My trips back to Britain tend to be short, and busy, and with remaining family now in Yorkshire, I spend less time in London than I used to. As a...
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April 6, 2018
Late last year, as part of the research for the forthcoming Eddie Floyd autobiography, I interviewed former Stax Records VP and co-owner Al Bell in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bell, who...
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April 4, 2018
On Saturday March 24th, I stopped in to a “youth” house party in Woodstock that routinely puts on live music – much to the chagrin of its neighbors. The party...
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April 3, 2018
Our Noel turns teen today. The future looks bright. Here is his present....
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December 24, 2017
THIRTY YEARS AGO, when first in the States, I took to writing short stories at the end of the year, printing them in limited quantities, and mailing them to select...
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December 14, 2017
(Continued from Parts 1 and 2) We are by now both curious and a little suspicious of what might greet us around the next corner. It turns out to be...
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December 13, 2017
Continued from Part 1 Saturday morning, I am back at the campground, this time with Posie and Noel, my iPhone loaded with satellite shots of the trail from Google Maps...
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December 13, 2017
A SHORT STORY FROM OUR ROUND THE WORLD TRAVELS OF 2016. “How about a smoke?” asks Aziz. “Do you want to come back to my house and smoke?” I...
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December 13, 2017