From The Bar ~ Liar’s Dice.

| October 9, 2008

Another segment of a project The Rise and Fall of a Saloon In The Latter Part off The Twentieth Century.  These excerpts are not chronological.  In fact very little logic prevails… Dice cups and the use thereof, are a strange Social Exercise probably originating in ancient Greece or Rome if not earlier since men have [...]

Good Manners Don’t Cost a Dime

| October 8, 2008

A little after 4:30… Time to go home. I go to the elevator and, as is always prudent that time of day, step back a bit. Folks going down often mistake my stop on the second floor for the ground floor and sometimes rush out and nearly trampling me. Sure enough, there came an Arrowhead [...]

From The Bar ~ The Meat Market

| October 5, 2008

Another segment of a project The Rise and Fall of a Saloon In The Latter Part off The Twentieth Century.  These excerpts are not chronological.  In fact very little logic prevails… The Meat Market No matter where they are… Most people are trying to escape. __The Write Down Book Meat market n. A market where [...]

Poppa Played The Dobro

| October 5, 2008

I got to thinking about Josh Graves the other day. There are very few musicians that have impacted their chosen instruments as creators of a musical style. I’m not talking about the hot new guitarist or banjo player of the week. I’m talking about the Teachers. The ones who truly blazed a new trail playing [...]

From The Bar ~ The Very Important Call…

| October 4, 2008

Another segment of a project The Rise and Fall of a Saloon In The Latter Part off The Twentieth Century.  These excerpts are not chronological.  In fact very little logic prevails… Once Upon A Time There were no Cell Phones. True!! And Once upon a time there was a  man…short, glasses, balding… One of those [...]