the paddle

One (many) of the great memories of my youth in Omaha was going to see the Harlem Globetrotters just about every February at the Civic Audit...

Not long ago I pulled out a CD booklet (a big one...see ^^^^) to take to my car for my rockin' and rollin' needs. It was shocking to...

The 51 has one more (both of us) show on the agenda this year: Eilen Jewell. I've long had an interest in her - "she's someone ...

I watched the highlight (over and over) of Freddie Freeman hitting the game-winning, two-out, bottom of the tenth grand slam to end Game 1 o...

Spent the weekend in NYC with my friend Jon (yes, he quizzed me on Hebrew and Greek. Apparently, the Greek words for mushroom and clothespin...

I have/had a rotating set of musicians I used to love - still do - who's photos rotate through at the top of the blog. Once I can rememb...

About three weekends ago I swung by Peterborough NH to pick up my friend Fuz for a journey to Cambridge for a show by Jason Eady . We'd ...

What jumpstarted my long-lost musings was some maple crunch milk chocolate, or as they call it "sucre d'erable, chocolat au lait...