80s Cruise 2025

80s Cruise 2025

Apr 18, 2025 | Memoir, Music

Another 80s Cruise has come and gone. And it went way too fast, of course. In most ways. Tragedy struck early. Our first show in Studio B on Sunday night was Faster Pussycat, a band I knew only one song by, which is not uncommon for some of the harder rock/metal...
Wild, Wild West

Wild, Wild West

Apr 15, 2025 | Memoir, Music

On Sunday, April, 13, we traveled to Grand Canyon West. Our first stop was Joshua Tree Forest in Arizona, just past Dolan Springs, AZ. I’m familiar with the Joshua Tree only because that’s the name of the immensely popular U2 album that solidified their...
Monkeyland

Monkeyland

Mar 16, 2025 | Memoir

On this year’s 80s Cruise, we visited the ports of Nassau in the Bahamas, San Juan in Puerto Rico, and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. Having been to Nassau and San Juan several times, we opted not to take excursions in either of those cities on this trip. In...
Here I Go Again

Here I Go Again

Feb 27, 2025 | Memoir

It’s almost that time again. That time of year when I get on a Royal Caribbean ship and go back in time with about 4000 other 80s enthusiasts, usually the same ship that has just the previous week hosted the same number of Trekkies from around the world. Yes, the...
Buffalo

Buffalo

Feb 21, 2025 | Memoir

“I got a pocket full of quarters/and I’m headed to the arcade…” It’s not exactly the Arcade, but that’s what Russ and I like to call it. And it’s not Pac-Man Fever – for me, it’s all about BUFFALO! This is a post about...
You and the World Have a Chance

You and the World Have a Chance

Feb 14, 2025 | Memoir, Writing Life

Richard Hugo wrote, “Writing is a way of saying that you and the world have a chance.” This gives me hope in a seemingly less hopeful world. The world as I’ve known it my whole life doesn’t seem to have much of a chance most days, but I’ve not been writing so much...