Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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 […]
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy 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
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Cosmic Americana: Nudie Cohn’s Visionary Fashion Expressed the American Ethos From rodeo queens and Rhinestone Cowboys to rock & roll-folk exploding dreamers, Nudie Cohn expressed a certain kind of American ethos. What better thread through the history of the West and the singers and entertainers who epitomized it in
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Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Birds Do It, Bees Do It… Regurgitation! (Sometimes, writing is a dish best served warmed-over.) Birds do it, bees do it, now I’m doing it. Regurgitation. It’s what you do when the writing well runs dry. By John G. Stamos Subscribers to this publication, as well as its regular
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy A Book by Its Cover This story happened in the 1980s, a time when visiting Thailand was more of an adventure than it is today. Back then there were fewer airport connections, rougher roads, and very few luxury accommodations. I’ve wanted to share this story for decades. I thought
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Men Really Were Men When It Was a Game What makes a man truly a man? The answer’s on the diamond. Men really were men when it was a game. By John G. Stamos Thinking about the character of the quintessential American male of the first three quarters of
Subscribe to The Renaissance Garden Guy Gardening As a Salve in 1973 It was a difficult year in New Jersey, but the tomatoes and Brother Doug helped. By Russ Smith Fifty-two years ago I became an apprentice gardener, although perhaps lackey is more accurate. It was an odd job in a year of odd events.
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