Tag: Blues

Last night I experienced another Barcelona music treat when I saw Hash Brown and the Blues All Stars play at the L’Hospitalet de Llobregat Festes de Primavera (spring festival). The all-age (but mostly older) crowd of people (and some dogs) bopped along to some authentic blues in a pretty litt...

CHICAGO … Heaven’s Door Spirits, the award-winning collection of American whiskeys founded by Bob Dylan, proudly announces the launch of “Homesick Blues” Minnesota Wheated Bourbon. This limited release offering pays homage to Dylan’s birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota and...

Didn’t sleep properly yesterday — drank a pretty much full cup of bitter Matcha tea, still don’t have almond milk or any kind of other milk or cream at the apt being cautious not to bring too much of stuff that potentially could go bad if I left the city for a few days. And yes, fo...

I have an evergreen hedge that runs along the length of my back garden, and it is home to a healthy population of house sparrows. They wait eagerly at the top of the hedge as I put out the bird seed, and when their chicks leave the nest, I am delighted to watch the young bird being fed by the adults...

Happy New Year, beautiful humans! Give love to those around you for an extra minute today; it could become a healthy habit. You're caught up if you read this piece about my fear of exactly this. Post-operation life. TLDR? I had my right foot majorly fucked with, surgically s...

The Varsity Blues scandal is in the news again, this time after its mastermind-turned-FBI informant, Rick Singer, was sentenced following a plea deal. The scandal first captured public attention when Lori Loughlin, the actress best known for her role as Aunt Becky on Full House, along with Desperate...

Many of us are prone toward addiction. This piece is a story about a guy who can't seem to get away from his gambling problem. For those of you who love to write, I challenge you to come up with a blues song. It's a great way to flex your writing skills and tell a story. Well don&rsquo...

Rainy days are rare in San Francisco, my beloved hometown, where the streets go from quirky to beautiful, the views are stunning, and the urban walks are enticing. (Don’t believe the bad press; downtowns everywhere have problems.) Walking in San Francisco is my daily joy. But I take a rainy...