Mick Jagger Meets 66 Jackasses Galore

 May 9, 2026

   Time flies when you are on a deadline. Seems like a couple days ago, but it has been over a week since I was in Seligman for the big Delgadillo Centennial of Route 66 shindig. It was fun.

      Meanwhile, back in Cave Creek where the white buffalo roam. . .

Jackass Convention

Online Advice

   "According to the NRF, the top gifts for Mother's Day in 2026 include flowers (75%), greeting cards (74%), special outings (63%), and gift cards (55%).  Apparently our love for Mom is at an all-time high."

   That's why I took the Goose out to a local nursery yesterday and bought four new desert plants for the front yard. Here's one of them.

A budding Joshua Tree

bottom center, just beyond the four rocks.

   Meanwhile, I was complaining about pushing 80 in the school of rock and here's this guy at 82, still going strong. Dang!

   Speaking of the dude who mangles my hometown's name in the Stones' version of "Route 66," I was rewatching "The Edge of Eternity" recently and I had to marvel at the history in a bottle aspect of the film. Here's a shot of downtown Kingman taken from the 1959 film showing Beale Street, looking west towards Fourth Street.

   That's Central Commercial in all it's glory, on the left, and the Dime Store, The State Theater and JC Penny's on the right. Classic. Not to mention the cars! Unfortunately, when I revisit my hometown and the Mother Road, this is increasingly what it looks like to me. . .

A Roadside Wreck On Old 66

“Nostalgia for a lost time is the problem all humans face.”
—Old Vaquero Saying