Reading Black Market by James Patterson, copyrighted in 1986, about a terrorist attack on the financial district of New York City brought 9/11 back vividly. The devastation described from the story’s bombings – the dense hydrocarbon clouds of smoke, flames raging out of control, billions of tons of granite block, shattered glass, and concrete and …
Many years ago, in Tulsa Oklahoma, I went to a gathering with a good friend of mine, Alan. He and I were in a local band together and for our day jobs, both of us worked in the oil industry. We were hanging around the snack table when a tall good-looking guy with a muscular …
My favorite male artists in my running-around days in the late 70s were Jackson Browne and James Taylor. There were many female artists I admired but I didn’t have a favorite until – one day when my best girlfriend Ruth LaPrade, later Ruth Cerny, and I were at her house …
