I started reading Elizabeth Janet Gray’s “Adam of the Road,” today. It’s a story of a minstrel’s son who wanders the south of England lookin...

Because my Internet searches have totally failed me, I'm turning to humans for help on this one: I'm trying to find lyrics for a son...

Life is not complete without V for Vacuum on this blog.

Blogger's Note: Another bit of flotsam I thought lost forever. Not sure whether it's good or not. Won't you please tell me? I s...

My brain -- and perhaps here I should say the brain, meaning the brains of humans in general, not my specific "the brain," lest I ...

Blogger's Note: Because of my packrat nature, I present here an essay I wrote using Studs Terkel's "The 'Good' War...

I'm in a conundrum at the moment: I'm wondering which direction in which best to expend my limited writing energy. One has me going ...

It's a rare journalist who will just sit back and let a source just talk -- share stories, laughs, fears, and tears. Studs Terkel was on...

Blogger's Note: "Urban Elephants" is a story I wrote many years ago, when my then-girlfriend (now my wife) challenged me to w...

So, a while back I shared a way in which you can weird up your kids. Now here's one to try on adults: If someone asks you what your poli...