PinnedCurt MacDougallThe One About Raquel Welch and My ColonI’m a child of the sixties and seventies — our legacy is dancing naked in the mud at Woodstock and protesting a war which made little…Apr 3Apr 3
PinnedCurt MacDougallinThe HavenA Visit from St. Nicholas (in the Age of COVID)It started with a garage sale a few months ago, in those halcyon days between the vaccine and the variants. My wife is always on the…Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021
Curt MacDougallThoughts on the Wimpification of Black FridayWhen I used to work as a news producer at a television station, we always sent a camera crew out to gather footage of people rushing the…Nov 26, 2021Nov 26, 2021
Curt MacDougallOf Kayaks and GrandkidsIt’s been kind of ‘hit or miss’ with my writing efforts in 2021. Mostly ‘miss’ if I’m being honest. Writer’s block, personal upheaval…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
Curt MacDougallWhy My New Car Purchase Will Require a 12-Step ProgramThe automakers are trying to entice me by stuffing their new models full of the latest technology — things like on-board wifi…Oct 19, 2021Oct 19, 2021
Curt MacDougallWhose Home-Office is it Anyway?Personal space is important, but not always easy to come by with 7 billion of us (and counting) jostling for elbow room. Hell, these days…Aug 20, 2021Aug 20, 2021
Curt MacDougallI grocery shop on Sunday — and God knows it.As a heathen, I always try to get my grocery shopping done on Sunday morning — you know, to avoid the crowds. Even so, there are the…Aug 15, 2021Aug 15, 2021
Curt MacDougallThat Thing of Your Dad’sFor whatever reason, the man reminded me of Johnny Carson. Not in a physical sense — there was no real resemblance. But maybe it was the…Aug 12, 2021Aug 12, 2021
Curt MacDougallIn Search of Roads Less TraveledThis should have been my summer of the 14ers. Between my involuntary work stoppage and the pandemic, it was the perfect chance to social…Aug 22, 2020Aug 22, 2020
Curt MacDougallFather’s Day, and why being a Dad is more than just BiologyThey were men of simple means. ‘Working stiffs’ who raised their respective families with far more love than money.Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
