Author: Bud Hearn
Invasion…A Clear and Present Danger
Don’t go around tonight, Well, it’s bound to take your life, There’s a bad moon on the rise. Credence Clearwater Revival We live in troubled times. Dire warnings predict doom. The world is in a fighting mood. Things have not been the same since Orson Welles read War of the Worlds on the radio. People fled in wild pandemoniu...Read More
Cinnamon Toast
"Stood alone on a mountain top, starin’ out at the great divide. I could go east, I could go west, it was all up to me to decide¦ Bob Seger I left home at 18. Not willingly. Poverty evicted me. My parents couldn’t afford my enormous food intake. They had to choose¦a new car or feeding their omnivorous son. The car won. So I left. ...Read More
The Magic of Wisteria
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. Robert Herrick 1591-1674 In our front yard are three tall pines. Springtime enshrouds them in vast array of purple wisteria. Like flowering nooses, the gnarled wisteria vines ...Read More
Blowing Bubbles
Bubbles and Illusions are beautiful, even if they’re empty inside. Alfred E. Newman Once upon a time, before age edged out our innocence, we blew bubbles and chased them. Harmless fun”life was good. That was then, this is now. Last week I stopped by Tommy’s drug store for pills. I’m...Read More