America isn’t just the boundaries of a Nation though its borders present that as but one definition of what it or ANY Country may be. But as many who have dreamed of its embrace may attest, more importantly, ‘AMERICA’ is an IDEAL, as well as a STATE OF MIND. For myself & many such dreamers […]
‘We May Not Come In the Shapes U Like But We Come.’ Dedicated to All Tribes Who Toil in the Fields of Harvest, in This, the Land of Plenty. Part 1: My wife & I wished to bring our children to Assisi where we got married 20 years ago on the 30th of June, so […]
THE 3 FRANCESCOS (Story) This photo honors FRANCO RIZZI. He is shown here in 2011 holding his Great Grandson Francesco Mingus, who was born in 2010. He passed into the realm of Infinity’s Bow in 2012, around the time that our second son Federico Elvis was born alive & kicking, like the Simple Minds song. […]
BIRTHDAY THANX ‘FOR EVERY OUNCE OF LOVE, A POUND OF FLESH’. First of all, while I’m at it, Have A Merry St. Patrick’s Day, the patron God of remembering your heritage & getting shit faced. For those drawn to it, a remedy as good as any. I wanted to address the DUALITY OF FREEDOM & […]
BIRTHDAY STORY 3/15: THE COUGAR & MR. KÜHN On this day, my 61st, I’d like to give a well deserved Shout Out to another fellow ‘Ides Of March’ birthday celebrant, the brilliant German Jazz musician, JOACHIM KUHN, who was born on this selfsame day in the Year of our Lord 1944. Upon my salad […]
AN ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH INFINITY’S REFLECTION. All of my heroes are by definition flawed. Nor could I relate to them otherwise as I am a Man & not content to be a Caricature. Nor will we be seemingly content, as a restless, angry breed, until EVERY statue is overturned to reveal itself to be bronzed […]
‘ADAM & HIS XMAS EVE’ Adam closed his almond hazel eyes & made a Xmas wish to the Creator to give him something extra special come the Yuletide season as he’d been lonely for quite some time & hadn’t been getting on too well with the Serpent, who was much too consumed with growing Apple […]
Let it be duly noted that MAKING A CONSCIOUS CHOICE TO PRAISE SOMEONE’s POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION to your LIFE & TIMES does NOT necessarily EQUATE with a TOTAL BLANKET ENDORSEMENT OF THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCE. I came with the tacit intention of PRAISING Mr. Lewis, not to BURY him, which many of you began doing with Surgical […]
Eternal Rest to an American Original who Refused to be Contained or Defined by Anyone’s Metrics (or categories) other than his Own. Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Country, Blues, Gospel, Boogie Woogie, Ragtime, Jazz, Pop, Whatever name you put to it, the ‘Killer’ was up to the task & then some. Much Respect to […]
My Great Appreciation for Madame Loretta Lynn came through my late Grandmother,Annie Evans who passed but a couple of years ago in her mid 90’s. Grandma was the daughter of a full blooded Cherokee woman (who for some reason known only to her & the ancestors loved chasing me around the yard in Daytona Beach […]