It has been raining all day here on Otty Lake, Ontario. A dull, gray, constant downpour that dampens the soul…
Encounter at The Narrows
It was but a 12-mile cycle from the cabin we had rented on Otty Lake, just south of Perth, Ontario,…
Music, message and kitsch
You can’t just pass through the Catskills without spending at least some time in Woodstock. It’s the law I think.…
What I saw in Lancaster
Long story short. I was born in Lancaster, Pa. We moved to Florida when I was 7. Just made a…
Don’t squeeze the arts out of downtown
Idea 1: Build investments around local strengths. Say, why do we go downtown anyway? Well, it had a Hooters for…
You can’t go home again
I was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1948. And the last place I remember living in that city before the…
War, rust and fish ladders
On day two of our multi-week, multi-state, multi- country tour we searched out a place for lunch that didn’t have…
Strangers in a strange land
We have embarked on a multi-week, multi-state, multi-country sojourn to who knows where? Today was a fairly grueling interstate trek…
A final bow, a Trojan rabbit
A melancholy Dane taking a final bow. The knights who said “Ni!” though none really know why. Two Gainesville plays…
Nothing is new under the…moon
Of late I have been rereading some of the books of my youth…viewing faintly remembered material through a much older,…
