I’ve been listening to a lot of Bob Dylan. No, not his music though cuts come up on my playlists. But his Theme Time Radio Hour which I catch on…
‘Folk Music & Farce; Show Tunes & Satire; Madness & Escape’: That’s ‘The Midnight Special’ which has run on WFMT in Chicago for 60 years this month. …
Nine months and four days after we turned our Vermont home over to our contractor, Gary Daden, we returned to our gutted-and-rehabbed house. During the renovation process, we worked closely…
Last spring, when I knew I’d be ‘homeless’ for a couple of months, I asked on a couple of listserves and FaceBook for suggestions of radio music programs to record…
Few casual visitors to the Twin Cities will find their way to Litchfield, Minnesota, 65 miles to the northwest. But this lovely town on the prairie’s edge preserves…
Bennington, Vermont: Old First Church. 4/3/11 Updated: Jan. 11, 2012. What do Jack Benny, John D. Rockefeller and Robert Frost have in common? Each achieved greatness in a fiercely competitive…
Since Facebook has told the world today’s my birthday – my Social Security and Medicare (Republicans willing) birthday – I wanted to honor the day by adding my hometown to…
Today is Ray Bradbury’s 91st birthday. I have admired his writing since I was a boy – first hearing The Martian Chronicles dramatized on radio, then reading it. As an…