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The Electric Bill
Is down. A difference of $7 from last month’s bill was evident when I opened the envelope.
Maine
Tomorrow I head to Lubec, Maine. It’s a wee bit o’ paradise that boasts the fact that it’s the eastern-most town in the United States. Yeah, I know; it’s January and it’s always cold there this time of the year, but I do it anyway and there really is a great reason and his name […]
Among Friends
I need a bit of help here. I am embarking on another CD project, but this one is a little different; this is a live recording of a performance I did in November 2006 at the Bacca Pipes Folk Club in Keighley, W. Yorkshire, UK. The result is “Among Friends” and like many independent musicians […]
The Tissue Box
When I was teaching, I had several Hmong students who had immigrated with their parents from Laos and lived in Chico, California where I taught Math at Bidwell Jr. High. One of these students was a girl named Phing (pronounced “Ping”). I remember her as working very hard at her schoolwork and though English was […]
Remembering Mike
Yesterday I received an email from Chris Lindell of the Colorado-based duo The Lindells. It was a “just touching base” email and a general hello. Chris and Kim were friends of my brother, Mike Strassman who died on July 1, 2007 of a meth addiction. Chris’s email reminded me of a video that Mike had […]
Cell Phones (again)
Yesterday, I was waiting to make a left hand turn from a major road with lots of retail businesses onto a side street. The road has a center divider so the only way to turn left is at certain places with a break in the divider. The intersection is unmarked; no lights at all and […]