Til the Last Hemlock Dies

I joined and was visiting a National Park fan site. After a short while a large percentage of the members began advocating for the privatiza...

One thing that I do like about modern television is the diversity of material available via cable and satellite. There are all kinds of craz...

A brief review of the Rock Creek Recreation Area campground. This was our second trip to this campground and recreation area. Located nea...

We're just back from a trip to Rock Creek Recreation Area near Erwin, TN. It remains one of our all-time favorite National Forest campgr...

Years ago when I was a letter carrier for USPS I went into an old two-story apartment quad. On the second floor there was a female cardinal ...

Eleven months until full retirement. I've been planning for this for decades. I won't be rich, but I'll be relatively comfortabl...

This movie looks like it could be fun. People some time back lost sight of the fact that comic book superheroes were created to entertain ch...

I cannot stand group-think and the selling of mass market crap. One of the people who pretty much embodies everything that I hate about poli...

I went to see Harlan Ellison speak a couple of times. I never met him face to face, but over the years he surprised me with phone calls on ...

Carole and I have two camping trips planned for later this year. One at the end of summer, and one in late October. We've already reserv...

One morning when I was a kid--maybe nine years old--I was in our back yard with a pal of mine when another kid we knew came walking toward u...

With apologies to William Friedkin and David Lynch. Truth? Fiction? Who can say?!

I went hiking today in a part of South Carolina where I haven't been in a long time. I logged six hours driving (round trip) and eight h...

My new book BEAUTIFUL BOY is coming out some time this year. I'm not sure of the exact release date, but the principal edits are done. ...

The USA has never done anything of more value than the establishment of National Parks and Forests and their accompanying wilderness areas, ...

I've lost close friends in the past, but no friend as close and as decent a man as my pal, Bill Gronroos. This past weekend I drove down...

One thing my son and I agree on--well, there are actually shitloads of things we agree on--but one of them is that we freaking love Bruce Ca...