The first time I tried to meet Rick was really the second time.  The first, really, being in the throng of girls assembled by the backstage door at Pine Knob Music Theater in September, 1984.  I was just shy of my fourteenth birthday, having gone to my first concert performed by my favorite (obsession? bordering [...]

I love Jon Stewart.  I know he’s not everyone’s cup of tea (and frankly, having discussed politics with Rick himself, I am guessing Rick probably isn’t a big fan of Jon’s left leaning comedy), but I think he’s awesome.  I think the reason why I dig his comedy so much is that it comes from [...]

I am getting a bit lost on the way to re-reading Rick’s autobiography, have you noticed? To be fair, since I started I’ve had a kid move home, a hurricane, two younger kids start school, a kid move out again for a job (a real job post college!  Crikey!), a husband who travels more than [...]

It was a warm Tuesday in early September, 2001. I had eaten my breakfast after dispatching my eldest son off to the bus, sent my husband on his way to work. My eighteen month old daughter was still asleep in her crib and I could feel my baby, a son I knew from our recent [...]

So, I haven’t posted on the RS site lately.  My bad. It’s because my dad is in town.  He lives in Florida and when he comes up, it’s a multiweek thing with a trip out to see my brother and sister in Michigan, where I grew up.  It’s been a busy few weeks, especially that [...]

Summer, 1996 Somewhere In the Midwest “This is possibly the craziest thing we’ve ever done,” Dawn said from the passenger seat of my car as we sped down I 75 towards the Ohio border. “Maybe, but I think it will be fun.  I mean, everyone seems very nice online.  I mean, how much trouble could [...]