Winchester Book Gallery: Another Reading
Sean MurphyAnyone who has written a book wants to see it in a bookstore. To have a reading, in a bookstore, is both a dream and, for a variety of inevitable…
Butch Warren, R.I.P.
I know I sound like a broken record on these occasions but the simple fact of the matter is this: there are artists leaving our planet who can't --and in…
Got Video If You Want It: Reading #1
As they say, “pics or it didn’t happen”… Well, we’ve started to put some pics and video up: go check it out at the “Media” tab (Go HERE for updates).…
Herbie Hancock: Your Semi-Regular Reminder…
That THIS guy is cooler than everyone else, and always has been. YouTube strikes again, this time with some epic and miraculous footage of his epic and miraculous septet, Mwandishi,…
Lighting the Night and Another $1K Toward Kicking Cancer’s Ass
My family did our annual Light the Night Walk this weekend. This one was particularly meaningful, as it marked the ten year anniversary of our first walk, which was the…
‘Please Talk’ Getting Some Press…
Author chronicles his mother’s battle with colon cancer Posted: October 4, 2013 By Laura McFarland The Winchester Star Winchester — The five years chronicled in “Please Talk About Me…
Lighting The Night: For Herbie, My Brother and Someone You Love
First of all, just stop and listen to this: Maybe you're hearing that for the first time and thinking, like I did about a decade or so when I was…
The “R” Party Putting the “D” in Dysfunctional (And Coal Mines, Unions, Big Business and –of course– George Orwell)
In honor (dishonor?) of our dysfunctional government not doing what it doesn't do best, I think it's timely and appropriate to revisit a blast from the past (a blog post…
Raising Awareness (and Funds) For Our “Ordinary Angels”
First, an update. The numbers are in, and I achieved my goal of raising (at least) $1,000 for The Lombardi/Ruesch Center (more about them HERE). My first two events brought…
Congrats, and Cheerio, to the Ultimate Class Act
If you have not seen the clip of Mariano Rivera's last game in the Bronx yet, you need to. Check out the extended video, HERE. You know it's real when…