Category Archives: Musings

My playing “at” golf goes back to the summer of 1966. One hot summer afternoon in the Bronx, a friend and 8th grade classmate, Jimmy Paturas, asked if I wanted to try it out. We walked to a small course … Continue reading →

There is no secret to anyone (all 3 of you) who regularly reads my stuff, that I struggle with mortality. Today there was just another smack in the face that things come to a close much too quickly. William Hurt, … Continue reading →

I was lucky enough to have recorded an Austin City Limits last night that was showing the Best of Nanci Griffith, covering a number of performances she had done on that show over the years. One of the things that … Continue reading →

I’m overweight, (a LOT lighter than a few years ago, but still according to the old BMI, overweight), pushing 70, stiff a lot, especially in the morning, and yet, I actually have the stones to consider myself a runner…why is … Continue reading →

Makes all the difference in the world! It is cold and dreary in the lowcountry today. We’ve had two days of “winter weather advisory” (which is a WHOLE lot different from that same thing in CT, as it turned out, … Continue reading →

Tonight I’m watching (again) the movie “42” where, in 1946, Jackie Robinson is signed to a contract by Branch Rickey and what he went through. We have also been watching the limited series on Emmett Till, another heart breaking example … Continue reading →

I hope he doesn’t mind, but I borrowed this line from a Cliff Eberhardt song The Long Road. Why? well, today marks the third anniversary of the passing of Uncle Dominic P. Starace. I have written a lot about him … Continue reading →

Father Time….a career of being undefeated, the only one/thing/event that truly is. I keep trying to put that on the back burner and keep in mind that the longer I manage to keep moving, the better chance there is that … Continue reading →

I came on some woodsAnd stood at a fork in the roadMy choices were clearYet I froze with the fearOf not knowing which way to go… When you reach a certain point in life, there is a lot of looking … Continue reading →

So…..we left Colonial Williamsburg early in the morning on, got some coffee and some breakfast sandwiches at Dunkin’ about 2 miles from the Colonial Houses, and headed north. The wonderfully reliable GPS recognized a boondoggle around DC and rerouted us … Continue reading →