perspective perch

My friend John is a good friend. His comment to me….on Facebook….about my post yesterday was, “I think completing a really nice porch to sit on and sip lemonade as you contemplate (plan) what to build on to it would … Continue reading

that porch

Of course, it would go a lot faster with this porch than with the porch over at the new place. It’s a smaller porch that these over-caffeinated guys are slamming through. You can make fast work of a small porch. … Continue reading

the core on the edge

I saw something nice down in Greenville yesterday. We were in a toy store on Main St. and a father came in with his young daughter and started talking to the cashier. “My son bought a bat and ball….but somehow … Continue reading

rocking hard….backwoods style

I’d forgotten how good this was. A friend posted it on Facebook a while back and I watched and enjoyed it….but, dang….it’s good. That’s the beauty of a good pair of overalls….you can be a stealth genius and no one … Continue reading

all this science….and the first hand remembrances

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfGwoU1nXtE How about this? All these dudes dressed in furs….screwing around in the snow. That’s pretty wild. And….how the heck did they get film of all this stuff? I thought it was all supposed to have happened before they were … Continue reading

funk number

Here’s some versionsĀ of this song that I’ve never heard before…. So funky….so good….makes me happy to hear it. and….then….this one….. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…..what? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGTwwACz_I … Continue reading

Hemingway’s My Cousin

Things close to home are undervalued. If your cousin is/was Hemingway, then he might just be the guy who smoked on the porch, threatening to box anyone who disputed his opinion or questioned his manhood. He wouldn’t be anything important. … Continue reading

My Coffee…..and Ben Sollee

A friend at work said, “I always wake up before I have my coffee.” He was kidding around with me. I told him that it was a smart sequence of events. It would make for a wet set of blankets … Continue reading

I’m a Tagalong

My friend John mentioned going to see this guy a while back. Glenn Phillips….from Atlanta….been there forever. I remember seeing him play somewhere in downtown Atlanta….and that Anne Richmond Boston of the Swimming Pool Q’s played on the same bill … Continue reading

I’M GETTING TOO OLD FOR ALL THIS NOISE

I used to think that a job at a music store would be kind of cool. I’d rather work at a factory again. At least there, you’d know there was a reason for the noise I went to the new … Continue reading