Reclamation Philly 2024

It's hard not to ask what the heck happened. Obviously an economic downturn that affected thous…

Disco Biscuits in Raleigh 2024

I'm not sure how many times I've seen the Disco Biscuits over the years. Quite a few. They&…

Spring Again!

Mid-March and the Golden Asian Pear tree awakens. The magic of Spring: first the faint coloring of …

Replacing the cerebral soundtrack

When the conscious mind insists on repeating a nauseating cycle of negative memories, weary displea…

Ole!

The journey to the gypsy caves, tucked somewhere in the hills across from the Alhambra, at the same…

Granada

I was heartbroken to leave Barcelona.  And then I arrived in Granada. Everything about Granada is c…

Bluegrass in Appalachia under the Harvest Moon

Keller and the Keels, Yonder Mountain and Railroad Earth at the Devil’s Backbone Brewery base camp.…