All gas stations suck. Is it written into the business plan of every one of them that you neglect your business and make it look like...

My Virginia experience has been good so far, other than the blown transmission and end of the life of my car 750 miles from home. I find...

I lost my car in the Blue Ridge Mountains this week. It wasn’t my idea, quite the contrary. My transmission decided to off itself...

It’s coming. The Bridgewater Country Fair. For two years, Covid stood in its way, denying the good folks of Bridgewater their annual rite...

Who would have thought I’d become friends with a lizard? It’s hard to come by true friends in Florida, but I think I’ve found one. I...

I keep hearing it buzzing but can’t find it. Occasionally I’ll find a small swarm of wasps outside my window buzzing and bumping against...

I’ve been more productive than expected at my local Connecticut libraries these past two weeks. I’m up from Florida visiting mom, and...

I have fond memories of the smells of New York City. It used to be diesel, urine, and burned pretzels. You can still catch a whiff of...

Okay I did it. Now what? I posted 52 blog posts in 52 weeks. A few times I wrote them in bunches and I also went a few weeks without...

In a week I’ll be heading north to Connecticut from Florida. Not sure if I’m going to rough it and go non-stop, which will take 20 hours,...

I had to watch Alfred Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder last night. I haven’t seen it in decades, and it’s the details I’ve forgotten about...

People had to live in the 1970s. I just happen to be one of them. I don’t think of the 70s as a great time, just my childhood. It’s good...

If you cant identify this actor, don’t read any further. It was the 1970s. When men wore slacks, and women drove station wagons. There...

When was the last time I planted my face in snow? I think it was backstage at a Grateful Dead show in the early 90s. Oh wait, it was...

“Hello, I’m with a charity that provides shirts to men who run without shirts.” Cartoon by Ellis Rosen

By Bob Deakin I’ve been putting it off for a couple months, but it’s been too long. Now I’m better. Here in central Florida, I’m an hour...

By Bob Deakin It’s over but it has just begun. I speak of 2022. I was going to say I can’t believe I got through it but that wouldn’t...

By Bob Deakin It used to be so Christmassy. But used-to-bes don’t count anymore They just lay on the floor ‘til we sweep them away Neil...

By Bob Deakin In life or in stories it often happens that, in the words of the Rolling Stones, you can’t always get what you want,...

By Bob Deakin I drove from Florida to Connecticut by myself the other day. At least I thought I was by myself. Turns out I had company....