All-nighters used to smell of hot wax and hypo
There’s stuff going on that has necessitated that, once again, I work the night shift. I’ll admit I had thought...
Top 10, right now
Herman’s Hermits — Blaze (Herman’s Hermits album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) one of the ’60s British Invasion bands that really didn’t...
Quonset
The war ended nearly, what, 70 years ago? I feel like I could browse through Google Street View safely without...
Map of the World, 1977
I came across this 1977 map. It’s of Scotia, Schenectady, and Mechanicville. That third one seems a bit odd, but...
It doesn’t matter if you want it back
Not enough attention to this blog lately, while Hoxsie gets my love nearly every day! It’s been years since we’ve...
How this all got out of hand
It all started so innocently. After 80 years and several rehabs, it was time for our glassed-in porch, with its...
“There is no tragedy like this under the sky”
There is a popular and often-repeated notion that romantic love is a modern invention of the Western world. Writer after...
Not The Summer of Fun
This was, unfortunately, not The Summer of Fun. It started with such promise – my wife was through her cancer...
What I learned on my summer vacation
They say travel broadens the mind until you can’t get your head out of doors. (“They” in this case being...
How I spent my summer vacation
As usual, July is gone. This year, it was a flurry of 2x4s, drywall, windows, and, when I could stay...