Hey hey, my my. Today is my fortieth anniversary in print. Which I wrote about earlier this week:
As I Enter My Fifth Decade as a Writer
TCU Daily Skiff 10-26-73 (click to enlarge)
It is also the fortieth anniversary of the release of this album. Probably appropriately.
The Joker – The Steve Miller Band (click to hear)
But you probably don’t want to hear any more about that. So here are some pictures. (Click to enlarge.)
More Alaska and Victoria B.C., for some reason.
b.c. tugboat
victoria
you know
on the lake
Too subtle for the scanner, I guess
floating world
cockpit – dehavilland beaver
cruise ships docked in Ketchikan
Oh, and here’s the piece of writing in question:
FWIW.
Oh, also forty years ago today, Sinatra released “Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back,” Elvis released “Raised on Rock,” Jackson Br0wne released “F0r Everyman,” Loggins & Messina released “Full Sail,” Renaissance released “Ashes are Burning,” Three Dog Night released “Cyan,” Focus released “Live at the Rainbow,” Traffic released “On The Road (live),” “Diana & Marvin” Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, “The Adventures of Panama Red” New Riders of the Purple Sage. “All American Boy” Rick Derringer, The Rolling Stones’ “Angie” was the number one song, and the number one movie at the boxoffice was “The Way We Were.”
Courage.
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A writer, published author, novelist, literary critic and political observer for a quarter of a quarter-century more than a quarter-century, Hart Williams has lived in the American West for his entire life. Having grown up in Wyoming, Kansas and New Mexico, a survivor of Texas and a veteran of Hollywood, Mr. Williams currently lives in Oregon, along with an astonishing amount of pollen. He has a lively blog His Vorpal Sword. This is cross-posted from his blog.
A writer, published author, novelist, literary critic and political observer for a quarter of a quarter-century more than a quarter-century, Hart Williams has lived in the American West for his entire life. Having grown up in Wyoming, Kansas and New Mexico, a survivor of Texas and a veteran of Hollywood, Mr. Williams currently lives in Oregon, along with an astonishing amount of pollen. He has a lively blog, His Vorpal Sword (no spaces) dot com.