Burl Ives Debate Erupts, Dividing Town Simone Thursday, December 20, 2007 Peaksville, MD – The question of late folk-singer Burl Ives’ viability as minstrel of Christmas che… Read more
Night Of The Radishes Simone Thursday, December 06, 2007 Noche de los Rabanos (Night of the Radishes) is celebrated the 23rd of December in the Zocala, wher… Read more
World Refrigeration Day Everyone chill out! June 26th is World Refrigeration Day, which gives tribute to refrigeration, air-conditioning and t… Keep reading
Free Floating Phantasm Okay, I've given myself a month to fart around and just be free. Now I should look for something writerly to plug … Keep reading
Is That Bjork In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? This happened to me this morning:As a special Friday treat, I stopped by a coffeeshop on the way to work. While I was w… Keep reading
Grain Elevators, Waiting Grain Elevator in Nekoma, Kansas Roger sat at the kitchen table this morning, bolts and nuts of all sizes spread out b… Keep reading
Big Apples Several weeks ago, Roger brought home some really big apples from the Farmer's Market. Normally I prefer the smalle… Keep reading
When in Iceland, do as the Icelanders do I know that it's hardly Iceland here. It's not even below freezing today, but the temps did plummet from yester… Keep reading