Semitough: Suburban Guerrilla – Random thoughts on life in my own home trailer park

bit·ter·sweet /ˈbidərˌswēt/adjective – sweet with a bitter aftertaste. Bittersweet is a good way to describe my life: But life goes on. Change happens. New relationships are built. Perhaps part 2 of this story has a more evolved outcome.

I’ve posted a bit about how and when we met. As I think through those things I am stunned by how quickly our relationship developed. So I started thinking about the timeline for all the early events in our lives together. Here we go: September 22, 1988 – Met at Taco Cabana September 26, 1988 – Talked on the phone…

In my last post I talked about Alka Seltzer. How Kim hated it but stocked it just for me. Thus having indigestion became an emotional trigger for me. I have some things to add to the list: Toothpicks – Cleaning out her purse I got to the bottom and found dozens upon dozens of toothpicks. The cellophane wrapped kind. She…

I’ve been a little nostalgic about music lately. I finally bought the 1975 Marantz receiver that I couldn’t afford in 1976. I think I paid 5 times what it would have cost new. Oh the irony. Also been poring over my old vinyl and playing a few favorites on the 1974 Pioneer turntable I also bought. I couldn’t afford it…