Welcome to the merry month of May! Spring has arrived. As an iconoclast who thinks about these kind of things, I’m still not really sure why it is that people like the Spring so much. But clearly they do. It’s a pretty universal thing, this affection for the spring season. And people especially favor the month of May. “And why shouldn’t they?” you ask. “It’s … Continue reading Take Five: The Bumbastories Penta-Centennial May Magazine
03/01/22 Happy March! Happy Third Month of the Gregorian Calendar! Hurray for the Three! The Triad! The Triangle! The Holy Trinity! The Three Graces……. Hey, everybody loves the three. Three is the charm. The Two (the number two, the concept of duality) splits unity (the One) into our world of opposites: life and death, present or absent, matter and energy, up and down, back and … Continue reading Tri-Centennial March Magazine
This decade’s first Middle of the month of magazine features A section on books I’ve been reading, or the answer to the question: “What have you been reading?” A section on music, or the answer to the question: “What have you been listening to recently?” A report about a meeting between George Packard and Bumba, or the answer to the question: “Who cares about any … Continue reading Middle of February Magazine
As we wade through these pandemic times, it’s important that we continue with music. I think music is important. Music feels so important to me that I think, perhaps mistakenly, that it must be important to everyone. I”ve been playing guitar on and off all my life. For the past couple of years I had been playing with Maybank every week. Pre pandemic I even … Continue reading Some Music
Sorry, but this is all I could come up with: Alexander craned his head upwards. ************************* Another attempt at a 5 word story that’s even sillier: Yesterday cranes were stalking me. ************************ Note from the editor: Bumbastories offers no apologies for this photo-prompted nonsense. Continue reading Photo Prompt for Five Word Story
Semi-Annual Bumbastories October Magazine A salute to the number 10, October being the tenth calendar month. Ten Ten. It’s the number of fingers on two hands, and, over time, ten has become the basis of our number system – which only uses nine numerals afer all. Once we get to ten, we start counting again. By tens! And then by tens of tens, and tens … Continue reading Semi-Annual October Magazine
You’ll forgive me for singing another sad song. You can’t blame me. There I was in the beginning of the summer thinking that we were finally going to come out of this covid mess, and maybe finally get back to living normally and doing all those things we said we wanted to do. But no. It wasn’t in the cards. It seems a variant slipped … Continue reading Another Old Song, Another Sorry Lament: St. James Infirmary
I only today heard that Don Everly had passed at age 84. An era has passed. A beautiful voice is gone. I recalled a passage I wrote in my novel One Life or The Lives of Chester Knowles where, for reasons unknown to myself, I talk about my love for the Everlys…. But Marsha sat motionless, looking out the window at the god-awful 405 freeway. … Continue reading The Everlys
Hurray for paleontology! I think that paleontology, the study of ancient animals and plants, is one of the most interesting subjects to study that there is. If you’re a fan of history, well then, paleontology is the thing for you, because paleontology is the history of all of history, all of life. Not just us humans. If you just enjoy a good story, well then, … Continue reading On Paleontology
Welcome to the merry month of May! Spring has arrived. As an iconoclast who thinks about these kind of things, I’m still not really sure why it is that people like the Spring so much. But clearly they do. It’s a pretty universal thing, this affection for the spring season. And people especially like the month of May. “And why shouldn’t they?” you ask. May … Continue reading Take Five: The Bumbastories Penta-Centennial May Magazine
Every Day Another Story 