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The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: Interloper
Never fails. I get a good thing going, get my spots picked out, develop a sense that everything’s under control, and then someone comes along to ruin it. This guy: Oh, you think that’s me? Look again: What?? Oh, … Continue reading
Pat Travers and Dave Mason, all in one week
Two Saturdays ago, I went to the Winchester Blues House Festival, an all-day outside event. It was hot and buggy but still fairly well attended. I planted underneath a rare tree offering shade, sat back and enjoyed. Blues is the daddy … Continue reading
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“We’re going to need a bigger helicopter.”
Sharknado. Ya know, I didn’t even hear about it until late yesterday afternoon, when I caught a couple of random tweets about it. Thought: “Ha! I hope someone makes that movie!” I did not know someone actually had until about … Continue reading
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R.I.P., Richard Matheson
I first heard about Richard Matheson back in the 60’s, when I watched a Saturday afternoon TV showing of The Incredible Shrinking Man. I was ten or so, and the cat scared me to death, ditto the spider. But, that ending…I was blown away, … Continue reading
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The people you run into
So, just strolling around the Winchester City walking mall after buying a pair of water shoes so I can wade the Shenandoah in search of the wily brown trout, when I came across these guys: The Presidents of the United … Continue reading
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Does not the stone rebuke me?
Hied I, to the Shakespeare Theater in the District to see The Winter’s Tale, a play I knew nothing about and deliberately did not research because I wanted to see if Shakespeare could still be deciphered in this American Idol … Continue reading
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My Top Five Favorite Books
I turned 58 years old the other day. The horror, the horror. So, I gots to thinkin’ about which of the millions of books I’ve read (and it depresses me that phrase doesn’t read the “millions of dollars I earned” … Continue reading
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The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: Helpin’ out
That D. Krauss is some piece of work. Gets up early, reads the paper, goes off on some silly bicycle for awhile, then sits and bangs on a keyboard for no apparent reason. Get a job, dude. Obviously, the guy … Continue reading
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