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Stories and Songs – the archive
- The Ballad of Dog Dually
- Front Row Seat at a Three Ring Circus
- Harry Houdini’s Toast to Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Daily Grind
- Appliance Time Again
- Walsenburg Waltz
- The Ultimatum – Get in Shape
- Tribute to Yevgeny Yevtushenko
- Fool Courting Dance
- Who Wants to be a Homeless Person?
- Read the Latest Story – Follow the Leader
- Bowling for Dollars
- Down Under
- Not Far Away
- Not the Tiger A New Age Parable
- A Treat Tonight (Une douceur ce soir?)
- Wake of the Flood
- Latkes
- Jailbreak (from Bus to Busted and Out Again)
- Down the Paw Paw without My Ma-Ma
- My Secret Life With Lou
- Kind of Fonda Henry: A Punk Epiphany (and the Law of the West)
- Homeland Security
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Category Archives: Heroes and Legends
Bowling for Dollars
A cold, chilly December afternoon at RFK stadium in Washington DC, watching your team go down to UCLA Bruins in the Eagle Bank Bowl 2009, almost but not quite dampens the ardour of an unlikely set of football supporters, determined to experience the atmosphere of The Big Game. Continue reading →
Posted in Heroes and Legends, Humour, Sport and Recreation, Stories, Stories and Songs, Tim Weil
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Tagged collegiate sport, Eagle Bank Bowl 2009, Holiday Bowl, President Jimmy Carter, RFK Stadium, Rocky Balboa, Ross Perot, San Diego, Styx, Temple University, UCLA Bruins
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Wake of the Flood
Synchronicity refers to events that are meaningfully, though not causally, related. Maurice Rapf, Ray Bradbury and Stan Boucher each led extraordinary lives. The story told here, examines some related coincidences of nature that occured when their final chapter was written. Continue reading →
Posted in Art and Literary, Heroes and Legends, Reminiscence, Stories, Stories and Songs, Tim Weil
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Daniel Webster, Hollywood Blacklist, Maurice Rapf, motion picture industry, New Hampshire, Ray Bradbury, Rocky Mountain National Park, science fiction, Stan Boucher, synchronicity, transit of Venus
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My Secret Life With Lou
A couple of chance encounters with Lou Ferrigno of The Incredible Hulk fame resonates deeply with the author, recalling previous episodes involving motor vehicles and how Lou always seemed to be three for him – a pillar of strength. Continue reading →
Posted in Food and Cuisine, Heroes and Legends, Reminiscence, Stories, Stories and Songs, Tim Weil
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Tagged Lou Ferrigno, Wallace Stevens
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