Happy Easter Everybody

This is not a normal Easter but we can still celebrate the beautiful spring and the importance of rebirth. We WILL renew our shattered lives and all it will take is that we stick together and support each other. I was going to write a piece about one of my favorite...

Happy Hallowe’en! Speaking of Terrifying…

It being October 31st, and a Wednesday, my mind turns to fright and terror, and I recall, shivering, my three most terrifying gigs…. The Day the Guns Came Out As a young man, I lived in a “band house” with a bunch of other musicians, and our next door neighbor was a...

Happy Holidays

Six days until Christmas! Can you believe it? Every December, most of us will utter the same words, “Where did the year go?” or maybe, “Time sure flies, doesn‘t it?” There is no foundation for the second statement. Time is quantifiable and constant, with the exception...

Happy Independence Day!

What a coup! I get to provide the 4th of July welcome column! Our country is in a lot of trouble. Public opinion seems highly polarized, and rational discourse is at a premium – damn hard to find, as a matter of fact. But remember this – the reason this is...

Happy Mother’s Day

Father’s day welcome columnists often write about the “column that nobody reads” (because we’re all at the Grass Valley Festival). Mother’s Day might be the column that almost nobody reads because you’re all off to the great annual...