Ed. note: This is the Christmas memo going out in my Christmas cards this year. If you're not on my IRL friends list -- or even if you are -- please accept my Merriest Christmakwanzukkah holiday greetings, and enjoy my year in review.What I did on my Covid vacation ( Read more... )

MITCHELL SD - In this most unusual of years, the journey began on a Sunday morning, and given current conditions, nobody would fill in for me at the church piano. Perfectly understandable.

The first stop was in Hodgenville KY, the birthplace of some guy on some money.

Stationed outside, the park ranger oversaw my slightly damaged can of Ale-8-One ( Read more... )