She’s Too Fat!
On my seventh birthday, my parents threw a surprise party for me. Everyone came: my relatives, my neighbors, my relatives’ neighbors and my neighbors’ relatives. Halfway through the party, the adults began to pester my grandfather to break out his accordion. My Grandmom Bogle, was a huge fan, and Grandpop Tryanski was always happy to oblige. He had a regular line …
Just A Cigar?
Every child needs a hero. If you played the piano as a child, your heroes were probably Elton John or Billy Joel. If you played the guitar, your role models might have been Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. I played the accordion as a child. I had few options for heroes and the sexiest one was a Lawrence Welk show regular: …