Stan Cornyn and the liner notes
In an earlier installment I made a list of the 10 most influential books in my life. It wasn’t easy to do, writing…
Read MoreIn an earlier installment I made a list of the 10 most influential books in my life. It wasn’t easy to do, writing…
Read MoreMental illness comes in many forms. Mine renders me functional to the extent that I perform enough work to get paid now and…
Read MoreCrowds of people are not my idea of a good time. I like my space and I don’t like noise. Crowds of drunk…
Read MoreHollywood Park, Texas, teemed with children in the early 1970s but my playtime involved only a handful of them. Beverly and Suzie, who…
Read MoreDear Mr. Dukakis, I read the article about you in the Boston Globe a few days ago. At first I thought just that…
Read MoreIn last night’s dream I was lounging in a slouchy, ’50s-teenager kind of way against the corner of a building on the Harvard…
Read MoreThere are people who go gaga for sandwiches. You don’t have to look very far to find folks who live for grilled cheese…
Read MoreI am not much for competition in any form or forum, but in the kitchen it appeals to me even less. The proper…
Read More(I joke a lot but what I’m about to tell you is not a joke.) A comment came in to my blog today….
Read MoreThe worst roadside restroom I ever visited was in northwest Indiana. It was 1989 and a friend and I were on a late-night…
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