Category: L& D Life

The Yard Sale Decisions, decisions! The dream having been spoken, the reality was upon us. The money had to be paid, there was no escaping that. The house would have to be sold to settle the debt, but what to do after that? Donna had already sold her business and I had quit my job…

The Kids My children had integrated into their new dwelling and their Nashville life fairly well. The school they attended was a good one where they made some lifelong friends, and Donna’s cooking had made a definite improvement over the barbecue chicken wings which seemed to be the only thing their father knew how to…

Other Regular Characters at the house Annie Laurie One of Donna’s best friends, Annie Laurie, was an excellent chef. She could decern every ingredient, and the proportions of any culinary dish, by tasting a small spoonful. Her skills were the stuff of legends and were put to good use as the two of them started…

The Basement We all had a great time together In the basement making tie-dyes and other art projects including a huge, psychedelic fluorescent mural on a large canvas. We also had free-form musical jams with whoever cared to join in. One Thanksgiving the late great Irving Kane joined us on his trombone! At one point…

“It’s all Sugar’s fault” This is a Love Story I was one of the musicians in “Third Eye”, a psychedelic acid rock band that was “out to tye-dye the moral fabric of American society”. It was wild, loud, and if we didn’t make you dizzy we felt we weren’t doing it right! One evening we…

“A caution and a challenge!” Things happened pretty quickly between Lance and Donna after they met that magical night but when Donna saw the enormous stack of beer cans in Lance’s basement practice room she was concerned she was jumping into a relationship with another alcoholic. This absolutely could not happen! She asked around, “checking…