Pouring myself a glass of tea, my eye is drawn to a picture on the refrigerator. A 50th anniversary photo of a couple who were/are friends of my parents. Flash back to an hour or so ago, and a piece on NPR about how on the 5th, Memphis is having some sort of celebration for the 50th anniversary of "the birth of rock n roll". And there goes that ( Read more... )

Since I signed up, and since I do have about 20 years' worth of "writing" in this notebook at my feet, I suppose I could put some of it here. I'll start with something relatively recent (written 9-16-03). It's already floating around cyberspace somewhere else, so... now it is here ( Read more... )