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A Man Who Has Nothing In Particular To Recommend Him Discusses All Sorts of Subjects at Random as Though He Knew Everything
I’m getting used to living in a city again. I’ve lived in Boston for a few years. Los Angeles. But for the most part, I’ve always gravitated to the exurban life. Occasionally the suburbs would swallow the exurbs I was in, but I’d generally moved on by then.
The image is cropped, but I know you know who painted it. The combination of subject matter and technique is unmistakable. Man, I love illustrations like that. If Norman Rockwell was Disney, than Leyendecker was Warner Brothers. I always like his Bugs Bunny style better than Rockwell’s Mickey
[Editor’s Note: Offered without comment. Author’s note: There is no editor] Critique the writing style at sippicancottage.com The blog Sippican Cottage (sippicancottage.com) is a long-running personal site run by an author who describes himself in the tagline as: “A man who has nothing in particular to recommend him
So, what shall we do on Sunday? We slept late. I still had a nap in the afternoon. Overnight sleep is earned income. It’s a crummy paycheck of rest after you punch out of your weary daily timeclock. Various taxes on your time are taken out of the
Sam (Hambone) is a friend to multiple wholly and partially owned subsidiaries of the Sippican Conglomerate. By that, I mean my older son plays gigs with him, and Sam has helped me move furniture. I had no idea he was a musician when I first met him. The
[It’s a long road that has no turning. Here’s the end of our quest for temporary residency permits in Mexico] We went to our appointments the next day, and I shook Omar’s hand like a pump handle until he made me stop. I went first while my wife
So, the universe presents us with this. That’s a performance at the Sydney Fest from 2012. Sydney’s in Australia. It’s the antipodes. Or as they
People do get good at things. It’s more than interesting to get a peek at someone at the top of their game — no matter
Whoo boy, that’s Maine. I live in Maine, if you call that living, and I’m here to testify that Maine is just like you see
