PART ONE

 

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 (PHOTO)

 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) 

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 PART TWO

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. JIM KAHLO 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

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PART THREE 

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. MEET THE…

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

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PART FOUR

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

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PART FIVE

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, Or, 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

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PART SIX

 

1. HELLO AGAIN; 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

 

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PART SEVEN

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

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  

 

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PART EIGHT

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, or, 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, or, 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

 

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PART NINE

 

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

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PART TEN

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, Or, 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

 

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PART 11

 

1. CRANKY PANTS? Or, DO-IT-YOURSLF 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, Or, 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, Or, 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

19. CHOKE: A CHORAL PROGRESSION

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

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PART 12

 

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, Or, 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, Or,THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA, Or, SO 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

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 PART 13

 

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, Or,

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; Or, 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, Or, 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.

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PART 14

 

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; Or, 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, Or, 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; Or, A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 PART ONE

 

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 (PHOTO)

 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

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. JIM KAHLO 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

 

PART THREE 

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. MEET THE…

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

 

PART FOUR

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. HELLO AGAIN; 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

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

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

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, or, 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, or, 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

 

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. CRANKY PANTS? Or, DO-IT-YOURSLF 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, Or, 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, Or, 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

19. CHOKE: A CHORAL PROGRESSION

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

  

PART 12

 

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, Or, 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, Or,THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA, Or, SO 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

 

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, Or,

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; Or, 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, Or, 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

 

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; Or, 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, Or, 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; Or, A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 PART ONE

 

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 (PHOTO)

 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

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. JIM KAHLO 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

 

PART THREE 

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. MEET THE…

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

 

PART FOUR

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. HELLO AGAIN; 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

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

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

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, or, 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, or, 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

 

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. CRANKY PANTS? Or, DO-IT-YOURSLF 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, Or, 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, Or, 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

19. CHOKE: A CHORAL PROGRESSION

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

  

PART 12

 

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, Or, 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, Or,THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA, Or, SO 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

 

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, Or,

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; Or, 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, Or, 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

 

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; Or, 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, Or, 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; Or, A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 PART ONE

 

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 (PHOTO)

 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

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. JIM KAHLO 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

 

PART THREE 

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. MEET THE…

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

 

PART FOUR

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. HELLO AGAIN; 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

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

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

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, or, 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, or, 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

 

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. CRANKY PANTS? Or, DO-IT-YOURSLF 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, Or, 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, Or, 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

19. CHOKE: A CHORAL PROGRESSION

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

  

PART 12

 

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, Or, 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, Or,THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA, Or, SO 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

 

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, Or,

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; Or, 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, Or, 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

 

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; Or, 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, Or, 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; Or, A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 PART ONE

 

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 (PHOTO)

 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

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. JIM KAHLO 

19. A SEMI-RELUCTANT FATHER CHRISTMAS

20. THREE HIGH SPIRITS 

 

PART THREE 

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. MEET THE…

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

 

PART FOUR

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. HELLO AGAIN; 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

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

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

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, or, 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, or, 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

 

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

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, Or, 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

 

1. CRANKY PANTS? Or, DO-IT-YOURSLF 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, Or, 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, Or, 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

19. CHOKE: A CHORAL PROGRESSION

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

  

PART 12

 

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, Or, 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, Or,THE QUEST FOR THE DRUID CROWN; A CAUTIONARY TALE

10. HEXENKOPF REVISITED: BLACK-CLAD DEMONS WITH LONG TAILS OFFERING TEA, Or, SO 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

 

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, Or,

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; Or, 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, Or, 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

 

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; Or, 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, Or, 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; Or, A BEDSPREAD BY ANY OTHER NAME

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

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