Posts by James Ron

                             GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS – part 2                           part 1 The first two of the five years I worked on the river we made more than our expenses. I kept a record of our trips and the amount of gold we found.  We averaged three trips a month from April through November and…

                GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS – part 1  The big nuggets and easy pickings are gone. You have to move a lot of dirt and rock. It is physically demanding, but there still is gold in them thar hills, and plenty of it.  Over a lot of time, the gold will eventually work its…

                                   SUMMERTIME, AND LIVIN’ WAS EASY  Before calling it a day, usually in the wee hours of the morning, I’d go to the Club’s kitchen and get a cantaloupe-sized loaf of bread, baked fresh that evening for whatever occasion was going on, and an RC Cola. Then I headed over to the marina, out to…

                                      IT IS A SMALL WORLD  The takeaway from this story is – When you come across someone with the same last name as yours, look into it further. You never know where it might lead, and you could miss out on what might come of it. It is a small world.  The first of…

Our Story continues with Hank calling Jim to come over to provide a drumbeat, and a young girl, Lonnie shows up with her flute asking if she can play. John returns in mid song. – –                                                                                                   part 1, part 2, part 3                                              A Hank Williams Story – part 4 – – “I Saw…

Our Story continues with John doing another song. He departs saying he’ll be back, and Anna Louise arrives with her fiddle, followed shortly thereafter by her brother, Tommy, with his banjo and guitar – –                                                                                                                       part 1, part 2                                        A HANK WILLIAMS STORY – part 3  – – “I Won’t Be Home No…

Our Story continues with John after having joined Hank and George on the dock –                                                                                                                                part 1                                 A HANK WILLIAMS STORY – part 2 – – “Lost Highway” 1949  John spoke first. ”I just got to go now. It’s been a pleasure.”  “Same here!” answered Hank, and George. “Be…

    “A Hank Williams Story – On the Bayou” takes place in Southwest Louisiana, early November, 1952. Sixteen “Hank” songs, in one hour. There is an ongoing narration between each track. It starts with just Hank and his guitar, and builds, an instrument at a time, as others join in. For a brief time, Hank…

                      ALONG THE CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE  For a while, when I lived on Cape Cod, I lived in the small town of Eastham, at the southern end of the Cape Cod National Seashore. We had scored a year-round rental, which wasn’t easy. Being the tourist destination that it is, most rentals had one price…

                                           RUNNING BEYOND THE MARATHON  Besides making a habit of your running, discovering how to train for running 100 miles, how to avoid being over-trained and under-recovered, how when it comes to nutrition, less is more, and best in liquid form, and knowing the difference between being hurt, or being tired and aching, and…