We’re getting ready for our annual camping trip. We spend four days in the mountains, roughing it in tents. For years, I used my backpacking gear. At the time, it didn’t make sense to buy another set of gear for non-backpacking trips. It wasn’t only because of cost, it was the storage as well. Especially … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: A Campfire Song – 10,000 Maniacs
When I saw family that I hadn’t seen in ages, they always said the same thing. Wow! Are you still growing? When I was in junior high school, I grew ten inches in one year. So if they asked me that then, I would understand. But I’d occasionally still get that same comment well into … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Tension Makes a Tangle – 10,000 Maniacs
Recently I read two articles about the desert on the same day. The first was sent to me from A Different Way about the Sahara Desert sands drifting into Florida’s airspace. First of all, how in the world? My initial thought was nothing good can come out of this. But of course, I was wrong. … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Painted Desert – 10,000 Maniacs
I started getting a few grey hairs in junior high school. That was odd. I have dark hair, so those few strands stuck out. They tended to grow in small patches. Not a lot, mind you, just here and there. I’d ask my mom to pluck them. She’d search my head and pull them out … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Grey Victory – 10,000 Maniacs
Living in Japan became a little daunting once the plane actually hit the ground. I took a Japanese class in college, but overall, I didn’t have a clue. After a few weeks trying to acclimate myself, I overcame my fear and decided to enter a restaurant by myself for dinner. From the markings on the … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: More Than This – 10,000 Maniacs
When I was in high school, I found a box of old books in the garage. There was a yellow paged, worn paperback that caught my eye. It was John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, In Search of America. Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a novelistic travelogue written by American writer John Steinbeck, … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Hey Jack Kerouac – 10,000 Maniacs
When I was a kid, I loved springtime. Not because it was the start of baseball season, the blooming flowers or the end of winter. I loved it because it was a great time to be a kid in Southern California. I remember driving to the local mountains for spring skiing on a Saturday. The … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Like the Weather – 10,000 Maniacs
When I was in my twenties, my buddies and I rented a three bedroom apartment in Culver City. Everything seemed to be a fifteen minute drive away: the beach, Westwood, downtown, Santa Monica, Pasadena. It wasn’t the best part of town, but it was central to everything and it was cool having our own place. … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: These Are Days – 10,000 Maniacs
The day after Thanksgiving is for left overs and turkey brain fog. I’ve decided to take a day off from the daily prompt. Earlier I was reading a blog by songoftheday about one of my favorite songs – Everyday is Like Sunday. Morrissey sang the original, but the Pretenders and 10,000 Maniacs also covered it … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Every Day is Like Sunday – Morrissey, The Pretenders and 10,000 Maniacs
What was your favorite subject in school? My favorite subject in high school was English and I didn’t care much for math. English classes filled my mind with stories and novels while math just asked me to figure out how many apples Johnny could eat after traveling 50 mph in the rain every other Tuesday. … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Cherry Tree – 10,000 Maniacs
I love pastries with a fresh hot cup of coffee. Trader Joes used to have an EASY blueberry scone mix. When I say easy, this is not an exaggeration – just add water and bake for 15 minutes. Nothing fancy, but easy and delicious. I’d separate the dough into evenly sized portions and bake them … Continue reading My Gen X Playlist: Verdi Cries – 10,000 Maniacs
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