Oddball Observations

Me and my buddy, Captain Jack Sparrow. In reality, the pirates are only cardboard cutouts in a shop in the Pike Place Market in S...

It's not really a hot tip.  I just wrote that to get you to look at this. It is one of the Red Tip Photinia trees in our yard. ...

My childhood friend, Dr. Jim, commented on my blog post yesterday that Pokey LaFarge was coming to the Tractor Tavern in Seattle in early Ma...

Here's someone I discovered recently, Pokey LaFarge of St. Louis, Missouri. I like his whimsical style as displayed in this video from...

This week it's all about the miracle of the modern age that has made life so much more interesting and simple for everyone. No, it...

Two generations of Taylors pose with a sign at their home town of Stanley, North Dakota, in the very early 1950's. (L to R) Fran...

As I watch the stories on television about tornadoes, floods, hail storms, lightning strikes, snowstorms, icy roads and whatever, I am glad ...