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“I Had No Illusions”
That I’d ever find a glimpse of summer’s heat waves in your eyes.” – Alphaville The Backyard Series For the next several weeks, I’ll be delivering posts from “The Backyard Series,” which is exactly like it sounds – a series … Continue reading
“She’s Got Eyes of the Bluest Skies”
Amazingly, all five of the guys in the picture above are alive and apparently doing well. I only say amazingly because these guys seemed to me like the group that said to the other heavy metal groups of the time… … Continue reading
“Headin’ into Twilight Spreadin’ Out Her Wings Tonight”
The Backyard Series For the next several weeks, I’ll be delivering posts from “The Backyard Series,” which is exactly like it sounds – a series of posts with images and stories centered around the happenings in and around our backyard. … Continue reading
“Look, if You Had One Shot”
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip? – Marshall Mathers The Backyard Series For the next several weeks, I’ll be delivering posts from “The Backyard Series 2026,” which is … Continue reading
“Living in America”
In 1976, I spent part of my fifth summer alive on this earth in the panhandle of Texas at a place our family called “The Grove.” The Grove was appropriately named because it was a grove of shade trees my … Continue reading
“And if I Haver”
“Hey I know I’m gonna be, I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.” – The Proclaimers haver (verb) (SCOTTISH ENGLISH): talk foolishly; babble: “My posts occasionally haver on this website.” My buddy Joe recently texted me a short … Continue reading
“Goin’ to Kansas City”
“Gonna get my baby one time, yeah, yeah” – Little Richard Stacey King was a constant in my life in the late 80’s. He occupied two-hour chunks of my teenage years between 1985 and 1989. I probably saw him play … Continue reading
“Downtown the Young Ones are Going”
“Downtown the young ones are growing.” – Kim Wilde I can’t tell you where I heard it or who said it, but I once heard that your 50’s is a decade of reflection – a time in life where you … Continue reading
“Jungle Life. We’re Living in the Open.”
“All alone, like Tarzan’s boy.” – Baltimora For years I’ve tried to lure Baltimore Orioles into my backyard. Not Gunnar Henderson or Jackson Holliday in some childish fanboy plot to become best friends. No, the actual orange and black birds, … Continue reading
“May Good Fortune Be With You”
“May your guiding light be strong.” – Rod Stewart The man is 81. The man continues to tease his signature spiky blonde locs. And the man is still producing quality tour shows. I’ve used Rod Stewart’s music several times on … Continue reading
sincerely, the 80's 