Archive - Bill Nelson's Substack

Blackberry Picking

Remember how Emperor Nero preferred playing on his fiddle and how heroic Achilles preferred sulking to being a hero?

Aug 9 •

William A Nelson

July 2025

We run into each other late at night and joke about the miseries he emcees.

Jul 19 •

William A Nelson

I started out as a Norway Spruce; I was the tallest of all the trees around!

Jul 5 •

William A Nelson

June 2025

More things than you can shake a stick at!

Jun 21 •

William A Nelson

I saw a face I thought I knew and waved. Where did my arm go?

Jun 7 •

William A Nelson

May 2025

April 2025

Von Bargen's Jewelry

The three of in the livingroom last year chatting about this and that...

Apr 26 •

William A Nelson

March 2025

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