Talk about throwback Thursdays. This is what we'll call a throwback New Years greeting. The Ratliff Brothers (where are "they" now?) celebrating the new year 1984 in our 18th Street New York City studio with our dog Duncan (well I guess we can guess where "he" is now). Time flies when you're having a good time. And with that in mind we wish you and yours nothing but h[...]

It was four very short years ago when I sat down and wrote this little post about my amazing parents and their sixty-sixth wedding anniversary. Well tomorrow they'll be celebrating their seventieth (put that in your pipe and smoke it, you newly-weds). And while there's enough to say about the two of them to fill many a blog post I'm thinking that these few heart-felt [...]

I'm feeling it, I'm really feeling it, and I hope you are too. Mild as this winter's been here in southern Connecticut, long and dark nights (and mornings), bitter cold one day, teaser warm another. And my gosh, if its going to be cold, at least let it snow. And for the most part, it just didn't really snow (post October freak storm). So feeling that Spring air, slowl[...]