https://mike-power-music.myshopify.com/ It’s Black Friday – and just in time for your holiday shopping, my merch store is ready to take your orders. T-shirts, mugs, facemasks, and all kinds of items are emblazoned with my logo of peace, love, and music. Coming up with a logo is a tricky thing: trying to find a solitary imageContinue reading “The Merch Store Is Now Open”
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Turkey Day 2020
45 years ago today, I ate my last traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The day on our calendar that is most closely associated with killing other species of animals, and of enjoying the consumption of its flesh, seemed the perfect day to become a vegetarian. I have nothing against carnivores. Some of my best friends, and soContinue reading “Turkey Day 2020”
Bloggiversary 2020
Seven years ago today I became a blogger. I had just quit a band that, in one incarnation or another, had included me as a member for about 30 years, and I needed a new creative project. So I blogged. I had been keeping a journal for a while before launching the blog and itContinue reading “Bloggiversary 2020”
The Lopsided Friendship and The Other Side
She turned 30 a couple of months before we met. I turned 50 a few months before that. Consequently, ours was a lopsided friendship, kind of like riding a bike with a flat tire. She said things like, “I don’t want something to just get me through the night,” and I said things like, “IContinue reading “The Lopsided Friendship and The Other Side”
Veterans Day 2020
This Veterans Day, let’s remember that every soldier to join forces under the American flag was risking their life for democracy – the right of all our people to have their say in who governs them. This year’s election saw the greatest percentage of American citizens to vote since 1968. In the middle of theContinue reading “Veterans Day 2020”
