How To Park in Florida
This is how you park your car in Florida when you either don't care about the consequences or you have more insurance than those around you. Anyone remember the parking…
Mr. Carson’s Philosophy
The head butler in Downton Abbey, Mr. Carson, had this to say about life in Season 4, Episode 4: The business of life is the acquisition of memories. In the…
Man of the House
A poem by Bob Hicok, from The Legend of Light Man of the House It was a misunderstanding. I got into bed, made love with the woman I found there,…
Creativity
In Richard Thomas' book Why Bob Dylan Matters he quotes, on page 98, presumably Dylan himself as saying that "creativity has much to do with experience, observation, and imagination." I'll…
Helmet Hair
When I watched Tammy Wynette sing "Stand by your Man" recently on youTube, I noticed that her hair is very architectural. It reminds me of some of the projects by Jersey…
Constructing Nature
While walking across the campus of a small midwestern university, I noticed this sign which made me think about the nature of nature: lawns are no longer grown but constructed.…
On Learning When and Where Things are in Season
As we ambled slowly through Hendersonville, NC, we came across the Curb Market on Church Street where locals were selling local things. The last time we had visited our friends…
That’s Only the Top
Harry Belafonte recalls telling a joke to Robert Altman: Early in our relationship, I told a joke and it became the metaphor for everything in our lives. These two musicians decided…
Don Johnson About Enlightenment in The New Yorker
From the article entitled "Rascal" by Tad Friend in The New Yorker, and I quote: He cracked up, then pushed his salad remnants away: “I have some friends who are…
Company Vehicle
Here's a look at our new company vehicle, a 2012 Hyundai Sonata; a nice fit given that one of our co-owners is a professional musicologist and a music performer. We…