SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS DIFFERENT
TOSSED OUT OF A HOSPICE CENTER TWICE? Uncle Charlie was the most exceptional man I’ve met in a lifetime. Nothing changed him, right up to the end in his 90’s. […]
SUGAR, ICECREAM, CANDY- NO PROBLEM
Photo by John Belmont, Merriam, KS The sugar Industry has been my nemesis. It should be everyone’s enemy. They make sweet addictive products with no discernible benefit for consumers. Right? […]
EVEN IF NEW ENGLANDERS TALK DON’T LISTEN
Photo by John Belmont, Merriam, Kansas New Englanders up here in the Cold Corner of the country are said to be porcupiney, strong silent types. We can’t help it, we’re brought […]
WORDS MATTER A LOT WHEN YOU’RE 13
“To live as a hermit you will have to feast on squirrels and bugs?” How do our kids become adults, generation after generation, so that we can evolve? At thirteen I was […]
GET YOUR KICKS ON THE SILK ROUTE
Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica California is a monument to 1960’s American culture. The road became America’s best known highway while we sang “Get your kicks on […]
BACK FROM THE DEAD
Among car collectors, automobile resurrection’s the fountain of youth dream. Bring a rusty old “barn find” into the shop and it emerges, Phoenix like, with a luscious body of automotive […]