This book pushes a number of my buttons. History, Wine, Intrigue, and most of all – the button that gets me started on a rant about how underappreciated Missouri is. In The Wild Vine, Todd Kliman has focused his skills … Continue reading →
If you remember
Continue reading →I’ve noticed that people seem to fall into two distinct camps when it comes to how they relate and react to songs. There are people like me, who are all about the words. And there are other people who are … Continue reading →
I’m sick of ribbons. Every color of ribbon. I’m sick of seeing red ribbons and having them remind me of what my brother suffered before he died of AIDS. I’m sick of seeing pink ribbons and thinking about my father’s … Continue reading →
Here in America we have bridges to nowhere; international airports with no airline tenants; & pork barrel boondoggles in every state. But we are amateurs compared to the government of Scotland. The ugliest building in the world is owned by … Continue reading →
I had a most fascinating customer in the store today. He teaches mortuary sciences at a local college. He’s planning his next sabbatical. He spends every summer in a different culture learning about how they bury their dead. Last year … Continue reading →
So, here’s the set-up… You have a crystal ball that tells you that you will never be able to travel again. This is the last year you will ever, for the rest of your life, have the opportunity to go … Continue reading →
My experience with dried peaches was the sweetened dehydrated kind you buy as a snack. These didn’t look so much dehydrated as fossilized. It was obvious they still contained their pits. They were as hard as a dried up walnut. … Continue reading →
That the end of the road, on the Isle of Seil is a town called Easdale. At least it’s Easdale on the map. But, locally it just takes the name of the entire peninsula – Seil. Easdale is a beautiful … Continue reading →
September is just around the corner, honest it is. And it isn’t too soon to begin planning for the 2010 FamiliesRoc Walk/Run for Ovarian Cancer. Here is a video from last year’s 5th annual. An amazing turnout! Won’t you join … Continue reading →