Month: May 2019

Altius!  Today I celebrate the Omaha Sports Commission brining the Capitol District Pole Vault Competition to town July 31-August 1.   Set up by Lindsay Toussant and Jeff Hartwig at … Read More

I went out looking for a friend yesterday.  I’ve mentioned the ancient Native American before, a hermit living in a sparsely appointed bunker just off the banks of the Platte … Read More

If Linda and I haven’t slowed down we have at least redirected some of our boundless energies to more leisurely pursuits.  Music is now getting its due.  Bucks Bar & … Read More

A little bit of this, a little bit of that. 10 apples, 3 peach, 2 cherry, 3 pear, 2 plum, 1 paw paw, 2 apricot, 2 figs, 1 serviceberry.  4 … Read More

In some sense writing feeds my soul.  A lifelong exercise in wordsmithing leads to a deep appreciation of Excellence in Prose.  Today’s space is from John Prine, one of the … Read More

An overdue nod of the fedora to the young lads and lasses over at LRC Racing.  Lead dog Nolan Zimmer has dubbed their A team “Brothers of the Grind.”   … Read More

Linda and I were headed to a graduation party yesterday, I posed the following: “If you could at this point,  give advice to your high school self, what would you … Read More

“Well I’m not dumb but I can’t understand Why she walks like a woman and talks like a man Oh my Lola” The Nebraska State Track & Field Championships are … Read More

Runners and dreamers we’re one and the same.  I’ve got all my bases covered now that my quilt is finished, -Nov. 7, 2018 I’m In Stitches Big Tips to neighbor … Read More

I’ve become a cliché.  Old folks sitting around the table discussing various aches and pains, some new, others companions for years. It started with me nearly 20 years ago when … Read More