Since yesterday morning, Tito Puente, the late King of Latin Music, has come back to life, and is practicing for his next concert tour inside my head. I somehow got […]

It’s been far too long since I blogged, and there are a series of random thoughts running through my mind.  I think I’ll share them, in no particular order.  This […]

Just before leaving the office today, a weird thought about Douglas Adams and Vogon Poetry brought me to a web site called the Vogon Poetry Generator. It asks for a […]

Shamelessly stolen from Illusio (by invitation!) This is one of those “Survey Blogs” … feel free to jump in … steal the text below, edit, and blog. 100 Statements Bold […]

Today was a sad day in the world of photography. News media were informed today that Henri Cartier-Bresson passed away on Monday, at the age of 95. Cartier-Bresson has been […]

[The following blog is back-dated.] We arose Sunday morning and promptly went right back to bed. I must say, I could really get used to that kind of morning, if […]

[The following blog has been back-dated.] Saturday found us awakening to a beautiful sunrise, and a wide array of options. We exercised one of those options, then decided to explore […]

[The following blog was back-dated.] The plan was ambitious. Leave directly after work. Deliver Alexis to a friend’s house, in a small, god-forsaken town in Tennessee. Then escape, and enjoy […]

The war in my lower GI tract continues. I am trying to get an appointment with my doctor, Lady Sawbones, but unfortunately, because I’m breathing constantly, I don’t rate a […]

Like John Hurt in the movie, “Alien”, I am currently at war with my gastrointestinal tract. The first minor skirmishes began yesterday. It was a really busy, nightmarish day at […]

My earliest memories of him are as indelible as carvings in stone, but far more vivid. Each time I look at one of the old, faded, Polaroid pictures he took […]

I think stress must be contagious, or at least seasonal, because so many of us seem to be suffering from it at the same time. Mine has been steadily increasing […]

Okay, so I forgot to blog for the ENTIRE WEEKEND, and managed to snooze through Monday as well. I think I can use the excuse that I was busy guest-blogging […]

I got so involved in work, life, and the “Dressing Up Game” on SimonG.org today that I completely forgot to blog, and now I’ve got to blast out of the […]

Sounds like the name of a prestigious law firm, doesn’t it? It’s not. It’s just a list of today’s blog topics, in no particular order. Yes, this will be a […]

Today is July 4, Independence Day. It’s a day that brings back many memories for me. I remember so many July 4 afternoons in McIntire Park in my home town […]

OK, there are a few questions that have been nagging at me for a while, so maybe any British readers can have a go at answering them, if you folks […]

I added pins today for MarcB in Stafford, Maris in Peterborough, Mort and the Mortlings in Telford, Stu and Sarah in Kidderminster, and the instigator of all this, SimonG, in […]

I found a reasonable map of the UK online … it’s not large and it’s not entirely suitable, but it gives me a place to stick the pins I made […]

The project continues in earnest and I’ve got responses from quite a few folks, enough to get started! Here’s what I have so far. In parentheses is my best guess […]