I saw a clever piece this morning- no, it wasn’t on Brietbart, hahaha- that quite captivated me. It re-cast the year we are about to discard as wild “black swan’ predictions, taking the reality we have come to accept as being just as crazy as it actually was. Charlie Manson getting married? China’s actions in […]

Actually, there are four, but it gets complicated and multi-generational. My pal Mike is driving this morning, and I hope he is safe, and the delivery of his daughter to the major Jet Port is accomplished without untoward incident. He is not the subject of any movies that I am aware of, though the elements […]

 I tried one of those yoga videos after walking yesterday afternoon and it might be working. I don’t know if I was doing the poses properly, but there is definitely something to this thing. I slept like a champ, and that is something very positive. I awoke to a sense of déjà vu- another […]

I mentioned the other day that I can recognize a graveyard spiral when I see one, and the temple of flesh that inhabit was starting to pitch-over, nose and port wing in stall. Which is to say, the damaged leg is still damaged, all extremities arthritic, and my neck has been stiff since Mom and […]

 I had a great Christmas Day, and hope you did as well. The early travel from the City to the Country was a delight on uncontested roads, with middling sunshine and temperatures that soared to near sixty. There was not a lot to open under the tree- no tree- and taken in toto it […]

 (The Washington Choral Arts Society Artistic Director Scott Tucker leads the chorus. Photo Choral Arts Society). My pal, Senior Executive Jerry, is a tenor in the Choral Arts Society. He alerts me to cool performances as that are scheduled, and they are a remarkable institution here in the District of Distraction. SEJ needs a […]

 If you have not received a photo essay called “The People of WalMart,” you are the poorer for it. There are several such collections, each more horrifying than the other about the mental state of our fellow citizens. The image above is among the most benign, and I include it because it is at […]

I talk a lot about Tracy O’Grady, executive chef and co-owner of the best darn watering hole I have ever found. It is easy- she is earnest and outgoing and a real people-person. I had her baby kale salad last night as a light entree, and I have to tell you the food at her […]

(High Endurance Cutter Campbell (W-32) on Caribbean migrant patrol. Photo USCG). God bless the Coasties- there is not a finer bunch of Americans anywhere. We are blessed to have their presence here in Traverse City. My respect for them began when we got rescued in a 36ft Columbia yacht when we had run out of […]

(The Macellum of Classical Puteoli, now know as Pozzuoli. It isn’t always just launching aircraft and stumbling around ashore on cruise. Sometimes you have to experience culture. In February of 1990 we happened to be in Naples and I hooked up with my Pal, The Judge, who exposed me to some high culture and local […]