I recently discovered a musician named Bobby Rush, who sings a combination Chicago Sound-Motown-Southern Blues. Along with Buddy Guy he is one of the last surviving old-school bluesmen. He was born in the south, moved to Chicago, and learned to play the guitar along the way. As younger Black people migrate to hip-hop, guys like …
I have written about my maintenance guy problems in my park in central New York State previously. I kissed a few frogs. J.B. had his good points but he dropped the ball one time too many and he was a slob. The guy I hired to replace him, Allen, seemed like a breath of fresh …
When I turned fifty, my doctor gave me a colonoscopy for a birthday present. He said, “Happy birthday. Now, assume the position”. After I woke up, he told me that he had pumped my intestine full of CO2 and cut out a benign polyp. I did not notice anything other than a slight wooziness, which …
Here are two communications that I recently received. The first was by email, the second by text: FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKIN VACINATED YOU STUPID TWISTED BRAINWASHED HUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, Without being rude here, why do we have to get vaccinated? Both were in reference to a rule in my parks. Applicants for residence need to …
A few years ago, I decided to grow potatoes on my property. We own a small fraction of an acre down-state, most of which is occupied by a century-plus old house. I try to use every available section of the land to grow things. Most years, I grow snow peas, tomatoes, hot peppers, basil, cilantro, …
The customer service windows at the post office in my town are staffed by three women. One of the women is older and quiet. The second is middle-aged, bitter and ontologically resentful. The third is younger and quite pleasant. The women do not share one eye between the three of them – but it would …
I have not flogged the techno-music group One Eyed Bastard Frog for some time. That is not for lack of belief or enthusiasm; it is merely because I thought that the message had gotten through and I did not want to bore readers. My SEO consultant tells me that I am wrong. You don’t let …
Fans of the Captain Underpants books will remember that each installment ends with one of the boys saying, “Here we go again”. In the books, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, who live in a small town in Ohio, have to deal with the antics of the principal of their school, who turns into a super-hero …
Rock King, the owner of Sister Kate’s in Stowe, wrote and performed a song in which he said where he would send each of his body parts when he died. His head would go one place, his liver somewhere else. He did not say what he would do with his privates. His ass would go …
This morning, as on all mornings, I turned on my phone shortly after my senses were assaulted by the rude stream of consciousness. As on all mornings, the first app I opened was email, and as on all mornings, I reached to delete a string of spam. But why was this morning different from all …