1965 was a tumultuous time. The country was still healing from the wounds brought on by a presidential assassination. Alabama state troopers clashed with civil right activists in Selma. The first wave of US Armed Forces was being deployed to the jungles of Viet Nam. In 1965, I fought a demon of my own. My …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge is “entangled”. Margie didn’t want to get entangled in the madness of Christmas shopping. So, this year, everyone got a homemade gift. Hey Everyone! My annual compilation of eclectic Christmas music is now available! That’s right! 23 songs (and a bonus track) plus a custom color cover in PDF format …
The current Monday Artday challenge is “feast”. A feast means something different to different people.
The current Monday Artday challenge is “gratitude”. Curt Flood spent most of his career as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. He led the National League in putouts four times. He won seven consecutive Gold Glove Awards. He also batted over .300 six times, and led the NL in hits in 1964. He retired …
This week’s challenge on Illustration Friday is “music”. “I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.” — Elvis Presley
The inspirational word this week on Inspire Me Thursday is “label”. Someday, maybe I’ll go into business with my mother-in-law.
Hope Summers made her Hollywood debut at the age of fifty, beginning a career of playing essentially the same character. Hope was the older, genteel neighbor in countless Westerns, sitcoms and medical shows in the early days of television. She was featured as Hattie Denton, the friendly and helpful proprietor of the North Fork general store, …
The inspirational word this week on the Inspire Me Thursday website is “tree”. After years in the jungle, Tarzan never imagined he’d spend his golden years in a tree.
The Illustration Friday challenge word this week is “unbalanced”. They don’t come much more unbalanced than Armin Meiwes. WARNING! His story is not for the faint of heart. Armin Meiwes was an active member on the fetish fantasy website, The Cannibal Cafe. In December 2001, he posted a message seeking a dinner guest. After screening several …
Thirty-year-old Erin Fleming was hired as secretary to eighty-year-old Groucho Marx in 1970. The two began a relationship. She persuaded Groucho to perform a one-man show that proved to be wildly popular. A performance at Carnegie Hall was recorded and released as An Evening with Groucho. That, too, was a huge success. Groucho’s son, Arthur, …
