It is Independence Day here in America, in the year 2020, during a worldwide pandemic. Tonight, amid man-made fireworks, the skies will literally eclipse us with a Full Moon/Eclipse in… Read More ›

This is a true story and happened June 8, 2008. Twelve years ago today. Four images stay with me long after the lightning strikes. They are prophetic, foreboding, devastating, and… Read More ›

Photo: Dad in the mid 1930's. I eat pickles the entire week. Occasionally, I have some chicken salad too, but it is tasteless. The pickles, at least, have so much… Read More ›

My parents in 1956. Today would be my mother's 86th birthday. She died eight years ago after a twenty-five year battle with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. I could write a… Read More ›

Auntie-Beastie Christmas, December 2018. Effort, PA. I knew my house was my house for two reasons. First, it had old wide-plank chestnut floors. Rough edges, wide gaps, and the uneven… Read More ›

"This is my very first love song I ever wrote in my life, and it's on this record. I wrote it for my dog and that's the truth.""Heavenly Day" -… Read More ›

Photo: Kona, Hawaii January 17, 2020 "What is serious to men is often very trivial in the sight of God. What in God might appear to us as "play" is… Read More ›

Photo Credit: The Daily Jeffersonian Yesterday we lost one of America's most celebrated singers and songwriters. John Prine died at 73 from complications of the Corona Virus. I believe he… Read More ›

"Hello darkness my old friend... "Simon and Garfunkel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEppFUWLfc&feature=youtu.be Day 41 of LentMonday of Passion WeekSeek Solitude Photo: Ernie on his Rock of Ages: Long Island Sound - November 2019 We… Read More ›