To The Manner Born

I generally make some attempt to hide my more egregious flaws from myself and the public eye but periodically a public airing is necessary, ...

Once again Fortuna has spun her Karmic wheel with my name coming up trumps. Armed with your suggestions I'm headed to Bean Town. By a fl...

Two parters saved fabric during WW2. In 1946 Louis Reard, auto engineer, and part time designer for his mother's Parisian lingerie store...

Have a great holiday, and many thanks for all your good wishes. Toad

For good friend and Gulf Coast correspondent, David A. Bagwell Esq., a simple fishing trip isn't worth the bait, if he can't enliven...

50 years ago this morning the leading light of mid 20th century American Literature was extinguished in Ketchum, Idaho. Hemingway House-Key...

Friends, once again I come hat in hand seeking your advice. Today I have what I hope are hypothetical questions, concerning a drive from Bos...

Happy Canada Day! Canadian entertainment at its finest, eh. Toad

My bride disparagingly refers to this as my race track suit and silently gives thanks that it has been too cool to wear it out this spring. ...

Paris Match photos Rereading Lisa's (doyenne of Privilege ) guest post at Rock the Silver on women transitioning to gray hair was timel...

Vanity they name is ..... Missouri has an extra special birthday gift for its citizens. Your drivers license expires on your birthday. Mrs....

To paraphrase Mark Twain, I used to be a good boy, however, lately, I must have become a very good boy. I know this because I received a su...

Lest there be any misunderstanding, let it be known I adore my bride. Paraphrasing Auden (180 degrees out of context) she is my North, my So...

Long time visitors may recall I mentioned the fellow holding up the post last July Some thought I was in jest, that no one would really be a...

View out our back/front door I'm aware several designers, architects, developers and creative types stop here periodically. It's to...

Michael Harrison-Bonhams I apologize to my Anglo friends and visitors but I must admit upfront that I know positively NOTHING about cricket....

That is my buddy Joe. He's 4 weeks old and good for drawing a crowd. Mrs. T and I were at a wedding Friday night in which his parents a...

Our family has long been blessed by having its own Astronomer Royal, Dr. Richard Schwartz, my son in law's step father. We've relie...

It's Marine Week in Mayberry. After WWII, for beer money, my father joined the 3rd Marine Infantry Battalion, the Thirsty Third as a res...

Is your dog acting out? Uncontrollable? Making life miserable for you and your family? Don't call the Dog Whisperer. Keep reading and...