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 It's been an eventful couple of months. My visit to the ER on March 2nd(see previous blog) set the tone for the whole month. I had to wear a Catheter for all of March and much of April…

Greetings, whoever-reads-this! On March 2nd, I had to go to the ER, where they kept me pretty much all night. Sent me home with a catheter stuck in me. Tomorrow will make 2 weeks with this contraption in. I called…

Greetings, whoever-reads-this! I've been remiss as far as writing in here lately. Gonna try and post something more often than once a month.

I've always thought of March as the actual beginning of the year. January and February are just…

Greetings, whoever-reads-this! I had a LOT of traffic yesterday, at least for my humble page, with 192 hits. And I'd imagine out of that number that some of them read my Blog(s).

My calendar in 2026 looks like my calendar…

After about a week of freezing, we get up to a balmy 22 degrees. Tomorrow is supposed to be even a bit warmer, before we go back into the teens. Today was the day to shovel the driveway, and get…

Greetings, whoever-reads-this! It's a beautiful sunny day out there, even if it is still Winter. The next four--excuse me, five-  days or so, it's supposed to be cold as all getout, so I've made sure today that I have…

Greetings, whoever-reads-this!

I'm starting to bounce back after this past year and all its troubles. My brother is in what I surmise to be a better place, and life here is picking back up where it left off. 

Music news…

Greetings, whoever-reads-this!

I found out today that guitarist Rick Haydon has passed away. He taught for many years at SIU Edwardsville. I had the good fortune to take two lessons with him back in 1986. After hearing me play for…

A moment of jocularity at Arlington's. Don't remember when this was taken, but we were clearly having a good time. Mark Russillo, Lou Humphrey, Frank Parker, Ben Taylor and me. 

Arlington's, if it still exists, is on Broadway. In New…

It's Winter. We've had a couple of Arctic days, and now we get a couple warmer ones. And then more snow. And on it goes.. Hibernation punctuated by trips to the store for food. 

We usually don't get prolonged periods…