What's Your Road?
"What's your road, man? --holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow." -Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Life Is A Highway
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
The Cathedral and Woyatan ... A Photo Essay
I went to church the other day. It wasn't Sunday and no services were being held. I had taken notice some time before of the contrast between the large wealthy churches and smaller, more common ones. My plan was to post the pictures with some brief social commentary. It turned into a much more moving experience.
My first stop was the Catholic Cathedral. I was a bit overwhelmed.
Friday, February 2, 2024
Saved For Later (Bits and Pieces)
This one is mostly for me, but feel free to follow along if you are so inclined.
I've been saving some photos, downloads and random items on my laptop and phone that I thought I might post on social media at some point but never quite got around to it. Not wanting to flood my social media feed, or yours, I decided to gather up some things I have hanging out there and put them here. That way I won't lose track of something I may want to revisit later at some point. Sort of like the Memories page on Facebook.
For instance, this picture I took recently at the Spearfish Fish Hatchery -
Sunday, December 31, 2023
The Year In Pictures
It has been a mostly uneventful year. As Jeff Lebowski said, "you know, strikes and gutters, ups and downs." I'm happy to say that for me it's been mostly ups.
Nothing much happened in January. In February we traveled from our home in the Black Hills of South Dakota to meet up with our son and daughter-in-law in Las Vegas during Super Bowl weekend. They live in Connecticut so we don't get to see them all that often. It was a fun, but I have to say that all the glitter and bright lights are not quite as appealing as they once were. Kind of cool to look at, but the vibe has seemed to change once you get inside. Just not as exciting as it used to be.
Friday, December 15, 2023
Winter Gardening
Recently a friend added a post on social media that included some good advice. The last line said "Happy Winter Gardening." I took it literally. My little garden on the hill behind my house usually sits idle and forgotten from mid October until April, but today I decided to do some raking just to see how it felt. It felt good. Gardening is good therapy any time, even if you don't think you need therapy.
What made it special for me was the discovery of a few little onions that I missed during the Fall harvest.
Friday, November 24, 2023
Record Store Day ( Black Friday Edition)
Records are getting expensive. (Thanks a lot, hipsters).
I kind of wanted the Chet Baker Record Store Day release but it was fifty bucks. So I passed it up. But I did get a couple of cool Surf Rock albums. Surfin' the Great Lakes is not an official RSD release but was reasonably priced. It's a 2023 compilation featuring some good early sixties midwest garage bands, mostly from Minnesota, cashing in on the surf music craze starting to sweep the nation. It was a right up the alley for someone who digs surf rock, garage rock and early midwestern rock n roll bands...like me. I hang out in that alley quite often. All songs were recorded at Kay Banks Studio in Minneapolis, which has an interesting history of its own. Look it up if you're interested.
Monday, August 7, 2023
Take Me Home Country Roads (Prairie Music)
The day after a big rain there was a promise of good weather for an outdoor concert way out there on the prairie. So I headed east on a two lane blacktop, curved northeast, and after fifty-nine miles made a hard left onto an unpaved country road. Dodged few puddles and soft spots on the way to my first stop, which was my friends' house located miles from nowhere. Enjoyed good conversation, some delicious homemade stuffed mushrooms and a few excellent songs...which I may talk about another time. I would have liked to stay longer but I didn't want to be late for the show. So I got back in the car, turned left back on to that country road and drove due north for twenty-something miles, turned east at Honeywagon Corner until I came to Seymour Corner. Made a left and continued up to Highway 20. A right turn this time took me east for a few miles until I saw the sign -