We're all here cuz we're not all there!
Because I am a Veteran I go to Newport, Oregon to the Lincoln County Veterans Service Office to visit Dr. Alkadi for routine health checkups. However, if there are needed procedures they don’t do there, I go up to the V. A Hospital in Portland. Since I live in Waldport I use the Disabled American…
Happy New Year! May this one be the best ever! Rock on in 2019! Cheers..
You read or hear about it quite often; companies decide to close their operations in a town or city. When that happens it’s a big adjustment to those impacted by that move. I know, I used to live in Yachats and wham, one day we had no gas station or bank! Suddenly banking and fueling…
Well seasons greetings! Still trying to catch up but will soon! This has always been about fun and music so hang on and wait for the next installment. Cheers!!
This past weekend was a classic good time for Football fans! Even the Oregon Ducks got into post season bowl game! The major bowl games were decided and the Professional Football league is getting down to who is going to be playing who in the next round of games which are huge money makers! I…
The month of October can be a scary time of year! You know October is a scary month with Halloween being the official scary day featuring ghosts and goblins witches and things that go bump in the night, scary stuff for sure! However, it seems that the month of October has other scary stuff besides…
Airborne Attack Some years ago I wrote a column titled “the weight of the situation” about my relationship with the usual array of birds that frequent my neighborhood; seagulls, crows, and blue jays. There are lots of mixed thoughts concerning the feeding of these birds; it’s a real argument starter depending on which side of…
Wow is summer already over? The sun is shinning brightly and the beach is populated with people enjoying themselves frolicking across the sand to dip in the cool Pacific Ocean, digging in the sand and making sand castles, and generally having a blast. Nothing quite like days at the beach with nothing to worry about…
The Beginning In late 1967 I joined with some fellow students at Sacramento State College to form a “social club” at the school. It was a rag tag bunch of students. There were several football players, several music students, and three guys in bands. We called it “The Students for the Appreciation of Pop Music”…
Are they on the plane? Wednesday February 7th 1968 wasn’t a normal day, you know, get up, get going, and take care of regular things, instead it was a day to take care of something which revolved around one thing; Jimi Hendrix and company were supposed to arrive at the Sacramento airport that afternoon for…
Let’s go hear some music! Well, Jimi passed on going down to the restaurant opting to stay in the his room with several of his new found friends and a couple of guys from our club so a few of us, their guys, and Mitch and Noel descended on the unsuspecting restaurant staff and proceeded…
Well I don’t know how much rest anyone got the night before the concert. It was late when we called it a night and dawn crept up early. From there on it was the fire drill routine. Get to Sac State, get keys to the gym, let the crew with the portable stage in, help…