Attention fashionistas! In case you missed it, (doubtful,) the hottest new trend for Fall 2015 is (are?) Fringes. Yay!  I’ve been a fringe fan for years – since about 1970 I think – when fringes made their last comeback. My wardrobe includes a black suede Western style jacket, with fringes at the elbow and across […] Read more…

According to an old government report, there is less political unrest in countries that play baseball.  Herewith some excerpts from the State Department’s “Guide to American Sports for Third World Countries.”  THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL Baseball was invented in 1839 by Abner Doubleday of Cooperstown, N.Y.  General Doubleday, a career army officer, was born in […] Read more…

I’m a genuine Yankee Doodle Dandy. Like the Declaration of Independence, I was signed, sealed and delivered on the Fourth of July. And that makes me special. The entire country celebrates my birthday … the firecrackers, parades and barbecues are all in my honor. My parents told me that a long time ago and they […] Read more…