Old Enough to Know Better

Reverend White was preaching the Sunday sermon down at the 1st Baptist Church Once Removed, and he wound for the big finish: "All ri...

We belong to a homeowners association. When we bought this house, umpty-dump years ago, somewhere in the pile of papers we had to sign w...

I have only just begun going out in musical public with my ukulele. (I don't count classes wherein everybody there brought ukes, bu...

So, at the most recent electric blues jam, we did an amp check. Dial 'em down, the guy running it said. We got complaints. Great, ...

Portland, Oregon, is a lovely town in so many ways. Great place to live, good people, great food, weather not too awful. Lovely town–e...

Roland amps: Cube Street, left; AC 33, right. Having joined the dark side as a gearhead, I have recently upgraded my uke amp. Wh...

So, the ukulele songs upon which I am working this month: Here Comes the Sun Dock of the Bay Stand By Me Hallelujah Yesterday In My...

So, the uke band camp I attended this past spring is gearing up for next spring. Early registration for past attendees starts in a few ...

Kay - concept art by Ubin Li There is a bit of writing advice, credited to different writers, usually Faulkner and Samuel Johnson: Jo...

Bebop with lunch, (above), that's Turtle on the arch-top guitar. Miss Delta, on Mississippi Street, in Portland. My lovel...

There's a line about wanna-be writers that sometimes gets bandied about: He doesn't want to write, he wants to have written. It ...

If ever I do an autobiography, this quote, from the mouth of the director at a meeting on the Universal lot regarding a script I co-wrot...

I was channel-surfing last night and I came across a spy-thriller, that looked promising. Couple-years old, I vaguely recalled hearing...

Spring of 2013, we had our kitchen redone. New floors, countertops, sink and faucets. As part of the deal, we had a new filtered drink...

With the recent passing of Robin Williams, I was reminded of the poem "Richard Cory," and of a young man I knew forty or so years ...

So this one is easy: It's a hoot. Go see it. My son and grandson and I opted for the 2D version, because, save for Avatar, I ha...

Back in the day, we all carried combs. You were a guy, you had one tucked into your hip pocket, at least a basic model, and for a whi...

Some years ago–how many I don't recall, but more than twenty-five and less than thirty-five, my lovely wife bought for me a...

I have been wearing corrective lenses since I was fifteen. Mostly glasses, but I started out wearing those saucer-sized hard contact len...