Same old politics
Back to the same-old, same-old; no one is watching the till anymore. And it makes it doubly-tough when the media is part of the Establishment, including past media types, like […]
Uncle Pitts
My Uncle Pitts. An Italian from Pittsburgh. Who has a name like that anymore? Who delights in their children to this degree anymore? A full kiss on the lips, holding […]
Don’t look back
I forgot what it was like to be in Kansas City. To be hearing the same things that Funk and I heard 4 years ago. Well, at least one of […]
50 years with the Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead – 5 July 2015. The last song, Attics of my Life, the perfect goodbye, from a perfect band, never sung more beautifully. Thank you for all the […]
Of Infants
Tip No. 542: NEVER ask directions from your husband or offspring. All I wanted was to find one little antique store that was not far from our rental. Eight miles […]
Just a slight alteration to plans
I’ve gone out of my mind. I’m cutting short a family vacation (how many more of those will come my way with adult children?) to attend the final (on Earth) […]
What I go through just to be with them, again
Oh Lord, am I ever outside my comfort zone! I’m on the street in New York City waiting for a bus to take me to a sort of Grateful Dead […]
Do mayors get stoned?
On the way to the almost-Grateful-Dead concert. Before the contact high, even though Funk LOOKS stoned.