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Origins and origin stories are important. They act as baselines for where you came from, where you went, and have ongoing implications on your directions going forward ( I almost wrote direction home). I've dissected my origins on the blog regularly. But there are inflection points in most stories that seem more important than others. …
It is funny how the mind works. Slow to pick up some things, while fast to react to others
Entrance was only granted by living the life.
I'd maintain that many go through their entire life and never find themselves. They settle for an unchallenging staidness. They watch the "found" as though they were in some sort of Parallel Universe, and you could just sit there and watch the show.
A typical day for me in the spring of 1965
From the WTF am I on about site here is my offering: Lefkowitz moved from something similar to a Bach fugue to an interlude that morphed into a 12 bar blues. Mitch provided some impromptu lyrics, and Sue did some neat things with her soprano voice. I had a bad cold and sore throat, so …
A Flashback Friday Presentation from Mach 7, 2022. A definitively not friend was Arthur. Arthur's view of language was that of a prescriptive grammarian. Most of my English teachers would have failed a course taught by him. On the other hand, I embrace the vernacular in word and grammar and with gusto. While not a …
A quick look at my hands shows that the nails on the left hand are clipped close, while those on the right are longer. It's been that way since I was twelve and took up the guitar. At age thirteen, I got up and sang an original composition at the local talent show and got …
My favorite subjects? In High school, it was cutting classes. It eventually led to my expulsion, but it also introduced me to new paths in life that my uptown peers never encountered. I would cut classes and promptly head to Hanrahan's pool "Parlour." I was, and still am, awful at playing pool. But you can't justify some …
It came up just the other day. Who was the best blues harmonica player ever? Someone to my right mentioned a member of a successful band. I almost choked on my soup. Then, one by one, my friends rolled off a list of their favorites: John Lee Curtis, Little Walker, Sonny Terry, and Charlie Musselwhite. …
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