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Steve Perry was nicknamed “The Voice” by Bon Jovi back in 1989. The moniker has stuck for more than 20 years and for good reason. I have my own thoughts about what makes Steve Perry, the former lead singer of Journey, special. No, it’s not the tight jeans nor the fabulous long hair, while those [...]
You would think, after being the proud owner of several cars, I would not be surprised when a visit to a car dealership or a mechanic’s shop turns out to be an unpleasant experience.
From my first car, a Fiat 850, to my current ride, a Chevy Tracker, each car has had some problems. That is to be expected. Cars wear out. They get tortured in collisions or they simply die.
Do you do the same thing, the same way, every day? After a shower, do you dry your hair before your body or the other way around? Does it feel weird if you do it backward? How about washing your face — before or after you brush your teeth? I decided I was in a [...]
In this desert lived a unique people called “Peeps.” Peeps came in many shapes, Chicked-dy Chicks, Wascally Wabbits and a variety of other beings, depending on the season — Plump Punkins’, Ghastly Ghosts and Christmas Trees. They lived faithfully with each other.
Thousands, no, probably tens of thousands of little beady eyes watched me enter the store. The official greeter said, “Welcome to Wal-Mart.” There were shelves overflowing with fluorescent pink, blue and purple creatures, impossible colors in nature.
More stories and photo articles by Lara Hartley. Boron, A Photo Essay http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/jun08/boron-lara-hartley.html Goldstone Deep Space Communication Complex – Cassini Call Home http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/aug08/goldstone-deep-space.html Desert Wonder: Tufa towers near Ridgecrest make for a fun local day trip http://www.desertusa.com/mag08/dec08/tufa.html St. Andrews Abbey: A World of Wonder Art creation goes hand in hand with the appreciation of the [...]
… except it wasn’t called the Super Bowl in those long ago days. Officially it was the AFL-NFL World Championship Game — played on Jan. 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Off camera, media pundits called it the Super Bowl. After that, the name stuck until here we are at Super Bowl No. [...]
I have been thinking too much again and it is keeping me awake — again. There are things in the universe I don’t understand, questions that can’t be answered on Google. Have you ever noticed that most everything can be answered on Google? I asked my friends what they would like to know. K.Y. says, [...]
It started as a simple search. What makes an excellent root beer and how does one become a connoisseur of root beer? Really, all I wanted to find out was who makes the best root beer. I remember my dad making root beer in the basement of our house in Peru, New York. Or maybe [...]
Are cemeteries haunted by the dead or the living? Do marble angels watch over the souls who search among silvery tombstones for names, dates and stone flowers? Call them grave hunters, genealogists or historians, gravers, tombstone tenders, stone strollers or death hags. Just don’t call them morbid. Or ghouls. Or heaven forbid, necrophiliacs. Technically they [...]
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