Here’s another example why record stores are struggling to survive. I walk a couple of miles down Land Park Drive to Broadway, to Dimple Records, the local independent music store, excited to pick up the new Ryan Adams, Deerhunter and…
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It began innocently enough – all fun and games. While earning college credits as a staff photographer for the Sacramento State Hornet student newspaper in the late seventies, I wrote a letter to the media relations director of the Oakland…
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“And now we go to (insert name of local TV personality) reporting live from the scene.” We hear this every night on the evening news when covering a fire, accident, crime, meeting or other event. What I’m beginning to notice,…
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Older adults should become leaders of the environmental movement. Imagine the incongruity. The population with the least amount of remaining time on the planet would be those who care the most about humankind’s survival for generations to come. In this…
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It’s safe to say Pope Francis never aspired to be the subject of an essay on the Humble Sky blog. Then again, I never expected the Pope to speak my language. In pontificating about treatment of the elderly to a…
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Sometimes baseball players forget the players that have come before them. Even though the greats are recognized by the Hall of Fame, welcomed back with their “Day” at the ballpark and recognized before all-star games and at old-timers days (how’s…
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It’s damn-near impossible to “holiday” in Italy and not return with some fine leather goods and too many souvenir t-shirts. But, without a doubt, the best thing I came home with was perspective. The impressions left by the cultural distinctions…
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How often do you look skyward and contemplate, “How far does space go?” You’re not alone if you answer “never” or “who cares.” The riddle is so complex that most people duck the question entirely. Faith offers enough resolution for…
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LONGEVITY RULES! (#3 in a series of fictional essays based in reality) You’re about to say something, but remind yourself, “If you don’t care don’t say so.” After all, they’re just a couple of clueless, immature kids. But there they…
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You explicitly requested “No Tomato” when you ordered the restaurant’s specialty cheeseburger. So there’s not much more aggravating than when it arrives with a huge, juicy tomato in the middle. Adding insult to injury, you call it to your server’s…
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