Category Archives: The Amazing Geriatric Hillbilly U.S. World Tour

The Alladin Theater in Portland was a good room, but publicity hadn’t been good, the word was not out, and the audience was small. Somewhere between lunch and supper I began to feel queasy, and by shortly before show time … Continue reading →

The Triple Door in Seattle was our first real gig in a theater setting. A lovely room, warm reception by the staff and audience, and Very Good Food. We noshed our way through the sound check and delivered a solid … Continue reading →

A long time later, or maybe just a week. A note from the school of time and space. I know I talked early on about what this journey was going to mean to me, since I’d be traveling the roads … Continue reading →

Page 8:  Idaho, Oregon, Washington   Played the Modern Hotel in Boise last night. A delightful experience from beginning to end. Sweet hospitality, great sound and a backed house. The whole thing took place in a small outdoor courtyard of … Continue reading →

We are about to cross the border between Utah and Idaho. We just passed the point where the two ends of the transcontinental railroad came together. It was indistinguishable from all the rest of the low sagebrush topped mountains and … Continue reading →

I was two weeks out from surgery, feeling pretty good if a little sluggish and stupid. Anesthesia does that, I was told, so I didn’t worry — just continued coasting along, keeping a sanitary pad between the incision and the … Continue reading →

For years, maybe decades, I’d been plagued with a little curse called “cervical polyps.” Wikipedia defines them thus: A cervical polyp is a common benign polyp or tumour on the surface of the cervical canal.[1] They can cause irregular menstrual bleeding (and it did) but often show no symptoms (other than the damned bleeding, of course). … Continue reading →