I’m not sleeping

Art wrote:It's too bad you're in China for all this political stuff. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch an administration self destruct; and we are in the front row. ARBelieve me, I am watching it all quite intently from here. On…

The Sky is Crying

"The sky is crying. Look at the tears rolling down the street"Until this week, I never pondered those classic blues lyrics by Elmore James as anything more than a metaphor for intense longing and heartbreak. These pictures are from various sites..…

Long live the King

I just posted this ina B.B. King thread on the Guitar World.com message board.I also inspired me to dig up the story I pasted in on the bottom, which I wrote years ago when B.B. debuted a column in Guitar World. I have seen B.B. many, many times.…

Save the Big House

www.savethebighouse.comYou know already whether or not you are.. if you do, click away and get involved. Time is tight, with regents about to vote on adding luxury boxes to the Big House.I just cyber-met a friend of Ripper's who is leading this…

Pictures

One of Anna last night when she found and put on a tiger costume and a bunch from this morning, in our bed, after Anna and Jacob crawled in, Anna lugging her doll, dog and lamb blankie.

Our new art

Last year, when we came here on our look-see visit, we stayed at the Kerry Centre hotel downtown. There a blue painting we loved in the window if the art gallery there and I went in and spoke to the owner. We didn’t know if we were coming…

I’m the Decider…

...of this Blog and I decided to post this column by Joe Conason from the New York Observer.Bush Hears Voices,But Does He Listen? By Joe Conason“I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation,” said the President…

Official sandstorm stories and news

The sandstorm continued yesterday at a much reduced level. Those two days were really crazy. Both days the kids were not allowed to play outside after school. With both gyms occupioed by after school activities the Dulwich soccer team, featuring…

Welcome back sandstorm

I came home yesterday afternoon and it was very nice to get here.Last night, a sandstorm rolled in at some point. We didn’t hear it or see it, but when I got up and looked out the window, I saw the Yardleys car across the street was covered…

Love that dirty water…

You know how the rest of the song goes, right?I tried to capture some Pittsburgh images the last few days. I took a bunch of Sq. Hill but not came out looking like much except for the one of the Sq. Hill Cafe, lovingly known as the Cage.I went…