Stuff & Things happening
There’s a small city lot on E. 53rd street in Cleveland, I’ve visited many times over the years. When I was a little guy, it was known as “Trampe’s grandma’s house” because it was how I differentiated my paternal and maternal sets of grandparents, by their dogs. I’m still in Read more…
What’s all in a tattoo? More than ink, I think. It’s not a secret, but I have ink. It’s not a secret, I got another. I got my first tattoo in the heady days of spring 1987. Although I got it at a tattoo joint in scenic Wickliffe, Ohio, I Read more…
Groundhog Day Cards?!? I don’t know exactly when Groundhog Day became a Dale fan favorite, but I harbor the nagging suspicion I’ve always loved it. I love the idea of an unassuming varmint who best claim to fame beyond February 2nd is as a victim of roadkill, having a “day”. Read more…
A couple years back, a business contact, invited a friend and I to a Nascar race in Richmond Virginia – at the time it was named “the Pepsi Rock-N-Roll 400” or something to that effect. I immediately had my reservations because I had tried to watch Nascar racing on TV Read more…
On a recent road trip, I happened to see an old full-size van parked by the side of the road which sent my free-flowing stream of consciousness (or flea like attention span depending on who you ask) rolling down memory lane in the van of my youth. Which we always Read more…
Stu, A quick re-cap of our first times together. One of the big news stories today is the confluence of three respiratory illnesses making the rounds. Our old friend the seasonal flu, the wuhan-bat-flu, and RSV which hits children pretty hard. I imagine you know that your sister Zoe had Read more…
Don, Thank you for sending Rick’s darts my way, because strange as it may seem, I’ll cherish them. When the box landed in my mailbox the other day, I was happy & sad at the same time because although I want them, it caused me to fully think about why Read more…
Dear Stu, Sometimes things get off the rails sooner than expected and despite my intent to concentrate on the fun and frivolous aspects of the journey, this week I was struck by a piece of synchronicity sharply to my noggin that I was moved to write about it. On the Read more…
A week ago, through my morning mind fog, before my first cup of coffee, the hair on my neck rose when I read those couple crypic facebook posts. No one is a fan of cryptic posts in general, so I generally just quickly scroll by thinking if someone wanted the Read more…
I see dead people, stalking around Facebook like regular people. Some of them don’t know they’re dead. In the most advanced levels of civilization and technology, I find myself more connected to the past than ever before. The dead, they’re all around, in various states. Between my known dead, and Read more…