This Side of Fifty

 It is the anniversary issue of this letter.   I sent out my first one in February of 2004 .   Wow.   Ten Years.   I am amazed that t...

Ara Topouzian Anyone who reads this blog knows Ara Topouzian is a good friend and fellow musician.  I refer to him often in reaction to...

My cousin David texted me saying I should blog about Affluenza.  Huh?  Affluenza?  Did he mean and simply mistype influenza?  Very unlikely....

There was report on NPR this morning, February 6, 2014, that CVS is planning to stop selling tobacco products in their chain of stores:   Li...

I began to write a bloggy bit about the intense cold snap we had January 6 th through the 8th.   I never edited and finished the piec...