Reluctant Rebel

 My brother sent me a photo of an original watercolor by an artist friend of his, Jeff Bellantuano, that was inspired by an old photo of me ...

 Those of you old enough to have watched both "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart" will remember the finale of "New...

 The "evangelicalisation" of the Catholic Church in America (due in part because all the liberals have fled) borders on heresy, in...

My new favorite YouTube gardening channel. Hummm...

 Our little town had a pretty decent fireworks display on the 4th.  Where Else Would There Be a Chile Clinic? And What Do They Treat? Growin...

I think I needed a little dose of Pride after all the negativity coming at us for the past seven or eight years and even more so this year. ...

 Just a brief musical tribute to the Stonewall protest and Gay Lib. Music from an era subsequent to the Gay Lib movement. (For a more comple...

I told Leon to get in the car after dinner. Drove down the street to the convenience store and bought a couple of Klondike Bars. Then we wen...

 Yesterday morning, as we were heading to Santa Fe, I was driving, and Leon was listening to some YouTube video in which the interviewer was...

 I left this review after we had pizza at a place in Taos, New Mexico: We felt bad for the young woman who was waiting every table in the ou...

Preface: The forest fires are burning in the southern part of the state. Very devastating for the people of Ruidoso. There are also fires in...

Not only did Pride return to Rome this year, (first one post COVID), with a super parade and huge crowds but there was a fabulous appropriat...

https://www.joemygod.com/2024/06/veteran-85-comes-out-in-his-heartbreaking-obituary/

 Some thoughts for PRIDE MONTH though I'm thinking a month may be pushing it. I was a late bloomer, or should I say a late boomer. I cam...

 Yes, good news for the moment. We will see what it all means and what the fallout will be. I have little to say beyond that right now.

 Summer has been a topic here on RRebel many times. I write this while sunning my aging body down by the “lake” in my swim suit with a cold ...