Yellin’

Yellin’

Screenshot I was watching Steven Colbert the other night. It might have been a rerun but he interviewed former Treasury Secretary (Biden administration) Janet Yellon. She charmed him—and me.  So…
Good things come in small packages

Good things come in small packages

The Talmud teaches that the sanctity of the post-worship meal merits promising judgment in the next world.  I was sitting at a 6-foot round with some of the older synagogue members. Comfortably conversing with my…
Dining with Randy Travis

Dining with Randy Travis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dX3yFkLVE He just seemed sad to me. A few times we dined with Randy and his first wife (and manager), Lib Hatcher. I don't have any memory of where. Usually…
Antiquing with Dwight Yoakam

Antiquing with Dwight Yoakam

Driving home from grocery shopping, this weekend, A Thousand Miles from Nowhere (1993) came on my Sirius station. I'm a thousand miles from nowhereI've got bruises on my memoryI've got…
Meet Candye

Meet Candye

Candye Kane, an ex-stripper/part-time phone-sex operator turned country music and blues queen, had a fifty-four-inch bustline, a heart as big and warm as the San Fernando Valley, and a smile…
This is a fun one: listen!

This is a fun one: listen!

I have satellite in my car.  Sometimes I hear harmonies that make me want to cry.  Crosby, Stills, & Nash Simon & Garfunkel  Toto Pure Prairie League The Eagles I'm afraid…
There Were About 18 Months

There Were About 18 Months

After the 2020 election, there were about 18 months where there was no news about Trump. We could exhale again., It was lovely. Then . . . boom. The motherfu^%$#cer…