Monday Morning Music #162 – The California Honeydrops

Music / /

California Honeydrops 32nd High Sierra Music Festival The Band – Lech Wierzynski – Lead Vocals, Guitar, TrumpetBeaumont  Bradbury – BassBen Malament – DrumsBobo Yea – DrumsCharlie Hickox – PianoChris Burns – PianoChuck Barber – PercussionJohnny Bones – Sax & ClarinetJoseph Quinones – TromboneLeon Cotter – Tenor SaxLorenzo Loera – KeysMiles Lyons – TromboneNansamba Ssensalo – […]

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Tree Day

Articles & Essays / /

We love trees; we’ve always loved trees. Interestingly, we live on the High Plains now, where trees are few and far between. This makes us appreciate them all the more, and we often journey great distances to get a hug from one. When I was a young boy back on Walnut Street in Humptown, we

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Monday Morning Moon

Photo Journal / /

The April moon is named “Pink Moon” after an early spring wildflower, the creeping phlox. The images were captured an hour after apogee, which happened on April 13, 2025, at 6:49 p.m. EDT. Apogee is the point where the Moon is farthest from Earth. When the full Moon is near apogee, it’s classified as a “micro-moon.”

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Zen Shrimp

Article, Food / /

We love to eat shrimp. When it’s cooked just right over hot coals, it melts in your mouth- succulent, rich, and buttery. Ordering shrimp out can be a bit risky; sometimes it arrives perfectly cooked and delicious, but just as often, it comes to the table rubbery with a vein of shrimp shit running through

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Mastering Patience

Articles & Essays / /

Patience is a virtue I’m still pursuing. I’ve made an effort, but I haven’t come close to mastering it. I excel at slowing down, enjoying myself, and not taking life too seriously, but I  get easily agitated in situations involving others that are beyond my control. I try to laugh off people’s quirks, flaws, and

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