My given name is James, but nobody calls me that. More on that later. ___________________ Before I get too far into my tale, let’s set the tone by introducing you to an outstanding young American tenor named Austin Brown:...
Our Feline Friends &cet
A few years back, I was tired of being ignored by my wife and I's two old, irascible cats. So I decided to acquire a male cat, which I'd heard was more likely to be affectionate and hang out with his person. Through pure happenstance and dumb luck, I blundered into...
For Jules
As most of you have no doubt heard by now, or beloved Hayeksplosives departed this realm a couple of weeks ago. I had the pleasure of meeting her on the weekend Zoom, then in person during GlibsCruise I. We'd kept up via text since then. This is the last message I...
Self-deprecation seems to be his thing, but he's not quite funny or clever enough to pull it off.
Best Friends, &cet
Skritches, plz.
New Orleans &cet
So it turns out that New Orleans has a pub crawl (not that it needs one). This particular street has law firms at either end, with seven bars in between. You pick up a card at Fleesum & Tick, get a square checked off when you have a cocktail at each bar, present...
Valentine’s Day, &cet
Coming up.
History Lesson, &cet
Sometime in the mid-nineteenth century, King Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies decided to go on safari in Africa. He killed a lion, an eland, and a hippopotamus, keeping the mounted heads for himself, and awarding the skins to three of his squires back...
The Man Behind the Poem
Take flight.
Man Overboard
On a moonless night some years ago, my friend Carlton Proulx jumped without warning from a speeding boat into a dark saltwater bay–outrageous behavior that I might have applauded had it not been my boat, my liability insurance, and my Coast Guard captain’s license...
There’s Stubborn… And Then There’s Savannah Stubborn
A big family goes up against the yankee government and holds their own
Craving Color? Consider Coleus
Ornamental gardening doesn’t have to be difficult
Another Cockamamie Scheme
Trying to take a little history home and grow it up
The Three Jacobs
Tragedy and coincidence in four wars
Summer Vacation Follow-Up: Christmas on the Coast
Whereupon your humble author and The Bosslady make a return to the Golden Isles of Georgia.
Summer Vacation Part II: St. Simons Island
Moar Shpip vacation!
Summer Vacation, Part I: The Outer Banks
In which we follow Shpip and The Bosslady through a couple of weeks of getting sand and salt spray in… everything.
One Little Town, Two Big Christmas Songs
Ocala, Florida wasn’t known for much back in the 1950s. No real natural resources if you don’t count the National Forest east of town, and while Silver Springs drew in some intrepid tourists back around the turn of the century, the attraction and its glass-bottomed boats weren’t exactly making the town a vacation destination.
Feed Me More
Ah! Distinctly I remember