keepin.” -Tim O’Brien (“The Tide Flows into Milltown”) At our son’s wedding in June, our friend (and fellow Strawberry Koalan) Larry Chung told me that he’d be coming over [...]
If you have Tommy on your iPod, fire it up. Or fire up this: Tommy – Overture We saw Roger Daltrey at the Villa Marina a week ago. If you are our age and grew up on what is now known as “Classic Rock”, I don’t need to tell you who he was. He was [...]
I’m just returning from the Bay Area where we attended the extraordinary wedding of son David and his new bride, Mary. If you’re not familiar with their story, it’s kinda, well, incestuous. Mary is the daughter of Lisa’s dear friend from childhood, Anne. Lisa’s mom and Anne’s mom are dear friends of over 50 years. [...]
The “Tourist Trophy” (“TT” to everybody, everywhere) is a two-week series of motorcycle road races that comes every June to the Isle of Man. In many ways it is the heartbeat of the island, pumping in world-wide publicity, civic pride, and no small amount of money for 14 days, then everything returns to the palpable [...]
It’s not Fox Creek in Grayson County, VA; it’s definitely not the Davidson River near Brevard, NC. But the Groudle River (yes, they call it a river) is a five-minute walk from my front door. You could even see it from my front door if it weren’t all covered by the trees that surround it. [...]
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