That was quite a cold snap we had in these parts last week. Why, it was cold enough to freeze the ears off of a brass monkey. By the way, back in the day a brass monkey was a rack that held cannon balls on the deck of a seafaring ship. When it got really cold, those...
It seems like just yesterday that I hooked up with my “child bride,” but, no, it was 52 years ago on Aug. 25 that I married my college sweetheart at a fancy church wedding in Whittier. Like a lot of weddings back in the day, the first song played by the organist was...
Now that summer is nearly over and the kiddos are back in school – instead of riding around the neighborhood on those noisy and annoying mini-motorcycles – it should be a lot quieter around these parts. That reminds me that autumn is one of my favorite times of the...
Labor Day weekend heralds the end of summer, even though it doesn’t officially end until the Sept. 22 autumnal equinox. But, for all practical purposes, summer as we know it here on the mountain is over and done. Yes, the so-called “Dog Days of Summer” are now upon...
Dagnabit (‘scuse me fer cussin’, Mom), I missed the Woodstock Music and Art Festival again. First time was Aug. 15-18, 1969, 56 years ago, on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. Seems I missed it again on Aug. 16, when Green Valley Lake again celebrated its annual...
At last spring’s American Music Awards presentation on May 26, Billie Eilish dominated the night by winning in all seven categories in which she was nominated, including Artist of the Year, Favorite Female R&B Artist and Favorite R&B Song. But do I care? Heck...
