Til the Last Hemlock Dies

Four more days of work to go before I can head off into the high country. Yeah, I'm gettin' really agitated to get the hell out of D...

For those of you too unfortunate to have a non-union job, a "COLA" is a Cost of Living Adjustment . None of my friends who work no...

It was very hot today, but I had the day off and the wind was kicking up pretty good. Perhaps some residual effect from Tropical Depression ...

Pancho & Lefty with apologies to Wayne Sallee My wife works in a hospital where she's a surgical tech. One night, a couple of years ...

"That's...I say, that's Claghorn , son! Not Leghorn ! Look at me when I'm talkin' to ya, boy!" The entertain...

I'm a sucker for cartoons. I love 'em. Always have. Of course I grew up sitting in front of the "glass teat" (as Harlan El...

Cat Watching Lilly, trying to inch toward Sophie's food di sh. Sophie is our oldest cat. Ten years old, and no matter how much love and ...

When I was a little kid--from about eight years old until around twelve or so--I used to beg my parents to take me to Yellowstone National P...

I mentioned the film SORCERER yesterday here on my blog. It's an intensely sad and depressing film,but no less worthwhile for all that. ...

Roy Scheider, Lost Sorcerer It's sad, sometimes, to see the career of a fine actor sidelined by influences far beyond his control. Roy S...

What can I say? I had the entire gorge to myself. It was kind of scary as night fell. Sometimes I break my own self-imposed rules when I go ...

Is it just me, or do Harlan Ellison... and Frankie Valli... look alike?

A Bob Underwood by Any Other Name is Still a Bob Underwood When I was a kid and first hiking and backpacking in the southern Appalachians,...