WOAS

FTV: Athletically Speaking

A while back, I spent four segments of From the Vaults reminiscing about my high school years. Having discovered my old high school annuals (called The Tatler), it was rather fun thinking ba…

A funny thing happened to our web feed . . .

Okay, not so much funny, but maybe ‘funny’ as in ‘annoying’ – sometime last broadcast year, our UStream video disappeared. It took a lot of time (and some help from our…

FTV: Joe B Revisited

We last visited Joe Bonamassa-land after the release of his 2016 album Blues of Desperation (FTV: Joe’s Blues 5-4-2016). At that time, we found Bonamassa riding the crest of a wave of creativi…

FTV: Uncle Walter

“And that’s the way it is.” For some reason this phrase used to irk my brother Ron. Any time he heard this phrase, he would snarl, “No, that’s the way you SAY it is.” …

FTV: Halloween Carnival

Raisanen, I have run two carnivals so now it is your turn.” So said my Junior High Student Council co-advisor and field trip taking buddy Bruce Johanson back in October of 1980. I am not totally…

From the Vaults: A Tough Business

Now the title of this FTV is pretty generic. It could apply to just about any endeavour, but with my background as a Geography/Earth Science teacher, it won’t surprise you that I am talking about …