By Steve Mckay- Sports Chowdah. “That really gets my goat!” Odd expression, isn’t it? According to my friend Mr. Google, this phrase has its roots in horse racing. Tradition has it that when a goat is placed in a horse stall before a race, it helps calm, or settle the horse down. Remove the goat? […]
By Steve McKay- Sports Chowdah. Are you a “stop and smell the roses” kind of human? I like to think I am, yet I’m not sure I can provide much evidence of that. Like you, I’ve got a lot of “stuff” going on that fills each day to the brim. Sometimes we need a potent […]
By: Steve McKay-Sports Chowdah. As we slide into the merry month of June, I find myself in despair as a landscaper. No, I am certainly not a pro landscape artist with elaborate lawn maintenance tools at my disposal, but I do enjoy maintaining a green, trimmed-up stretch of grass at the McKay abode. Some of […]
By Steve McKay: I am a proud Duke grad, so it is not surprising that I am also a proud Duke fan. Yet, I am a different kind of proud Duke fan. While “fan” is short for “fanatical,” I am not part of the fanatical element of the Duke fan clan. Believe it or not, […]
By Steve McKay. As Huey Lewis reminds us, “The power of love is a curious thing. Makes one man weep, makes another man sing. Change a hawk, to a little white dove. More than a feeling….that’s the power of love!” That signature song from Huey (remember the 1985 movie “Back to the Future?”) speaks the […]
By Steve McKay As some of you may know, I’ve been tooting a trumpet for a really long time now (more than 50 years.) I also started playing a flugelhorn a few years ago, which is a mellower sounding version of the trumpet. Playing a trumpet for over 5 decades has afforded me opportunities to […]
By: Steve Mckay I remember the exact moment I first spied the back of my noggin as it is presently constituted. Me ‘n the Mrs. were in one of the girly clothing stores at the Bangor Mall, and while my wife was trying-on some girly-type clothes, I happened to be standing by a security TV […]
By: Steve “Mookie” McKay I think I’m going to change my name to Mookie McKay. Recently I was somewhat close to obtaining a Beagle puppy. I was going to name it Mookie. It’s probably a good thing there are no buns in the oven (visive) grandkids on the way, because at this point I would […]
By: Steve McKay/ Sports Chowdah It’s been a rather sweaty summer, don’t you think? July featured an average temperature almost three degrees above normal. What’s made our summer season unusually sweaty has been the consistency of the humid air hanging around. If you’re looking to escape the heat, your best bet is to coast […]
As I continue to “mature” (a polite way of saying becoming more creaky) I find myself joining certain clubs, often without even realizing I’ve done so. One such club: the B.I.M.D. club. I realized I was a member of this club the other day, when one of our teenaged grandkids asked for a ride to […]
