Book 2

Hi FolksOn January 1st I started thinking about writing my usual New Year post. A week later, I was still thinking. At the beginning of 2025, we had politics up the yin yang. By the end of 2025, there was enough of it to stuff a large wazoo. Ubiquitous was a good word for it. So was…

How to keep your readers in suspense We landed in Victoria around 1:30 pm PST. Rick immediately headed for the AVIS car rental kiosk, which was conveniently located near the baggage carousel. That saved some time. The only vehicle he was able to reserve was small and would have been a pain in the ass…

On Our WayMonday November 10/25  10:03 am What a morning! I called for an Uber at 7:10 am, knowing already that I was pushing the envelope. I was told to be at Terminal 3 by 8:00 am. For those of you who haven’t used Uber yet, you book it by tapping an icon on your…

Hi everyoneI plan on posting at least once while we’re away on our trip out to the West Coast. That is, of course, if I remember to take this MacBook with me. I have to be at the airport tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 8:00 am. That means leaving here no later than 7:15 am. Morning is…

Friday October 31Three functions were planned for today. None of them required us to perform, unless you consider telling stories and answering questions in front of an audience a performance. What the organizers referred to as a “panel” was the five of us in the band and John U. Bacon, the author of the book “The…

Hi EverybodyI’m sorry. I know I said there was going to be another travelogue for the Lightfoot Days Festival in Orillia but (this is going to sound like a lame excuse), when I got up there on Thursday afternoon, I realized I hadn’t brought the right computer with me. I have three MacBooks. There is some…

Well, we finished the trip with a great show in Skokie Illinois (Chicago). Too bad there weren’t more people there to enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong, we did pretty well, but yesterday in Cedarburg, we were sold out, and it takes just one SRO to get spoiled. By the way, the picture above is of…

Boulevard Friday, October 10, 2025 11:20 pm Take me down to the boulevard Almost home Take me down to the boulevard Then leave me alone I got some things to think about Things to work on So take me down to the boulevard Rue de Saint Jean The show went really well tonight. I could…