It Happened to Me

Last Sunday’s accordion gig in Bonita Springs

It’s been over a year since I’ve played with Tom Hood’s band, the Tropical Sons. 2024 was an unusually busy…

10 months ago

My plans for Burns Night 2025

Here’s the main course for dinner tonight... ...and that’s because it’s January 25th today, making tonight Burns Night, the night…

10 months ago

Palm trees and a puffy vest

My friends in my old home town, Toronto, won’t find Tampa’s current temperatures cold, but by local standards, it’s downright frigid.…

11 months ago

Hey, Tampa Bay: An Emotional Support Canadian is closer than you think!

Buy me a birthday beer and hey, you’ll have emotional support aplenty.

1 year ago

23rd blogaversary!

I’ve been at this “blogging” thing since the start of November 2001, which makes this my 23rd blogaversary! StatCounter stats…

1 year ago

An underappreciated “Billy Idol” gem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2GSBEcOKo0 In my dream last night, I heard a song I haven’t listened to in ages: The Dead Next Door,…

1 year ago

Hurricane Milton post #14: Good thing I didn’t put away the generator!

As Murphy’s Law would have it, moments after posting yesterday that I hadn’t yet put away our generator just in…

1 year ago

Hurricane Milton post #13: I haven’t put away the generator yet

Here’s “Lil’ Red,” a generator we bought from a friend of the family a few years back, which I have…

1 year ago