Posted on: November 1, 2019

We want to open this year’s respect to those who have come before us by thanking the people who made it possible for Barbara Shermund to be given her due.           (Phil May)           (Wilhelm Busch)                     images […]

From the Wikipedia introduction to Nero Wolfe: Nero Wolfe is a fictional character, a brilliant, oversized, eccentric armchair detective created in 1934 by American mystery writer Rex Stout. Wolfe was born in Montenegro and keeps his past murky. He lives in a luxurious brownstone on West 35th Street in New York City, and he is […]

Marshall Ramsey began his career at the University of Tennessee Daily Beacon (sample above). His post-college career led him first to Pope High School in Georgia, where he was a janitor who rolled around a barrel with his diploma attached. After a six-month “pity party” and a Sunday sermon about the parable of the talents, […]

Sunday’s Barney & Clyde reminded me that one of the pleasures of going to Manitou Springs back when I lived out West was a stunt painter who was camped out on a corner. Manitou Springs was a fun place, even if you didn’t want to climb Pikes Peak, which starts there, or take in the […]