Hymns?

I received an early Father's Day present yesterday. One of my sons surprised me with plans to visit a small town in New Hampshire for a concert. It was a great day for a drive through rural New England to the small Town Hall where the concert would be hosted. And it was a wonderful …

Surreal Dream

I've had some doozies of lucid dreams in my time. But, about six months ago, I had the most extreme case.

The Future

When they served you pastry at the Cafe Rienzi, you ate the crumbs.

Blather

" Wes, what's a 12 letter word for an idiot who endlessly natters on about uninteresting topics?"

Bright, Hot Lights

It is pleasant to just for a moment, step back, and realize that some things have not yielded to either technology or years.

Cafe Why Not, Greenwich Village, New York City; 1965

The Cafe Why Not didn't stand; it lurked below ground level opposite the Cafe Wha in New York's Greenwich Village.

An Eagle Commission

by Lou Carreras   The eagle presented here was a commission. It's an all-time favorite design that I first carved in the 1970's when I saw Jay Hanna's take on this classic 19th-century carving trope. After carving four or five variations on Hanna's redesign of the classic, I moved on to other designs. About twenty …