Best Albums List of 2017
Well, it’s about that time (or quite a bit overdue) for a round-up of some of the best albums of 2017. Despite the predictions that all the heinous events of 2016 (deaths of many iconic people, and the death of hope as Trump was elected) might cause an...
50 words – love
Once upon a time a heroic washerwoman found a beautiful stableboy and their love soared to heights previously unknown to humankind. Throughout the centuries that followed, word of their perfect love exceeded imagination for what could be. And just as the couple...
Two Boys and a Girl
Mary Ann tells me you’re going to help with the fence. Yes, sir. There’s not that much of it – shouldn’t take too long. They both looked at the fence, about sixty feet of white pickets that ran along the sidewalk. Mary Ann came out on the porch...
Heroes of the Frontier
“My kids should eat,” Josie said, hoping to focus herself and Sam on practical matters. “Doug’s on it,” Sam said, nodding toward a bonfire, which Josie realized was also the barbecue. This was a barbarian arrangement — a vast open fire being fed with giant logs, and...
Best Albums List of 2016
I see more bands and I hear more music than ever before in my life. There are more gigs, more songs available than ever before, bands are being treated with more respect, and are more in control of their careers and destinies. ~Steve Albini