Greeks and Squirrels Go the Way of Burgers and Fries Stand your lingual ground, or else listen to Greeks and squirrels go the way of burgers and fries. By John G. Stamos North America is in the grip of a crisis of immense, yet seemingly incongruent proportions. A Greek is no longer Greek and a
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Silent Night? The last teeny-tiny little door you’ll open on your Michiana Shores Vicinity Advent Calendar will spell it all out for you: Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like M-80s, human shrieking, rock and roll, and a hearty police presence. Silent night? In your dreams, pal. By John G. Stamos For the holidays, the railing against
Inhospitable Hospitality Inhospitable hospitality is the new normal for road-weary travelers. Check in, stuff your ear canals with toilet paper, and sleep the sleep of the just. By John G. Stamos Regular readers of my material in The Renaissance Garden Guy may remember my last offering here that recounted the car ride I took with
Betty Crocker in a DoorDash World What an old, well-loved Betty Crocker cookbook can reveal about our culture of modern ultra-convenience, domesticity, and control. By Jenna Stocker Before Thanksgiving, I was sent my grandmother’s second edition (1956) of Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook (Revised and Enlarged!) by my aunt in Maine. A mainstay in Minnesota since the
The Things We Do for Love: “Kicking Horse Pass Kicked My Ass” and Other Adventures The things we do for love? Oh, man… Driving at night in the rain on a two-lane ribbon of curvy road carved out of the Canadian Rockies and running across the Continental Divide at over a mile above sea level
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No Nostalgia Pity-Party: Revisiting the Simplicity of the Past If Mary Tyler Moore could face the world with undaunted cheer and Happy Days was more than a television show, can’t that world give a kid a glimpse of what the world could be? That’s not nostalgia, it’s reclaiming the simple life. Is that so wrong?
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Canadian Bakin’ Canadian bakin’ (and cookin’, gardenin’, and mushroom huntin’) is just some of what’s in store for The Renaissance Garden Guy and my wife Ann and me as we start our life together here in Bridge Lake, British Columbia, smack dab in the wild heart of the Cariboo Region. By John G. Stamos The
The Renaissance Garden Guy and Gal “The Renaissance Garden Guy and Gal” is a short chronicling of the events leading up to and surrounding my recent marriage to my wife, Ann. The story proceeds based on my presumption of interest from readers and subscribers, and, while revealing, contains not a trace of gooey and nauseating
My Own Boo Radley My favorite book from early days was To Kill a Mockingbird. I imagined that I, like fellow tomboy character Scout Finch, would be brave and kind if I ever had a mysterious, reclusive neighbor like Boo Radley. The opportunity to be wise and understanding came in a different way than I
Searching for Mid-Century America: 1955 and Kodachrome Dreams The America of 1955 reveals a nation of innovation, optimism, and complexity on the road to fulfill its Mid-Century fate. The search for a cultural identity was reflected in the literature and photography of artists and entertainers who helped curate a new era. By Jenna Stocker In
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