Ain’t it great when that perfect tune comes around on your device? It could be something that reminds you of the best moment in your life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k33x_Efa5Lk. Or it could be the saddest song ever, sung here by my pal, Ann Arbor’s own Bill Kirchen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb_Bz4SssxM. That was December 10, 1971, at Crisler Arena, packedContinue reading “some tunes”
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hey, Tim
Tim may be my farthest flung Vicksburg friend. After high school, he spent some time in Tulsa at aircraft mechanics school, took a job in Shreveport, briefly came back to Michigan to ponder his options, then on the day after Christmas ’74 pointed his pickup west for the 3500 mile journey to Alaska to makeContinue reading “hey, Tim”
‘shrooms!
I recently posted my paean to the glories of garlic paste, which I’d just discovered for myself after nearly a lifetime of loving the bulb in its more intact forms https://wordpress.com/post/theviewfromharbal.com/1148. I included a recipe for grilled marinated mushrooms which I’ve used for years and found the results superior to whatever I’d achieved with plainContinue reading “‘shrooms!”
Dr. Frayne?
I wrote this and chose not to post it, as the nomination process I’d entered into was highly confidential, partly to protect the nominee, who might be hurt to know he/she did not get the prize. Well, George Frayne did not get the prize. But he’s gone now, leaving us late September before last. HisContinue reading “Dr. Frayne?”
nurse!
I missed Valentine’s Day and couldn’t even get it together for his birthday 11 days later. But my friend finally got his gift last Wednesday. It was something I knew he needed to hear ever since I met his new girlfriend Paula several years ago. The recipient would be Ott, named Terry by his parentsContinue reading “nurse!”
You Tube!
I’ve just uploaded 5 videos to my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgcSvb5riojGVFQnxYcjgg which I established expressly for this exercise. My favorite band ever is Commander Cody and His Lost Planer Airmen. I’ve never been happier than I’ve been at their concerts. I’ve been privileged to establish relationships over the years with Bill Kirchen, Commander’s lead guitarist, andContinue reading “You Tube!”
drink down Dunedin
This all happened last weekend. We took the sunshine home from Florida, but dropped about 45 degrees. I hope you’ll feel as warm after reading through this as I still do. Remember, flights to TPA are cheap. Our adventure actually began at least a day before, maybe two. We departed TPA Friday morning after anContinue reading “drink down Dunedin”
unsubscribe!
Unsubsribe! It was a scene you’d expect from a millennial bar: two denizens at the corner with their noses intently in their phones oblivious to their surroundings. But the Palm Pavillion at Clearwater Beach was clearly a boomer bar, complete with a young duo in the corner faithfully belting out hits of the 70s atContinue reading “unsubscribe!”
garlic* paste
My love of Allium sativum* isn’t lifelong, but it will surely last till the end of my days. In my Dutch and German-English grandparents’ and parents’ days, eaters of the bulb were of the lower immigrant classes, identified by their reeking, something my always-clean folks wished to avoid. Not till my widowed dad began takingContinue reading “garlic* paste”
Fauci’s feeble-minded fear-filled followers.
Let’s call ‘em 5-F. That’s one more than 4-F, and we all know what that used to mean: you weren’t going to ‘Nam, but there was something wrong with the designee that rendered him pinch a’ shit unfit for military service, a low bar in those days given the war’s need for cannon fodder. ButContinue reading “Fauci’s feeble-minded fear-filled followers.”
