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One of the best things about bacon (and my other addictions: popcorn, Fritos, and crackers) is...
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Usually, during this last holiday weekend, I perform with the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra (the “big band”...
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A few years ago I traveled back to my hometown in The Tri-Cities, Washington to bury...
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I started off the day with my daily “fix” of coffee…but today, over ice! I have...
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I am still my Father’s son. I carry so many parts of his personality that it’s...
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Mrs. G. has become one of my favorite teachers, in memory. I was seven or eight-years-old...
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(reposted June of each year, in honor of Michael) Each June I think about my friend,...
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It was March of 1983. I was living in Seattle, working as an actor and in...
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We were supposed to be in the New Orleans French Quarter a few weeks ago, once...
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During these last few months (when “travel” is defined as walking from room to room, and...
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