Flapjacks 3/7/24 Flapjacks 3/7/24

Ol' Flap chips away at his own loneliness and brings back a stream of old memories when Jerry meets "Elvis" and Matt and Bob (Dillon and Dylan) enter the scene for bloodshed and song

Flapjacks 3/1/24 Flapjacks 3/1/24

Golden hours in the memory care ward where potato chips are rare, Matt Dillon kills folks and we laugh about the Little Ole Opry the night Jerry rolled his blue Prelude to save a dog

Flapjacks 2/23/24 Flapjacks 2/23/24

Nobody gets out of here alive .... I get frightened that I'm not going to fly out of the Cuckoo's Nest.... Of course, I'm nuts .... Laughter and 'Looney Tunes' with Jerry & the guys

Flapjacks 2/19/24 Flapjacks 2/19/24

'Simple Motion' should have been a classic Brace-Cooper-Jutz album, but death forced Peter's heartbroken amigos to push boundaries with masterful duet country-folk album

Flapjacks 12/2/23 Flapjacks 12/2/23

Best friend, office assistant, warm encourager's death blackens 72nd birthday ... Even though our chair feels empty, Champ's forever there for me

Flapjacks 6/24/23 Flapjacks 6/24/23

The death of a newspaperman; Jim Monday was a big man with a big heart who leaves massive void as he promises he's leading the way to heaven

Flapjacks 2/26/23 Flapjacks 2/26/23

Charlie Appleton, the classic, old-fashioned newspaperman's life reaches "30" mark ("the end" in newspaper lingo). But, in a not-so-bizarre twist: Love lives on, though my rewrite magic fails

Flapjacks 1/28/23 Flapjacks 1/28/23

Test Post for Internal Migration

Flapjacks 1/25/23 Flapjacks 1/25/23

The life and death of a real newspaperman

Flapjacks 12/15/22 Flapjacks 12/15/22

'Timmay' says goodbye to 'Mr. Cooper': Loyal friend also a father, musician, journalist, historian, brother, beloved ex-husband, damn nice guy

Flapjacks 11/22/22 Flapjacks 11/22/22

November 22 doesn't seem to mean much any more. Is that because most of us who were stunned to tears are dead? And Thanksgiving wishes

Flapjacks 11/16/22 Flapjacks 11/16/22

Shades of Gray: The truly nice fellow who worked for me but, regardless of that setback, found fame and glory as an acclaimed archivist and The Veep

Flapjacks 8/16/22 Flapjacks 8/16/22

Elvis, his Uncle Vester, Mason Rudolph, Seve Ballesteros and a drunken Danny Thomas all are on my mind on Dead Elvis Day 2022 (45 years ago, it was a helluva day for a journalist)

Flapjacks 7/15/22 Flapjacks 7/15/22

Long ago cast from daily newsrooms and classrooms, I find the rewards of checking in on my friends, like this 105-and-a-half-year-old man filled with cheer, greens, love

Flapjacks 7/6/22 Flapjacks 7/6/22

July 4, 2022, when a punk with an automatic weapon blasted away brains, babies, hopes and my memories of peace on the beach

Flapjacks 6/13/22 Flapjacks 6/13/22

A fictional, completely fabricated tale about an anonymous old man and how a so-called 'Christian' university repaid his dozen-plus years of hard work

Flapjacks 6/2/22 Flapjacks 6/2/22

Tagging my friend the motorcycle guy, Jake and his "woman" in the other room, his father's dirt pile and the two Veras (and thanks to Peter Cooper, Jim Myers and Brad Schmitt)

Flapjacks 1/18/22 Flapjacks 1/18/22

Memory of Emery ... yesterday is dead and gone, and tomorrow's out of sight, but Ralph's radio show helped me make it through the night (apologies to Kris for borrowing and butchering a line for my own entertainment)

Flapjacks 12/7/21 Flapjacks 12/7/21

With passing of Margaret Everly, all you have to do is dream that she restores harmony to Don and Phil so they can help St. Pete's choir and roadshow

Flapjacks 11/18/21 Flapjacks 11/18/21

A writer looks at 70, wonders how he made it this far & why? Ponders deaths of Roxy, Badger, Tony, Nardholm, Max & Moose, relishes friends, loves family & Peter & Jerry & ... especially: The Beatles

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