Happy Birthday, Sweet Duke!
 Full disclosure: this posting may be of limited interest. Those of you who might be interested, you know who you are. Today is the 61st birthday of a most talented man. He began life as David Jones, morphed into ...

Sunday Will Never Be The Same
Ah, Sunday! Who doesn't love a day of leisure, a day that seems to run at a pace much slower than the rest of the days of the week? Such fond memories Sundays hold for me....Sundays are a day to ...

Fate? Destiny? Or Something Else?
 

Silver and Gold
FRIENDSHIP. Is there a sweeter word in this whole wide world?  The events of the past week or so have left me believing in the power of friendship. I am reminded of a little song we used to sing in Girl Scouts: Make new ...

The Spirit of (Holiday) Radio
Well, here we are, kiddies, enjoying (enduring) the onslaught of all-the-time, all-over-the-place Christmas music. Before you label me a Scrooge (or even a Grinch, given the color with which I have chosen to make my point), think about this.....There are ...

She Once Was Lost, But Now She's Found
 Baby Grace now has a name - Riley Ann Sawyers. The beaten body of a precious 2-year old girl found just off a desolate island in Galveston Bay has been tentatively identified, pending final DNA results, as Riley Ann ...

Oh, By the Way - Which One's Pink?
Driving down the highway a couple nights ago, I found the perfect accompaniment to the incredible light show Mother Nature was displaying in advance of the latest cold front - Pink Floyd's "One of These Days". The backlit clouds combined ...

What a Hip Daddy-O!
Today is a most special day - my father's birthday. In the lingo of his greaser days, he's a real gone Hep-Cat, a rockin' Daddy-O. How in the world to explain the coolness of a man who, like so many ...

All Hail the Rant!
Is there anything finer than a world-class rant? I mean, a really heartfelt, soulful spouting of one's viewpoint unleashed upon an unsuspecting public with all the force and fury of a hurricane in summer? There is something artful about a ...

Watch out for that hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent (I'd like to meet his Tailor!)
     Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair....Happy Halloween, yall! I hope your Halloween brings you lots of treats and a few tricks, if you truly want them! Along with costumes, parties, goodies, and just plain scary fun, Halloween has always ...