The month of April is often considered that dreadful “income tax month.” It does not matter whether you do your own taxes, have a friend or relative do them or use a professional tax preparer.  But...

What does one do when an unprecedented global pandemic strikes? Worry, read, binge-watch Netflix and work on hobbies were some of the options many people chose. For guitarist Eric Johnson, it was about...

Last year’s edition of Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s annual holiday tour was an outing unlike any other for everyone involved in bringing the visually spectacular concerts to audiences across the United...

Election Day has come and gone. No more candidate commercials. No more mailings, telephone calls or knocks on the door. Those we elected will serve us for two, four or six years. I am sure we are...

In coming out of the pandemic, Alice Cooper had plenty to grapple with between getting over a case of COVID-19 in December 2020, to figuring out what direction he was going to head in with his 21st solo...

This apple pie recipe was created for a Thanksgiving section of Call Newspapers published in November 2001. It is one of those historic recipes I do based on some written reference to foods someone ate...

My wife is pretty good about going along with whatever I come up with for supper. Sometimes she’ll say something like “I can’t wait until we’re through this chicken,’’ meaning let’s have...

Last month I had lunch with my friends Tom and Judy. Tom asked me what plans I had for my upcoming birthday. As a reader of the Call, Tom knew that I had written a column about skydiving on my 70th birthday....

My journey began in November of 2019. I had been feeling fine. No pain or discomfort, but for some unexplained reason I had been losing weight. After tests, the doctor’s diagnosis was pancreatic...

Khruangbin hasn’t played a show in well over a year. Nor has the Houston psych-rock trio ever done any of the songs from last year’s album, “Mordechai,” on stage.  So bassist Laura Lee, drummer...