Sitemap - 2021 - Scranton Time - bits and pieces from Tom Flannery
"confused and stunned....like a duck hit on the head"
She's Harper Joan, and She's Lovely
"I wish the world was as gentle as he was..."
It's a wonderful life.....and then it isn't...and then maybe it is again
"We need to do something more tangible than cry"
Gorging at the kiddie table in a single paragraph....
Don’t get discouraged. Get pissed off.
Nothing really matters. I think Freddie Mercury said that.
In solidarity with Scranton's teachers
Hating Halloween....(it's complicated)
The ones who make it beautiful...
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain...
A nation of immigrants that doesn't like immigrants
The Boys of Autumn and the 2 Rogers
Jumpers and the myth of memory
Jerry Lewis and the end of summer...
"Charlie's good tonight, in'he?"
Henri and Agnes and Uncle Walter
Cosmic darts and national Kool-Aid day
Caterwauling, rebellious dreamers...
The biggest threat to America right now is our fellow Americans
He might have changed the world even more than he changed the world...
Woody Allen and Britney and the Vince McMahon strut
Smart phones, cookies in the car, variants, rubble, wildfire, Cosby, and Guyana
Teen Angst and the Green Flannel - a short story
Dad and Jimmy and Tom and Frank and Frances and Donald and Gino and…..
Weird Monday vibes and Bob Dylan's birthday
Confessions of a Tragically Hip virgin…
The CDC and the Ricky Schroder variant
If we can't do better, perhaps we can work on not getting worse?
John Prine - 10/10/1946 - 04/07/2020
The Boys (and Girls) of Summer
It's high tide before you know it...
The Kids, at least, are Alright
Books and where to put them...
We should never do a pandemic again
Country? Classical? Jazz? Blues? Reggae? Punk? Ska? Folk? Metal? Gospel? Nimoy? Shatner? Yes.
Dr. Seuss and Mister Potato Head walk into a bar....
Maybe Mexico paid for the gold statue?
reflections on current events / culture / music / everything in between