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Flapjacks 11/1/21 Flapjacks 11/1/21 Life, death, love, cotton candy and newspapering: Max Moss, my mentor, now joined by Merrily, and they finally breathe free atop the Ferris wheel Read More
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Flapjacks 10/13/21 Flapjacks 10/13/21 Crossfire hurricane: Not even foul, sweaty drunk dampens joy of seeing The Rolling Stones; What's the matter with you, man? Well, I miss you, Charlie Read More
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Flapjacks 8/24/21 Flapjacks 8/24/21 The scar on my left leg made Marc smile and talk about poker, bluegill, and Camp Spikehorn and Al Kaline ... memories are dreams in past tense Read More
Flapjacks 8/23/21 Flapjacks 8/23/21 A few phone calls with a woman who used to "Dream. Dream-dream-dream" that her son, Donnie, would visit his old, black room Read More
Flapjacks 8/20/21 Flapjacks 8/20/21 Tom T. Hall's death really pisses me off, but maybe he's with Miss Dixie now. Thanks for the friendship and love of two great people Read More
Flapjacks 8/17/21 Flapjacks 8/17/21 "Junior Birdman" plays in my head as I battle sadness with Camp Spikehorn, Scotch with Marc, Topsy and oil-stained feet on a country road Read More
Flapjacks 4/7/21 Flapjacks 4/7/21 Uncle Sam is gone, leaving me in the "oldest" Ghianni generation with memories of Challenger, ET, cow tongue, Como bar and Santa Fe "snake" Read More
Flapjacks 3/30/21 Flapjacks 3/30/21 Death of G's Pancake House is sort of an obituary on some damn nice nights. And damn the flood Read More
Flapjacks 2/16/21 Flapjacks 2/16/21 Big chill sets in on 'rolling team' as old friends say goodbye to Nard: Leonard Sandholm wrestled and laughed his way through a life filled with love Read More
Flapjacks 2/15/21 Flapjacks 2/15/21 Remembering our day of deep-fried hog nuts and beer at Titzy's farm and pondering Nard and death Read More
Flapjacks 1/28/21 Flapjacks 1/28/21 With those wild days long behind him, Kris Kristofferson finds solace in family and friends Read More
Flapjacks 12/1/20 Flapjacks 12/1/20 Roxy's loyalty salved and saved my soul simply by being my best friend as world rotted around me: 'Goodbye ... I love you. You are a good girl' Read More
Flapjacks 11/16/20 Flapjacks 11/16/20 "30" mark means ''end of the story" ... 39 years after keg drained, Jerry and I aren't dead yet Read More
Flapjacks 11/3/20 Flapjacks 11/3/20 Election day 2020: Advice from a guy who literally was knocked silly and bled just to vote for hope Read More
Flapjacks 10/23/20 Flapjacks 10/23/20 Stop the Presses!!! Max Moss, dear friend, mentor, best newspaperman I ever knew, grabs his pica pole and wax pencil and puts out his final edition Read More
Flapjacks 4/13/20 Flapjacks 4/13/20 The Thanksgiving Eve that me and Freddy Wyatt used an aluminum baseball bat on a punk and other tales of friendship with a great family Read More
Flapjacks 4/10/20 Flapjacks 4/10/20 Virus that killed Prine killed CMA fest, but maybe Fan Fair will return to the Fairgrounds one day and I think Cuomo is doing a good job Read More
Flapjacks 4/9/20 Flapjacks 4/9/20 When a singer names a rescue pit bull Pearl, you just gotta like him: How Kevin Gordon got cut from my column but made folks dance Read More
