Reading up a bit on the history of swing music at Wikipedia , it apparently developed out of 1920s & '30s jazz. "The name deriv...

Via D29, who says I'm "the only quasi-hillbilly I know." I reckon I'm a true hillbilly: my folk have been up in Appalachia...

This is a good song for rolling on a motorcycle. You can be high on that, no lie. At its best it’s like nothing else. 

There is controversy over this becoming popular with many of the young, who do not remember 9/11 and have been raised to believe in such nar...

So today I saw this chart , which claims that Americans' confidence in government is 'far below the global average.' You can see...

Anybody who has watched a few spaghetti westerns knows that Italy's take on American stories is going to be wildly different from the Am...

Proudly modeling his new collar.

It's noteworthy that the present war in Israel is producing so much turmoil within nations that are not properly involved in the war at ...

The Hazardous Materials course I attended this last four days was part of a larger 'Fire College' being held. This was a pretty impr...

Seems right to start with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Leaving Tulsa, Some Asleep at the Wheel ...

 A day for remembrance and celebration.   

I took this shot exactly where I took the earlier sets showing autumn color.  In the earlier set, you can see a morning shot with the usual ...

There are wildfires all over. There’s been so little rain that there’s a state burn ban, a county burn ban, and people are still out burning...

I made the beef short ribs according to Cowboy Kent Rollins recipe, which Grim recommended some posts ago . I had to use a slow cooker inste...

Apparently, 20-somethings are listening to a lot of this hybrid swing these days. Youngsters these days. (You'll have to imagine the eye...

Since we have been getting so many anonymous comments lately, I thought I should repost the comments policy . It's very old: in 2015 it ...

If you were wondering if things are moving behind the scenes this should tear it for you .  United States Marine Corps Major Gen. Chris A. M...

The Orthosphere : Rod Dreher has written another thumb-sucker about the evil that lurks in the hearts of all men, which is true enough but n...

... decade, century-so-far, etc ... President Biden ran for office to restore the soul of the nation. He is unequivocal: there is no place f...