Tuesday, August 30, 2022

THROWBACK THURSDAY TABLES OF CONTENTS

Color Key:


Red = Tales of the 1960s and 1970s/San Francisco Stories


Pink = Encounters with Remarkable people


Green = Family and Personal Stories


Blue = Sonoma County Stories/Pennsylvania Stories


Black = Renaissance and Dickens Fair(e)s and Other Theater


Purple = Interlocken Center for Experiential Education Stories


Orange = Artwork and Art-Related stories

 

 PART ONE

 

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1.  SECOND-GRADE PHOTO

 

2. BUDDHABERRY BOOHARVEST, or, CIRCLING BACK

 

3. WHO’S YOUR BIG SISTER? or, SEND IN THE CLOWNS

 

4. JUDGING THE MEN’S BEST OVERALL, or, ME AND THE GUY FROM PLAYBOY

 

5. DOWN ON THE COMMUNE (Part One): QUESTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE, AN ORIGIN

 

6. O, YOU NAUGHTY BARD, or, MRS. BRENNAN IS NOT AMUSED

 

7. AN EASTER TALE

 

8. THE CRADLE DAYS

 

9. A VISIT FROM WU-TAI-TAI

 

10. THE GREAT VAMPIRE KIT MYSTERY

 

 11. THE MONK AND THE PUSSYCAT, or, SAVING CIVILIZATION, ONE MOUSE AT A TIME

 

12. MY NEW YORK MINUTE; LUCKY-DUCK SITCOM INTERLUDE

 

13. TWO IRISHMEN WENT INTO A BAR; THE SONG OF JOE HEANEY

 

14. D IS FOR DYLAN

 

15. GRANDMA’S BAKELITE CHERRIES, or, EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

 

16. SHE’S AHEAD OF HER TIME; SHE MUST BE A WITCH, or, WHO WAS MAMMY MORGAN, AND WHY DOES SHE HAVE A HILL NAMED AFTER HER?

 

17. THE FAMILY THAT SKATES TOGETHER

 

18. HOLD ONTO YOUR PANTALETS

 

 19. THE LAND OF IMPROBABLE NAMES

 

 20. REMEMBERING WOODSTOCK (KIND OF)

 

 

PART TWO

 

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1. PRESBYTERIANS GONE WILD

 

2. BARING TO BE GREAT; THE ANNUAL SAUCY FRENCH POSTCARDS

 

3. YOU DO WHAT FOR A LIVING? Or, GETTING ZYMED

 

4. PHAEDRA AND THE FUNNY LADY

 

5. THE ISRAEL FRIENDSHIP CAMP: REMEMBERING THE GIRGASHITES

 

6. LOCAL PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FAMILY: PLAIN, GAY, OR ENGLISH?

 

7. SNOWMILL

 

8.  A FAMILY TALE: THE CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE IRONMASTER’S FORTUNE, SIR HUMPHREY’S BEQUEST, THE CARELESS VALET, THE GENIUS OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS, AND THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY

 

9. THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERHERO

 

10. GREAT-GRANDPA JIM AND THE BANDIT QUEEN

 

11. DR. CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN GATE REMEDY CAST PHOTO

 

12. GRANDDAD VERNE AND THE ART OF THE PHOTOBOMB

 

13. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COLLECTION OF SURREAL STILT-WALKING PHOTOS?

 

14. EVERYBODY SHOULD GROW UP NEAR A HAUNTED MOUNTAIN

 

 15. MAD MAUDLEN, THE TREE SATYR, AND THE #7 MARKET STREET BUS 

 

 16.  RHUBARB

 

 17. I WAS THROWN IN AT THE DEEP END

 

18. THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND FACE OF JIM KAHLO 

 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

 

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

 

 

PART THREE

 

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1. NO M.A. FOR YOU…

 

2. CLARE HELPS AMIE WITH HER OUTFIT

 

3. I AM PUSSY; HEAR ME THUNDER, or, ANYBODY WANNA BROWNIE?

 

4. PETE’S LULLABY

 

5. GOT A MATCH?

 

6. PANTHERINA RIDES AGAIN

 

7. THE HORSE YEARS

 

8. WOL AND THE CAN OF NOT-COOKIES

 

9. A POND OF ONE’S OWN

 

10. THE SPLINTER; A FAMILY HEIRLOOM

 

11.  LOREN WASHBURN ETCHING OF MAD MAUDLEN

 

12. JOCKS, or, A FAMILY TRADITION

 

13. NAMING THE CAT

 

14. A TOUCH OF SPRING

 

15.  NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO BE A GIANT CHICKEN AT CHRISTMASTIME

 

16. UNCLE DAVID, or, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF MAIN STREET

 

17. DISTANT BATTLES, Or, THE GREAT-GRANDFATHERS GO TO WAR

 

18. POSING FOR SCHONEBERG

 

19. MEETING (OMG) JOHN AND GEORGE

 

20. 40-ODD (AND I DO MEAN ODD) YEARS AND (HOW MANY) DEGREES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SEPARATION?

 

 

PART FOUR

 

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1. GIRLS IN PANTS

 

2. TALES OF THE SIXTIES—COAST TO COAST

 

[THE "YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP" TRILOGY:]

 

3. GETTIN' LEGAL WITH DR. HIP

 

4. HANGIN' WITH MR NATURAL

 

5. GUNS, LSD, AND A BUMPY RIDE

 

6. BARBARA AND HOWARD: 60 YEARS APART AND TOGETHER

 

7. OUT OF MY DEPTH WITH JOHN AND TONY

 

8. MY ONLY APPEARANCE IN LIFE MAGAZINE

 

 [THE "HEY KIDS! LET'S PUT ON A SHOW!" TRILOGY:] 

 

9. KID STUFF

 

10. THE PORTABLE FOLK FESTIVAL

 

11. DR. CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN GATE REMEDY

 

12. A GENTLE BRUSH WITH HISTORY

 

13. THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT RETIREMENT, Or, EVOLUTION OF THE BARN PEOPLE

 

14. HIJINKS WITH THE GIRLS, OR, YOU GO, GRAMMY

 

15. ERIC TALERICO LEARNS TO HUG, Or, THE MAN WITH THE LUMINOUS BRAIN

 

16. BEFORE THERE WAS TV #1

 

17. THERE'S ALWAYS A DRAMA BEHIND THE DRAMA, Or, DON'T MESS WITH THE UNICORN

 

18. A(S)STITCH IN TIME

 

19. THE ILL WIND: CONFESSIONS OF A RELUCTANT OBOEIST

 

20. THE MADWOMAN AND THE WOLFS

 

 

PART FIVE

 

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1. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, OR, SACK IT TO THEM

 

2. HANGIN' WITH STRAIGHT ARROW; DAD'S BROMANCE


3. THE HEARTBREAK OF UPSCALE RETAIL

 

4. A NIGHT WITH ST. LUCY

 

5. ADVENTURES IN THE KEY OF D; THE MARVELOUS MR. MCKECHNIE

 

6. NOT YOUR NORMAN ROCKWELL MOMENT

 

7. GREEN BAY INTERLUDE; HILLS OF THIS STAMP

 

8. TOO HOT FOR TENNESSEE, OR, NO PIE FOR MR WILSON

 

9. GRAMMY'S RIDE

 

10. DOUBLE-DIP OF MEMORY

 

11. A CLASSIC(AL) FOLKTALE

 

12. OH SAY, CAN YOU...

 

13. A WIZARD CALLS; TERENCE MCKENNA AND THE ELFCLOWNS OF HYPERSPACE

 

14. HURRICANE ARCHAEOLOGY (HAZEL WAS A BITCH)

 

15. IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME, Or, NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST; LIFE WITH A LABYRINTH

 

16. NOT A BIG SARDINE; NAMING THE BOYS

 

17. DEMON IN DISGUISE: THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID BROMBERG

 

18. THE SUBJECT WAS DEATH (A HOWARD TALE)

 

19. INTERLOCKEN SUGAR BLUES/CANDY WARS

 

 

20. ROOSTING ON THE RIDGE

 

 

PART SIX

 

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1. HELLO AGAIN, BOB; THE ANONYMITY OF MR. JONES

 

2. FINDING A USE FOR INSOMNIA; A COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

 

3. THE CAMERA WHISPERER, Or, SOMETIMES THEY JUST WON’T SMILE

 ,

4. CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT HYPERLEXIC

 

5. DOWN ON THE COMMUNE, PART III; THE MYSTERIES OF BLAP

 

6. HANGIN’ WITH DANIEL BOONE, and/or HUNTING FOR SKAGGSES

 

7. THE LOST-AND FOUND SHELL

 

8. RULES OF THUMB; THE SINGLE GIRL'S GUIDE TO PRACTICAL HITCHHIKING

 

 9. WHAT MY 7X GREAT-UNCLE CHARLES AND HIS GOOD FRIEND GEORGE GOT UP TO IN THE SUMMERHOUSE 

 

10. U. UTAH PHILLIPS; A FIGMENT OF HIS OWN IMAGINATION

 

11. A CHIP OFF THE OLD GRANDDAD

 

 12. A TOTEMIC DICHOTOMY

 

 13. HIS HONOR THE PECKER, Or WHY DID THE CHICKEN…?

 

14. THE INTERLOCKEN EFFECT; SEEING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

 

 15. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #7;
MORE TICKLEBOTTOM BY REQUEST

 

16. DR. ORNISH MAKES A HOUSE CALL

 

17. GOING FORMAL

 

18. NORMAN KENNEDY: A SCOT LIKE NO OTHER

 

19. THE OWSLEY EFFECT: YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP, VOL. IV

 

20. JUST DOWN THE LANE

 

 

PART SEVEN

 

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1. COLLAGE BY COINCIDENCE: ROMANCING THE GRAVE

 

2.  COUNTRY TIME FOR RONNIE: HUTS PONY WAGON VEGGIES JEEP GUMP BAR’L & TURTLE

 

3. ROBERT SHIELDS: MY LIFE AS A ROBOT

 

4. GETTING CROCHETY WITH RAM DASS

 

5. TUTU BLUES: MY LIFE AS A BALLERINA (NOT)

 

 6. WHAT A QUEER BIRD THE FROG ARE

 

 7. INTERLOCKEN THEATER MAGIC, OR, HOW'D THEY DO THAT?

 

8. A COSMIC GIGGLE ON THE FAULT LINE

 

9. THREE BARRELS OF SAUERKRAUT AND AN ALLIGATOR: A GERMAN ADVENTURE

 

10. THE KEMMERERS GET THEIR PHOTO MADE

 

11. HANGIN' WITH THE DEAD: A SHORT STRANGE TRIP

 

12. MOMMY, WHY IS OUR CHURCH BLUE?

 

13. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LITTLE JACK

 

14. SARAPANDY: NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEAR

 

15. BOBBIE'S WEDDING; A FIFTIES TIME CAPSULE

 

16. PENNSYLVANIA TOM THUMB WEDDING, OR, MY VERY FIRST

 

17. FLAMES, MACHETES, GIANT CHICKENS AND PHILOSOPHY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RAY JASON

 

18. SCOTT BEACH, RENAISSANCE DUDE

 

19. SURVIVING THE TOAD

 

20. THE RING OF TRUTH AND THE IRONY OF ICONS  

 

 

 

PART EIGHT

 

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1. LEARNING LOVE FROM PETER JORDAN

 

2. A STING IN THE TALE

 

3. CRABS 101, or, THANKS FOR THE MEMORY (I THINK)

 

4. EARLY ARKANSAS CAR WARS: GRANDFATHER HILL, THE TRAVELING SALESMAN, AND THE ROAD HOG

 

5. THE MAPLE MYSTERY TOUR

 

6. FLIRTING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, a Photo by Roger Steffens

 

7. LAVENDER LAVENDER DILLY DILLY: WHY I LOVE THIS PHOTO

 

8. SUSANNAH’S WILL, or, THE ENTERPRISING LADIES OF WAYNE COUNTY

 

9. THINGS DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE PAGES OF OLD BOOKS #4: A FAIRE AND FOLDED NOSTALGIA

 

10. HOWARD VS. THE OUTHOUSE, or, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE CHAUTAUQUA

 

11. HALLOWEEN BIRTHDAY

 

12. SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS

 

13. EVOLUTION OF A MADWOMAN

 

14. A DOMESTIC GODDESS (AUNT DOT)

 

15. ROCK MEDICINE

 

16. THE RIGHTEOUS RAG AND THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS ANTEATER

 

17. MY SECOND FAVORITE LYLE TUTTLE TATTOO STORY

 

18. MY VERY FAVORITE LYLE TUTTLE TATTOO STORY

 

19. ME, LARRY CSONKA, CHARLIE BROWN AND THE HEIGHT OF NAUGHTINESS

 

20. THE INTERLOCKEN TOILET SPEECH, or, TWO SHEETS PER WIPE

 

 

PART NINE

 

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1. AN ODD LITTLE FISH, OR, SHE'S A KEEPER

 

2. OAK, ASH & THORN—FOR A GOOD TIME...

 

3. FOR THE BOYS

 

4. HAVING A CHEW; A FAMILY TALE

 

 5. MY FAVORITE MOUSEKETEER

 

6. NEEDLING THE TIGHTS; SECRET PANTYHOSE STRATEGIES REVEALED

 

 7. ART IS WHERE YOU FIND IT; SOME THOUGHTS ON PLYWOOD

 

8. ANOTHER WAY TO FLY, OR, THE SINGLE GIRL'S GUIDE TO JAPANESE MAPLES

 

9. TURN, TURN, TURN; DAD DOES RETIREMENT, PART 3.

 

10. MR. HINES MAKES A DEAL

 

11. UP FOR THE COUNT; OWLS, PEACOCKS, PASSIONFLOWERS AND VERY SMALL FISH

 

13. HIGHWAY OBSTETRICS, OR, A SONG BEFORE BREAKFAST

 

14. A TIMELY ADJUSTMENT

 

15. BLUE BOOK BLUES; MISS SMARTY-PANTS SQUEAKS BY

 

16. FAITH AND MAUDIE, Or
OF WAR, WIT, WISDOM, AND WILD WANDERING WOMEN

 

17. KNITTING A FRIENDSHIP

 

18. A FIFTIES TIME CAPSULE: BOBBIE'S WEDDING

 

19. STALKING THE WILD HYPHEN; THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF BEN FONG-TORRES

 

20. JOHN ENCOUNTERS THE ANGEL OF TERPSICHORE, OR, ROMANCING THE WALTZ

 

 

PART TEN

 

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1. HOUSE RULES; THIS MEANS YOU

 

2. YOU WILL COME THROUGH

 

3. CONFESSIONS OF A STILT-WALKER, Or A LESSON FROM ON HIGH

 

4. THE RETURN OF QUACKY

 

5. HEY GOD! REMEMBERING JOHN PRINE (1945-2020)

 

6. GARDEN RESCUE, Or, THE TAO OF POO

 

7. BEFORE THERE WAS TV #1; SLATE OF MIND

 

8.  NOBODY’S FOOL: THE WORLD OF BILLY SCUDDER

 

9.  THREE GUYS AND AN ARROW—YOU OK, UNCLE DAVE?

 

10. ALTERED IMAGES; THE LITTLE TOWN OF UPSIDE-DOWN

 

11. GROUNDHOG DAYS; NOT LIKE CHICKEN

 

12. THE TAO OF TURTLE

 

13. DEAR AUNTIE; A SURPRISING EDUCATION

 

14. A RARE GESTURE; COUSINS ARE FOREVER

 

15. SHADOW, SHADBLOW, MULES, RUBBLE & GETTING THINGS DONE, Or, DAD DOES RETIREMENT; PART III

 

16. FAIRIES BY VERSACE; VOGUE MEETS THE EASTER SEALS CALENDAR

 

17. MICKY; A LESSON IN YOU JUST NEVER CAN TELL

 

18. BEFORE THERE WAS TV #2; GROWING UP WITH LITTLE MISS SUNBEAM

 

19. IN ITS OWN MODEST WAY

 

20. THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF KAREN THORSEN & THE PRICE OF THE TICKET

 

 

PART 11

 

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1. CRANKY PANTS? (DO-IT-YOURSELF BLUES)

 

2. THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THAT ANY MORE; THE LONG & COLORFUL LIFE OF GREAT-GREAT-UNCLE WHAT’S-HIS-NAME

 

3. INSIDE JIVE 95: MY UNDERGROUND LIFE IN RADIO

 

4. A MOST ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG LADY

 

5. HUG

 

6. FOUR COLLAGES AND A SONG, Or, CHILLIN’ WITH THE EVERLY BROTHERS

 

7.  FOX HOLLOW FANTASY: THE ORPHIC RESONANCE OF GORDON BOK

 

8. INDUSTRIAL CALLIGRAPHY; SIGNS OF MY TIMES

 

9. DANCING COLORS WITH DON JOSE; A COLLAGE TRIBUTE

 

10. A SUMMER PORTRAIT

 

11. FROM ONE TO TEN THOUSAND, Or,
MRS. RAMBO LEARNS A LESSON

 

12. SLEEPING UNDER TOADSTOOLS; THE SWEEPING SAGA OF RANGER RICK

 

13. COCK & FEATHERS; THE GENTLE ART OF MERRY MAYHEM

 

14. MY LIFE AS A BOY

 

15. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH RAIN AND STRANGENESS

 

16. LINE BY LINE WITH THE SHRUBBER, Or, THE EDIBLE AND HORTICULTURAL VIRTUOSITY OF ROBERT KOURIK

 

17. CALABASH! Or, OUT OF OUR GOURDS

 

18. THE CLYDE CROW MEMORIAL TRASHCAN: A POST-THANKSGIVING TALE

 

20. JULIE MEREDITH GETS THE BIRD, Or, DON’T MESS WITH THE DIVA

 

  

PART 12

 

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1. SIBLING REVELRY

 

2. ASAP; AN UNEXPECTED DECEMBER 24TH RETAIL TALE

 

3. A MOUSIE TALE

 

4. CRUISING FOR SOCKS, Or, NOT YOUR AVERAGE MUFFY

 

5. A MAN OF CHARACTER: BILL IRWIN GETS HIS ACT TOGETHER

 

6. THE GENTLE ARTS OF CARICATURE AND MEMORY

 

7. FOR THE BIRDS

 

8. FEELING NO PAIN; GUiNEA PIG FOR AN ALLMAN BROTHER

 

9. LORE OF THE GORE AND THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

 

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA; YOU SAY YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN POWER SPOTS?

 

11. PROGNOSTICATION BY XEROX

 

12. TIME CAPSULE: JEAN’S SECOND WEDDING, Or, DANCING WITH TOM

 

13. THE SECRET LIFE OF MAD MAUDLEN

 

14. INVENTING A HOLIDAY:  FOOLIN’ AROUND, FUNKY FRIARS, & A FREE LUNCH

 

15. IMAGES FROM THE ASHES

 

16. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #14: THE GENTLE ART OF REJECTION

 

17. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND

 

18. AN UNEXPECTED LITERARY IMMERSION

 

19. WHO THE HELL IS STEVE RATHE?

 

20. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #15: AWARDS NIGHT

 

 

 PART 13

 

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1. HOMEFRONT, Or, LOVE SPOONS FOR JANET

 

2. ECHO JUNTO BEATNIK EPIPHANY

 

3. LOTUS HANDS, TA’I CHI NUDE, AND THE MONGOLIAN ADVENTURES OF THE WHITE CROW

 

4. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #16:

A SOFT SPOT FOR DRAGONS

 

5. DAISY PHOTOBOMB BEATITUDE

 

6. THE LIVICATED WORLD OF ROGER STEFFENS, Or 

WHENEVER BOB MARLEY FART

 

7. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

8. A THREE-WAY COLLABORATION

 

9. VAN ROZAY:  MUSIC, SEWAGE, PASTRY, AND A MAN ABOUT A DOG

 

10. ONE SMALL LEAP: DAD DOES 3-D

 

11. LOVING BIG TREE: A TOWERING CONUNDRUM

 

12. TEN YEARS AFTER

 

13. ALL THE WORLD’S A CIRCUS, Or, MUM’S THE WORD

 

14. THINGS FOUND IN OLD PORTFOLIOS #17: THE ENFORCERS

 

15. THE CORSET IN THE CORNFIELD AND OTHER TIMELESS MOMENTS WITH AUNTIE MAYME

 

16. MORE THINGS FOUND IN AN OLD PORTFOLIO:

CAPITAL TIMES WITH THE ROMANS

 

17. THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW SUBMARINE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE LURE OF RIDICULOUS THINGS

 

18. REMEMBERING ROBERT ALTMAN

 

19. MORE THINGS FOUND IN OLD PORTFOLIOS: A GRAVE REFLECTION

 

20. NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE: 885 CLAYTON ST.

 

PART 14

 

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1. THE ADORABLE STITCHWITCHES OF PETERKIN HILL

 

2. KENNY AND DOC: BLIND TRUST (A PORTABLE TALE FROM 50 YEARS ON)

 

3. PLAYING POSSUM

 

4. WWII IN THE FAMILY

 

5. TENDING ONE’S PUTZ: A HOLIDAY TRADITION

 

6 . A JOYFUL NOISE, Or, A TOUCH OF BRASS (TO THE MAX)

 

7. EARNING MY WINGS: CANDLE, MANGER, DONKEY—AND WHAT, GIVE UP SHOW BUSINESS?

 

8. A RAFT OF RELATIONS

 

9. THE FACE OF WINTER

 

10. BUDDHA POWER, Or,

WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE

 

11. WORDS TO LIVE BY; A BUNNY TALE

 

12. GINO SCHIAVONE: THE ZONE OF ASTONISHMENT

 

13. A MOST UNLIKELY CONVERSATION: MY DINNER WITH PHYLLIS (PATTERSON) AND RICHARD (HERMAN)

 

14. THE AMANITA FAIRY: STRANGE TIMES ON FALLEN APPLE LANE

 

15. HILL 15 MPH

 

16. JAMAICAN ENCOUNTERS

 

17. HOMELAND SECURITY, 1751; Or, HOW MY MOTHER WOUND UP WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S RAREST SURNAMES

 

18. EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN II: A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

 

19. JANICE? Or, JUST A LITTLE TREAT FOR THE BOYS

 

20. FLIPPING THE BUNNY: THE GHOST(S) OF PETERKIN HILL

 

PART 15

 

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GROWING UP WITH A BIG BANG, Or, ELI WHITNEY PULLS A FAST ONE

 

2. OUR LIFE IS SHORTER THAN FLOWERS

 

3. EVOLUTION OF A MADWOMAN, PART II:

MY YEAR OF LIVING ZENLY

 

4. A FRAGRANT REWARD

 

5. WARM AS A PANCAKE: DAD PUTS THE HEART IN HEARTH

 

6. FINDING AYAKO

 

7. FROM MY MOTHER’S CLOSET (SHE’S TOO FAST FOR ME)

 

8A. THROWBACK THURSDAY INTERLUDE: 

DAD’S SMILE

 

9. THEY KEPT US IN STITCHES: A TRIBUTE TO THE RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE COSTUME DEPARTMENT

 

10. HOUND DOG BLUES

 

11. LAS VEGAS DREAMIN’ WITH MAPLE AND STEVE 

 

12. SUMMER PORTRAIT WITH HAT AND GLOVES

 

13. THE MAN WHO WAS FLINT: THE MULTIVOICED MULTIVERSE OF BILL RATNER

 

14. THE GREAT-LITERATURE APPROACH TO CURING WARTS: DAD PLUMBS THE MYSTERIES OF SPUNK-WATER

 

15. RICHARD BRAUTIGAN: MATTERS IRONIC AND ICONIC

 

16. THE GRANDMOTHER HILL PERPLEX

 

17. A RANDOM GODDESS SIGHTING

 

18. ONE LONG CONTINUOUS NAMEDROP, Or,

A FLY ON THE WALL OF A BAR WITH NO NAME.

 

19. PUSSY IN THE CORNER: SURVIVING RECESS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

 

20. PORTRAIT

 

PART 16

 

https://amie-hilltbt16.blogspot.com

1. STRANGER THAN FACT: PREPPY JOHN WRITES A STORY

 

2. CLEAN UNDERWEAR, FRIED CHICKEN, AUNT TONKIE’S BANANA ROLLS AND HOLLOW DIPS: DAD DOES COLLEGE 

 

3.  INCIDENTAL ENCOUNTERS

Or, TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN

 

4. BUT I WANTED TO BE A COWBOY: A DIALOGUE

 

5. THANK YOU MASK MAN

 

6. SUNDAY BEST

 

7. A JOYFUL NOISE: HOW I ACCIDENTALLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL BLOGGER

 

8. SUNSHINE BOYS

 

9. NAUGHTY BOYS OF THE LOUGH/A WALK IN DECEMBER

 

 

10. STUPA DREAMING: A CREATIVE PROCESS

 

11. DAD AND THE CHRISTMAS CHAIR

 

12. CARDPLAY: THE HISTORY OF A F*RT 

 

13GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YA, Or, TIA LAURITA FOR THE SOUL

 

14. WHEN MY SISTER WAS AN ONLY CHILD

 

15. STUPA FOR THẦY (I AM NOT HERE)

 

16. ALAN WATTS AND THE TAO OF POO(P)

 

17. SPECIAL DELIVERY

 

18. RETRO VALENTINE CODA

 

19. RAINBOW CONNECTIONS: THE ART OF SYNCHRONICITY

 

20.  THREE LITTLE GIRLS, JUST A-SPLASHIN’ IN THE GENE POOL

 

 

Part 17

 

1. GETTING THE QUICKSILVER MESSAGE, Or, DECONSTRUCTING DINO VALENTE

 

2. THAT BLUE DRESS

 

3. NEW ENGLAND DEMOCRACY, Or,

A DOG’S GOTTA DO

 

4. THE CREATIVE PROCESS: A HOUSEHOLD HINT

 

5. A FLYING LESSON

 

6. BACK FROM THE PAST: A HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR

 

7. ROSALIE SORRELS: TRAVELIN' LADY 

(AND ONE HELL OF A LIFE STORY)

 

8. TOLTEC FRAGMENT: THE ART OF SYNCHRONICITY

 

9. RAINBOW MEMORY

 

10. A QUESTION OF MEMORY, Or,

ME AND GENERAL MacARTHUR?

 

11. CAMERA LOVE

 

12. DOWN ON THE COMMUNE, PART IV: 

TUTU GARDENING WITH DOUGO

 

13. WHEN PUNS ALIGN

 

14. DORMOUSE ENCOUNTER, Or,

ANOTHER REASON TO LOVE SAN FRANCISCO

 

15. I GO ON AN UNEXPECTED ETYMOLOGICAL ADVENTURE

Or,

THE UNLIKELY TALE OF THE PHANTOM GOLFER; ADOLF HITLER’S JUNK; SCHOOLBOY SNOT; MUSIC-HALL HITS; AN OSCAR-WINNING FILM; MITCH MILLER; AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN

 

16. MOTHER AND THE TYRANNY OF THE NEEDLE,

Or

THE LITTLE STANDARD THAT COULD

 

17. MEDITATION 101

Or

GETTING CALIFORNIATED

 

18. NEW YEAR THREE HIGH

 

19. KENDRICK FREEMAN: A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

 

20. SPONTANEOUS DUCKERY: A COLLAGE TALE IN THREE ACTS

 

 

PART 18

https://amiehilltbt18.blogspot.com

 

1. JACK ALBEE: PLAYING THE FOOL

 

2. THE PAREIDOLIA PERPLEX: FINDING TULPIE

 

3. MOIST: A TALE OF TEMPTATION

 

4. FAMILY SKETCHES/ARTSY DNA?

 

5. HOWARD AND THE SYCAMORE

 

6. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CENTURY MAKES

 

7. CALIFORNIA EPHEMERA II: ELFIN CHESS

 

8. BABY SURPRISE

 

9. SURVIVING DOWN-HOME MEDICINE IN THE FIFTIES

 

10. A SEVENTIES WEDDING: Or,

ROBERT AND LORENE DON’T SAY “I DO”

 

11. SEEING MULTIPLES: TWINSDAY IN OCCIDENTAL

 

12. THE SPARROW BY A NOSE

 

13. DOUBLY EXPOSED

 

14. IT’S 1896 OUT THERE!:

REMEMBERING DUNDII

 

15. AUTUMN PORTRAIT

 

16. WAITING FOR SANTA

 

17. HIGH SPIRITS/ANGEL FASHIONS

 

18. CHRISTMAS FOLLIES, Or,

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY DAY

 

19. THE ART OF SOLSTICE

 

20. VIGNETTE: A VISIT FROM THE FARRIER


PART 19


1. KID MAGIC, Or, WHY I LOVE THIS PHOTO

 

2. THE RUMBLE AND BUSTLE OF TIME: TWO PAINTINGS AND A CARTOON

 

3. THE WINGS OF INSPIRATION

 

4. A SIGN OF THE TIMES, Or, CLUELESS IN OCCIDENTAL

 

5. ICE DAYS AND BLOWTORCH MEMORIES

 

6. THE HUG SPEECH: A NATURAL EVOLUTION

 

7. FOX HOLLOW SQUEEZEBOX OVERLOAD

Or, THANKS FOR THE MEMORY, I THINK

 

8. A HOT TIME WITH CUDDLY ILMMAKERS

Or, THE TEN-YEAR ITCH: CELEBRATING ROBERT SHIELDS

 

9. HUGS II: THE TALE OF CHRISTINA SUSANNA]

 

10. HORTICULTURAL GENEALOGY: 

RETURN OF THE ANCESTRAL BULBS

 

11.  ELUDING THE CROWN: MY CAREER AS A BEAUTY QUEEN (NOT)


12. AMIE HILL: THE BIKER YEARS

 

13 THINGS FOUND IN OLD PORTFOLIOS #11: WRITING IN CIRCLES

 

14. HEY KIDS, WHAT TIME IS IT?

(TIME TO INVENT CHILDREN’S TV, OBVIOUSLY)

 

15. THE KEMMERERS GET THEIR PICTURE MADE 

1. REPRISE

2. SEMI-SCATOLOGICAL SCHERZO FOR WINDS

3. CODA: HORNY BOYS AND FAMILY FACES.

 

16. THE TALE OF EGG

 

17. MEME NOT MIME: THE MANY FACES OF R.G. DAVIS

 

18. THRIFT-STORE SERENDIPITY: A POSTCARD FROM PARIS, Or, FLYING HIGH WITH ABIGAIL

 

19. BEST WISHES TO MRS. HILL: THE COWBOY AND THE SCHOOLMARM

 

20. SEE HOW THEY GROW: 14 YEARS OF SIBLING SWEETNESS

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 THROWBACK THURSDAY TABLES OF CONTENTS

 

 

KEY:

Red = Tales of the 1960s and 1970s/San Francisco Stories

Pink = Encounters with Remarkable people

Green = Family and Personal Stories

Blue = Sonoma County Stories/Pennsylvania Stories

Black = Renaissance and Dickens Fair(e)s and Other Theater

Purple = Interlocken Center fro Experiential Education Stories

Orange = Artwork and Art-Related stories

 

 PART ONE

 

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1.  SECOND-GRADE PHOTO

 

2. BUDDHABERRY BOOHARVEST, or, CIRCLING BACK

 

3. WHO’S YOUR BIG SISTER? or, SEND IN THE CLOWNS

 

4. JUDGING THE MEN’S BEST OVERALL, or, ME AND THE GUY FROM PLAYBOY

 

5. DOWN ON THE COMMUNE (Part One): QUESTIONS OF THE UNIVERSE, AN ORIGIN

 

6. O, YOU NAUGHTY BARD, or, MRS. BRENNAN IS NOT AMUSED

 

7. AN EASTER TALE

 

8. THE CRADLE DAYS

 

9. A VISIT FROM WU-TAI-TAI

 

10. THE GREAT VAMPIRE KIT MYSTERY

 

 

11. THE MONK AND THE PUSSYCAT, or, SAVING CIVILIZATION, ONE MOUSE AT A TIME

 

12. MY NEW YORK MINUTE; LUCKY-DUCK SITCOM INTERLUDE

 

13. TWO IRISHMEN WENT INTO A BAR; THE SONG OF JOE HEANEY

 

14. D IS FOR DYLAN

 

15. GRANDMA’S BAKELITE CHERRIES, or, EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN

 

16. SHE’S AHEAD OF HER TIME; SHE MUST BE A WITCH, or, WHO WAS MAMMY MORGAN, AND WHY DOES SHE HAVE A HILL NAMED AFTER HER?

 

17. THE FAMILY THAT SKATES TOGETHER

 

18. HOLD ONTO YOUR PANTALETS

 

 19. THE LAND OF IMPROBABLE NAMES

 

 20. REMEMBERING WOODSTOCK (KIND OF)

 

 

PART TWO

 

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1. PRESBYTERIANS GONE WILD

 

2. BARING TO BE GREAT; THE ANNUAL SAUCY FRENCH POSTCARDS

 

3. YOU DO WHAT FOR A LIVING? Or, GETTING ZYMED

 

4. PHAEDRA AND THE FUNNY LADY

 

5. THE ISRAEL FRIENDSHIP CAMP: REMEMBERING THE GIRGASHITES

 

6. LOCAL PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FAMILY: PLAIN, GAY, OR ENGLISH?

 

7. SNOWMILL

 

8.  A FAMILY TALE: THE CURIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE IRONMASTER’S FORTUNE, SIR HUMPHREY’S BEQUEST, THE CARELESS VALET, THE GENIUS OF MR. CHARLES DICKENS, AND THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY

 

9. THE ACCIDENTAL SUPERHERO

 

10. GREAT-GRANDPA JIM AND THE BANDIT QUEEN

 

11. DR. CALIFORNIA’S GOLDEN GATE REMEDY CAST PHOTO

 

12. GRANDDAD VERNE AND THE ART OF THE PHOTOBOMB

 

13. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COLLECTION OF SURREAL STILT-WALKING PHOTOS?

 

14. EVERYBODY SHOULD GROW UP NEAR A HAUNTED MOUNTAIN

 

 15. MAD MAUDLEN, THE TREE SATYR, AND THE #7 MARKET STREET BUS 

 

 16.  RHUBARB

 

 17. I WAS THROWN IN AT THE DEEP END

 

18. THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND FACE OF JIM KAHLO 

 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

 

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

 

 

PART THREE

 

https://amiehilltbt3.blogspot.com/ 

1. NO M.A. FOR YOU…

 

2. CLARE HELPS AMIE WITH HER OUTFIT

 

3. I AM PUSSY; HEAR ME THUNDER, or, ANYBODY WANNA BROWNIE?

 

4. PETE’S LULLABY

 

5. GOT A MATCH?

 

6. PANTHERINA RIDES AGAIN

 

7. THE HORSE YEARS

 

8. WOL AND THE CAN OF NOT-COOKIES

 

9. A POND OF ONE’S OWN

 

10. THE SPLINTER; A FAMILY HEIRLOOM

 

11.  LOREN WASHBURN ETCHING OF MAD MAUDLEN

 

12. JOCKS, or, A FAMILY TRADITION

 

13. NAMING THE CAT

 

14. A TOUCH OF SPRING

 

15.  NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO BE A GIANT CHICKEN AT CHRISTMASTIME

 

16. UNCLE DAVID, or, THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF MAIN STREET

 

17. DISTANT BATTLES, or, THE GREAT-GRANDFATHERS GO TO WAR

 

18. POSING FOR SCHONEBERG

 

19. MEETING (OMG) JOHN AND GEORGE

 

20. 40-ODD (AND I DO MEAN ODD) YEARS AND (HOW MANY) DEGREES OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SEPARATION?

 

 

PART FOUR

 

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1. GIRLS IN PANTS

 

2. TALES OF THE SIXTIES—COAST TO COAST

 

[THE "YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP" TRILOGY:]

 

3. GETTIN' LEGAL WITH DR. HIP

 

4. HANGIN' WITH MR NATURAL

 

5. GUNS, LSD, AND A BUMPY RIDE

 

6. BARBARA AND HOWARD: 60 YEARS APART AND TOGETHER

 

7. OUT OF MY DEPTH WITH JOHN AND TONY

 

8. MY ONLY APPEARANCE IN LIFE MAGAZINE

 

 [THE "HEY KIDS! LET'S PUT ON A SHOW!" TRILOGY:] 

 

9. KID STUFF

 

10. THE PORTABLE FOLK FESTIVAL

 

11. DR. CALIFORNIA'S GOLDEN GATE REMEDY

 

12. A GENTLE BRUSH WITH HISTORY

 

13. THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT RETIREMENT, Or, EVOLUTION OF THE BARN PEOPLE

 

14. HIJINKS WITH THE GIRLS, OR, YOU GO, GRAMMY

 

15. ERIC TALERICO LEARNS TO HUG, Or, THE MAN WITH THE LUMINOUS BRAIN

 

16. BEFORE THERE WAS TV #1

 

17. THERE'S ALWAYS A DRAMA BEHIND THE DRAMA, Or, DON'T MESS WITH THE UNICORN

 

18. A(S)STITCH IN TIME

 

19. THE ILL WIND: CONFESSIONS OF A RELUCTANT OBOEIST

 

20. THE MADWOMAN AND THE WOLFS

 

 

PART FIVE

 

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1. WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, OR, SACK IT TO THEM

 

2. HANGIN' WITH STRAIGHT ARROW; DAD'S BROMANCE

3. THE HEARTBREAK OF UPSCALE RETAIL

 

4. A NIGHT WITH ST. LUCY

 

5. ADVENTURES IN THE KEY OF D; THE MARVELOUS MR. MCKECHNIE

 

6. NOT YOUR NORMAN ROCKWELL MOMENT

 

7. GREEN BAY INTERLUDE; HILLS OF THIS STAMP

 

8. TOO HOT FOR TENNESSEE, OR, NO PIE FOR MR WILSON

 

9. GRAMMY'S RIDE

 

10. DOUBLE-DIP OF MEMORY

 

11. A CLASSIC(AL) FOLKTALE

 

12. OH SAY, CAN YOU...

 

13. A WIZARD CALLS; TERENCE MCKENNA AND THE ELFCLOWNS OF HYPERSPACE

 

14. HURRICANE ARCHAEOLOGY (HAZEL WAS A BITCH)

 

15. IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME, Or, NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST; LIFE WITH A LABYRINTH

 

16. NOT A BIG SARDINE; NAMING THE BOYS

 

17. DEMON IN DISGUISE: THE REMARKABLE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID BROMBERG

 

18. THE SUBJECT WAS DEATH (A HOWARD TALE)

 

19. INTERLOCKEN SUGAR BLUES/CANDY WARS

 

20. ROOSTING ON THE RIDGE

 

 

PART SIX

 

https://am-iehilltbt6.blogspot.com/ 

 

1. HELLO AGAIN BOB; THE ANONYMITY OF MR. JONES

 

2. FINDING A USE FOR INSOMNIA; A COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

 

3. THE CAMERA WHISPERER, Or, SOMETIMES THEY JUST WON’T SMILE

 

4. CONFESSIONS OF AN UNREPENTANT HYPERLEXIC

 

5. DOWN ON THE COMMUNE, PART III; THE MYSTERIES OF BLAP

 

6. HANGIN’ WITH DANIEL BOONE, and/or HUNTING FOR SKAGGSES

 

7. THE LOST-AND FOUND SHELL

 

8. RULES OF THUMB; THE SINGLE GIRL'S GUIDE TO PRACTICAL HITCHHIKING

 

 9. WHAT MY 7X GREAT-UNCLE CHARLES AND HIS GOOD FRIEND GEORGE GOT UP TO IN THE SUMMERHOUSE 

 

10. U. UTAH PHILLIPS; A FIGMENT OF HIS OWN IMAGINATION

 

11. A CHIP OFF THE OLD GRANDDAD

 

 12. A TOTEMIC DICHOTOMY

 

 13. HIS HONOR THE PECKER, Or WHY DID THE CHICKEN…?

 

14. THE INTERLOCKEN EFFECT; SEEING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS

 

 15. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #7;
MORE TICKLEBOTTOM BY REQUEST

 

16. DR. ORNISH MAKES A HOUSE CALL

 

17. GOING FORMAL

 

18. NORMAN KENNEDY: A SCOT LIKE NO OTHER

 

 19. THE OWSLEY EFFECT: YOU JUST CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP, VOL. IV

 

20. JUST DOWN THE LANE

 

 

PART SEVEN

 

 https://a-miehilltbt7.blogspot.com/ 

1. COLLAGE BY COINCIDENCE: ROMANCING THE GRAVE

 

2.  COUNTRY TIME FOR RONNIE: HUTS PONY WAGON VEGGIES JEEP GUMP BAR’L & TURTLE

 

3. ROBERT SHIELDS: MY LIFE AS A ROBOT

 

 4. GETTING CROCHETY WITH RAM DASS

 

5. TUTU BLUES: MY LIFE AS A BALLERINA (NOT)

 

 6. WHAT A QUEER BIRD THE FROG ARE

 

 7. INTERLOCKEN THEATER MAGIC, OR, HOW'D THEY DO THAT?

 

8. A COSMIC GIGGLE ON THE FAULT LINE

 

9. THREE BARRELS OF SAUERKRAUT AND AN ALLIGATOR: A GERMAN ADVENTURE

 

10. THE KEMMERERS GET THEIR PHOTO MADE

 

11. HANGIN' WITH THE DEAD: A SHORT STRANGE TRIP

 

12. MOMMY, WHY IS OUR CHURCH BLUE?

 

13. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LITTLE JACK

 

14. SARAPANDY: NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEAR

 

15. BOBBIE'S WEDDING; A FIFTIES TIME CAPSULE

 

16. PENNSYLVANIA TOM THUMB WEDDING, OR, MY VERY FIRST

 

17. FLAMES, MACHETES, GIANT CHICKENS AND PHILOSOPHY: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF RAY JASON

 

18. SCOTT BEACH, RENAISSANCE DUDE

 

 19. SURVIVING THE TOAD

 

 20. THE RING OF TRUTH AND THE IRONY OF ICONS  

 

 

 

PART EIGHT

 

https://a-miehilltbt8.blogspot.com/ 

1. LEARNING LOVE FROM PETER JORDAN

 

2. A STING IN THE TALE

 

3. CRABS 101, or, THANKS FOR THE MEMORY (I THINK)

 

4. EARLY ARKANSAS CAR WARS: GRANDFATHER HILL, THE TRAVELING SALESMAN, AND THE ROAD HOG

 

5. THE MAPLE MYSTERY TOUR

 

6. FLIRTING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, a Photo by Roger Steffens

 

7. LAVENDER LAVENDER DILLY DILLY: WHY I LOVE THIS PHOTO

 

8. SUSANNAH’S WILL, or, THE ENTERPRISING LADIES OF WAYNE COUNTY

 

9. THINGS DISCOVERED BETWEEN THE PAGES OF OLD BOOKS #4: A FAIRE AND FOLDED NOSTALGIA

 

10. HOWARD VS. THE OUTHOUSE, or, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE CHAUTAUQUA

 

11. HALLOWEEN BIRTHDAY

 

12. SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS

 

13. EVOLUTION OF A MADWOMAN

 

14. A DOMESTIC GODDESS (AUNT DOT)

 

15. ROCK MEDICINE

 

16. THE RIGHTEOUS RAG AND THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS ANTEATER

 

17. MY SECOND FAVORITE LYLE TUTTLE TATTOO STORY

 

18. MY VERY FAVORITE LYLE TUTTLE TATTOO STORY

 

19. ME, LARRY CSONKA, CHARLIE BROWN AND THE HEIGHT OF NAUGHTINESS

 

20. THE INTERLOCKEN TOILET SPEECH, or, TWO SHEETS PER WIPE

 

 

PART NINE

 

 https://amiehilltbt9.blogspot.com/ 

1. AN ODD LITTLE FISH, OR, SHE'S A KEEPER

 

2. OAK, ASH & THORN—FOR A GOOD TIME...

 

3. FOR THE BOYS

 

4. HAVING A CHEW; A FAMILY TALE

 

 5. MY FAVORITE MOUSEKETEER

 

6. NEEDLING THE TIGHTS; SECRET PANTYHOSE STRATEGIES REVEALED

 

 7. ART IS WHERE YOU FIND IT; SOME THOUGHTS ON PLYWOOD

 

8. ANOTHER WAY TO FLY, OR, THE SINGLE GIRL'S GUIDE TO JAPANESE MAPLES

 

9. TURN, TURN, TURN; DAD DOES RETIREMENT, PART 3.

 

10. MR. HINES MAKES A DEAL

 

11. UP FOR THE COUNT; OWLS, PEACOCKS, PASSIONFLOWERS AND VERY SMALL FISH

 

13. HIGHWAY OBSTETRICS, OR, A SONG BEFORE BREAKFAST

 

14. A TIMELY ADJUSTMENT

 

15. BLUE BOOK BLUES; MISS SMARTY-PANTS SQUEAKS BY

 

16. FAITH AND MAUDIE, Or
OF WAR, WIT, WISDOM, AND WILD WANDERING WOMEN

 

17. KNITTING A FRIENDSHIP

 

18. A FIFTIES TIME CAPSULE: BOBBIE'S WEDDING

 

19. STALKING THE WILD HYPHEN; THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF BEN FONG-TORRES

 

20. JOHN ENCOUNTERS THE ANGEL OF TERPSICHORE, OR, ROMANCING THE WALTZ

 

 

PART TEN

 

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1. HOUSE RULES; THIS MEANS YOU

 

2. YOU WILL COME THROUGH

 

3. CONFESSIONS OF A STILT-WALKER, Or A LESSON FROM ON HIGH

 

4. THE RETURN OF QUACKY

 

5. HEY GOD! REMEMBERING JOHN PRINE (1945-2020)

 

6. GARDEN RESCUE, Or, THE TAO OF POO

 

7. BEFORE THERE WAS TV #1; SLATE OF MIND

 

8.  NOBODY’S FOOL: THE WORLD OF BILLY SCUDDER

 

9.  THREE GUYS AND AN ARROW—YOU OK, UNCLE DAVE?

 

10. ALTERED IMAGES; THE LITTLE TOWN OF UPSIDE-DOWN

 

11. GROUNDHOG DAYS; NOT LIKE CHICKEN

 

12. THE TAO OF TURTLE

 

13. DEAR AUNTIE; A SURPRISING EDUCATION

 

14. A RARE GESTURE; COUSINS ARE FOREVER

 

15. SHADOW, SHADBLOW, MULES, RUBBLE & GETTING THINGS DONE, Or, DAD DOES RETIREMENT; PART III

 

16. FAIRIES BY VERSACE; VOGUE MEETS THE EASTER SEALS CALENDAR

 

17. MICKY; A LESSON IN YOU JUST NEVER CAN TELL

 

18. BEFORE THERE WAS TV #2; GROWING UP WITH LITTLE MISS SUNBEAM

 

19. IN ITS OWN MODEST WAY

 

20. THE REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF KAREN THORSEN & THE PRICE OF THE TICKET

 

 

PART 11

 

 https://11tbtamiehill.blogspot.com/2021/02/w-elcome-to-my-past.html

 

1. CRANKY PANTS? (DO-IT-YOURSELF BLUES)

 

2. THEY DON’T MAKE ‘EM LIKE THAT ANY MORE; THE LONG & COLORFUL LIFE OF GREAT-GREAT-UNCLE WHAT’S-HIS-NAME

 

3. INSIDE JIVE 95: MY UNDERGROUND LIFE IN RADIO

 

4. A MOST ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG LADY

 

5. HUG

 

6. FOUR COLLAGES AND A SONG, Or, CHILLIN’ WITH THE EVERLY BROTHERS

 

7.  FOX HOLLOW FANTASY: THE ORPHIC RESONANCE OF GORDON BOK

 

8. INDUSTRIAL CALLIGRAPHY; SIGNS OF MY TIMES

 

9. DANCING COLORS WITH DON JOSE; A COLLAGE TRIBUTE

 

10. A SUMMER PORTRAIT

 

11. FROM ONE TO TEN THOUSAND, Or,
MRS. RAMBO LEARNS A LESSON

 

12. SLEEPING UNDER TOADSTOOLS; THE SWEEPING SAGA OF RANGER RICK

 

13. COCK & FEATHERS; THE GENTLE ART OF MERRY MAYHEM

 

14. MY LIFE AS A BOY

 

15. SELF-PORTRAIT WITH RAIN AND STRANGENESS

 

16. LINE BY LINE WITH THE SHRUBBER, Or, THE EDIBLE AND HORTICULTURAL VIRTUOSITY OF ROBERT KOURIK

 

17. CALABASH! Or, OUT OF OUR GOURDS

 

18. THE CLYDE CROW MEMORIAL TRASHCAN: A POST-THANKSGIVING TALE

 

20. JULIE MEREDITH GETS THE BIRD, Or, DON’T MESS WITH THE DIVA

 

  

PART 12

 

 https://tbt-adventuresamiehill.blogspot.com/2021/05/with-my-friend-wol-c.html

 

1. SIBLING REVELRY

 

2. ASAP; AN UNEXPECTED DECEMBER 24TH RETAIL TALE

 

3. A MOUSIE TALE

 

4. CRUISING FOR SOCKS, Or, NOT YOUR AVERAGE MUFFY

 

5. A MAN OF CHARACTER: BILL IRWIN GETS HIS ACT TOGETHER

 

6. THE GENTLE ARTS OF CARICATURE AND MEMORY

 

7. FOR THE BIRDS

 

8. FEELING NO PAIN; GUiNEA PIG FOR AN ALLMAN BROTHER

 

9. LORE OF THE GORE AND THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

 

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA; YOU SAY YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN POWER SPOTS?

 

11. PROGNOSTICATION BY XEROX

 

12. TIME CAPSULE: JEAN’S SECOND WEDDING, Or, DANCING WITH TOM

 

13. THE SECRET LIFE OF MAD MAUDLEN

 

14. INVENTING A HOLIDAY:  FOOLIN’ AROUND, FUNKY FRIARS, & A FREE LUNCH

 

15. IMAGES FROM THE ASHES

 

16. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #14: THE GENTLE ART OF REJECTION

 

17. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN, AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE YOUR FRIEND

 

 18. AN UNEXPECTED LITERARY IMMERSION

 

19. WHO THE HELL IS STEVE RATHE?

 

20. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #15: AWARDS NIGHT

 

 

 PART 13

 

 https://13tbtamiehill.blogspot.com

 

1. HOMEFRONT, Or, LOVE SPOONS FOR JANET

 

2. ECHO JUNTO BEATNIK EPIPHANY

 

3. LOTUS HANDS, TA’I CHI NUDE, AND THE MONGOLIAN ADVENTURES OF THE WHITE CROW

 

4. THINGS FOUND IN OLD ENVELOPES #16: A SOFT SPOT FOR DRAGONS

 

5. DAISY PHOTOBOMB BEATITUDE

 

6. THE LIVICATED WORLD OF ROGER STEFFENS, Or 

WHENEVER BOB MARLEY FART

 

7. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

 

8. A THREE-WAY COLLABORATION

 

9. VAN ROZAY:  MUSIC, SEWAGE, PASTRY, AND A MAN ABOUT A DOG

 

10. ONE SMALL LEAP: DAD DOES 3-D

 

11. LOVING BIG TREE: A TOWERING CONUNDRUM

 

12. TEN YEARS AFTER

 

13. ALL THE WORLD’S A CIRCUS, Or, MUM’S THE WORD

 

14. THINGS FOUND IN OLD PORTFOLIOS #17: THE ENFORCERS

 

15. THE CORSET IN THE CORNFIELD AND OTHER TIMELESS MOMENTS WITH AUNTIE MAYME

 

16. MORE THINGS FOUND IN AN OLD PORTFOLIO:

CAPITAL TIMES WITH THE ROMANS

 

17. THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW SUBMARINE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE LURE OF RIDICULOUS THINGS

 

18. REMEMBERING ROBERT ALTMAN

 

19. MORE THINGS FOUND IN OLD PORTFOLIOS: A GRAVE REFLECTION

 

20. NOT IN KANSAS ANY MORE: 885 CLAYTON ST.

 

PART 14

 

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1. THE ADORABLE STITCHWITCHES OF PETERKIN HILL

 

2. KENNY AND DOC: BLIND TRUST (A PORTABLE TALE FROM 50 YEARS ON)

 

3. PLAYING POSSUM

 

4. WWII IN THE FAMILY

 

5. TENDING ONE’S PUTZ: A HOLIDAY TRADITION

 

6 . A JOYFUL NOISE, Or, A TOUCH OF BRASS (TO THE MAX)

 

7. EARNING MY WINGS: CANDLE, MANGER, DONKEY—AND WHAT, GIVE UP SHOW BUSINESS?

 

8. A RAFT OF RELATIONS

 

9. THE FACE OF WINTER

 

10. BUDDHA POWER, Or,

WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE

 

11. WORDS TO LIVE BY; A BUNNY TALE

 

12. GINO SCHIAVONE: THE ZONE OF ASTONISHMENT

 

13. A MOST UNLIKELY CONVERSATION: MY DINNER WITH PHYLLIS (PATTERSON) AND RICHARD (HERMAN)

 

14. THE AMANITA FAIRY: STRANGE TIMES ON FALLEN APPLE LANE

 

15. HILL 15 MPH

 

16. JAMAICAN ENCOUNTERS

 

17. HOMELAND SECURITY, 1751; Or, HOW MY MOTHER WOUND UP WITH ONE OF THE WORLD’S RAREST SURNAMES

 

18. EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN II: A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

 

19. JANICE? Or, JUST A LITTLE TREAT FOR THE BOYS

 

20. FLIPPING THE BUNNY: THE GHOST(S) OF PETERKIN HILL

 

PART 15

 

https://amiehilltbtblog15.blogspot.com 

 

GROWING UP WITH A BIG BANG, Or, ELI WHITNEY PULLS A FAST ONE

 

2. OUR LIFE IS SHORTER THAN FLOWERS

 

3. EVOLUTION OF A MADWOMAN, PART II:

MY YEAR OF LIVING ZENLY

 

4. A FRAGRANT REWARD

 

5. WARM AS A PANCAKE: DAD PUTS THE HEART IN HEARTH

 

6. FINDING AYAKO

 

7. FROM MY MOTHER’S CLOSET (SHE’S TOO FAST FOR ME)

 

8A. THROWBACK THURSDAY INTERLUDE: 

DAD’S SMILE

 

9. THEY KEPT US IN STITCHES: A TRIBUTE TO THE RENAISSANCE PLEASURE FAIRE COSTUME DEPARTMENT

 

10. HOUND DOG BLUES

 

11. LAS VEGAS DREAMIN’ WITH MAPLE AND STEVE 

 

12. SUMMER PORTRAIT WITH HAT AND GLOVES

 

13. THE MAN WHO WAS FLINT: THE MULTIVOICED MULTIVERSE OF BILL RATNER

 

14. THE GREAT-LITERATURE APPROACH TO CURING WARTS: DAD PLUMBS THE MYSTERIES OF SPUNK-WATER

 

15. RICHARD BRAUTIGAN: MATTERS IRONIC AND ICONIC

 

16. THE GRANDMOTHER HILL PERPLEX

 

17. A RANDOM GODDESS SIGHTING

 

18. ONE LONG CONTINUOUS NAMEDROP, Or,

A FLY ON THE WALL OF A BAR WITH NO NAME.

 

19. PUSSY IN THE CORNER: SURVIVING RECESS IN THE 19TH CENTURY

 

20. PORTRAIT

 

PART 16

 

https://amie-hilltbt16.blogspot.com

1. STRANGER THAN FACT: PREPPY JOHN WRITES A STORY

 

2. CLEAN UNDERWEAR, FRIED CHICKEN, AUNT TONKIE’S BANANA ROLLS AND HOLLOW DIPS: DAD DOES COLLEGE 

 

3.  INCIDENTAL ENCOUNTERS

Or, TOM WAITS FOR NO MAN

 

4. BUT I WANTED TO BE A COWBOY: A DIALOGUE

 

5. THANK YOU MASK MAN

 

6. SUNDAY BEST

 

7. A JOYFUL NOISE: HOW I ACCIDENTALLY BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL BLOGGER

 

8. SUNSHINE BOYS

 

9. NAUGHTY BOYS OF THE LOUGH/A WALK IN DECEMBER

 

 

10. STUPA DREAMING: A CREATIVE PROCESS

 

11. DAD AND THE CHRISTMAS CHAIR

 

12. CARDPLAY: THE HISTORY OF A F*RT 

 

13GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YA, Or, TIA LAURITA FOR THE SOUL

 

14. WHEN MY SISTER WAS AN ONLY CHILD

 

15. STUPA FOR THẦY (I AM NOT HERE)

 

16. ALAN WATTS AND THE TAO OF POO(P)

 

17. SPECIAL DELIVERY

 

18. RETRO VALENTINE CODA

 

19. RAINBOW CONNECTIONS: THE ART OF SYNCHRONICITY

 

20.  THREE LITTLE GIRLS, JUST A-SPLASHIN’ IN THE GENE POOL

 

 

Part 17

 

1. GETTING THE QUICKSILVER MESSAGE, Or, DECONSTRUCTING DINO VALENTE

 

2. THAT BLUE DRESS

 

3. NEW ENGLAND DEMOCRACY, Or,

A DOG’S GOTTA DO

 

4. THE CREATIVE PROCESS: A HOUSEHOLD HINT

 

5. A FLYING LESSON

 

6. BACK FROM THE PAST: A HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR

 

7. ROSALIE SORRELS: TRAVELIN' LADY 

(AND ONE HELL OF A LIFE STORY)

 

8. TOLTEC FRAGMENT: THE ART OF SYNCHRONICITY

 

9. RAINBOW MEMORY

 

10. A QUESTION OF MEMORY, Or,

ME AND GENERAL MacARTHUR?

 

11. CAMERA LOVE

 

12. DOWN ON THE COMMUNE, PART IV: 

TUTU GARDENING WITH DOUGO

 

13. WHEN PUNS ALIGN

 

14. DORMOUSE ENCOUNTER, Or,

ANOTHER REASON TO LOVE SAN FRANCISCO

 

15. I GO ON AN UNEXPECTED ETYMOLOGICAL ADVENTURE

Or,

THE UNLIKELY TALE OF THE PHANTOM GOLFER; ADOLF HITLER’S JUNK; SCHOOLBOY SNOT; MUSIC-HALL HITS; AN OSCAR-WINNING FILM; MITCH MILLER; AND THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN

 

16. MOTHER AND THE TYRANNY OF THE NEEDLE, Or THE LITTLE STANDARD THAT COULD

 

17. MEDITATION 101 Or,

GETTING CALIFORNIATED

 

18. NEW YEAR THREE HIGH

 

19. KENDRICK FREEMAN: A DIFFERENT DRUMMER

 

20. SPONTANEOUS DUCKERY: A COLLAGE TALE IN THREE ACTS

 

 

PART 18

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1. JACK ALBEE: PLAYING THE FOOL

 

2. THE PAREIDOLIA PERPLEX: FINDING TULPIE

 

3. MOIST: A TALE OF TEMPTATION

 

4. FAMILY SKETCHES/ARTSY DNA?

 

5. HOWARD AND THE SYCAMORE

 

6. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CENTURY MAKES

 

7. CALIFORNIA EPHEMERA II: ELFIN CHESS

 

8. BABY SURPRISE

 

9. SURVIVING DOWN-HOME MEDICINE IN THE FIFTIES

 

10. A SEVENTIES WEDDING: Or,

ROBERT AND LORENE DON’T SAY “I DO”

 

11. SEEING MULTIPLES: TWINSDAY IN OCCIDENTAL

 

12. THE SPARROW BY A NOSE

 

13. DOUBLY EXPOSED

 

14. IT’S 1896 OUT THERE!: REMEMBERING DUNDII

 

15. AUTUMN PORTRAIT

 

16. WAITING FOR SANTA

 

17. HIGH SPIRITS/ANGEL FASHIONS

 

18. CHRISTMAS FOLLIES, Or,

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY DAY

 

19. THE ART OF SOLSTICE

 

20. VIGNETTE: A VISIT FROM THE FARRIER

 

PART 19

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1. KID MAGIC, Or, WHY I LOVE THIS PHOTO

 

2. THE RUMBLE AND BUSTLE OF TIME: TWO PAINTINGS AND A CARTOON

 

3. THE WINGS OF INSPIRATION

 

4. A SIGN OF THE TIMES, Or, CLUELESS IN OCCIDENTAL

 

5. ICE DAYS AND BLOWTORCH MEMORIES

 

6. THE HUG SPEECH: A NATURAL EVOLUTION

 

7. FOX HOLLOW SQUEEZEBOX OVERLOAD

Or, THANKS FOR THE MEMORY, I THINK

 

8. A HOT TIME WITH CUDDLY ILMMAKERS

Or, THE TEN-YEAR ITCH: CELEBRATING ROBERT SHIELDS

 

9. HUGS II: THE TALE OF CHRISTINA SUSANNA]

 

10. HORTICULTURAL GENEALOGY: 

RETURN OF THE ANCESTRAL BULBS

 

11.  ELUDING THE CROWN: MY CAREER AS A BEAUTY QUEEN (NOT)


12. AMIE HILL: THE BIKER YEARS

 

13 THINGS FOUND IN OLD PORTFOLIOS #11: WRITING IN CIRCLES

 

14. HEY KIDS, WHAT TIME IS IT?

(TIME TO INVENT CHILDREN’S TV, OBVIOUSLY)

 

15. THE KEMMERERS GET THEIR PICTURE MADE 

1. REPRISE

2. SEMI-SCATOLOGICAL SCHERZO FOR WINDS

3. CODA: HORNY BOYS AND FAMILY FACES.

 

16. THE TALE OF EGG

 

17. MEME NOT MIME: THE MANY FACES OF R.G. DAVIS

 

18. THRIFT-STORE SERENDIPITY: A POSTCARD FROM PARIS, Or, FLYING HIGH WITH ABIGAIL

 

19. BEST WISHES TO MRS. HILL: THE COWBOY AND THE SCHOOLMARM

 

20. SEE HOW THEY GROW: 14 YEARS OF SIBLING SWEETNESS


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