Curations from the Human Jungle
[To be clear, there are no golf courses in The Jungle, but we know there are 'Backs and 'Belles who enjoy their time on the links. My favorite golf cliches was explained to me by Silverback Eli Lampwick who said a "sister-in-law" is when you skull a shot, but it ends up on the green:... Continue Reading →
[This is an excerpt from "Extra-Ordinary," the self-published account of my astoundingly normal life. The link to the original appears just below, followed by a reprint of the article in full. This is the story of when I told major league Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez that he didn't know how to throw a curve... Continue Reading →
[As the hair on our collective backs becomes evermore silver, we cling to the scraps of our former imagined glory, such as this memory from the Randolph, Vermont Men's Softball League, circa 1982. SB SM] https://silverbackdigest.com/2023/06/10/or-why-i-am-against-banning-the-shift/ [We, "we" being Silverbelle Sandy and myself, were eating breakfast this morning while watching Morning Joe on MS-NBC when... Continue Reading →
[Silverback J of the Mendocino Bonobos has contributed some epic yarns to Silverback Digest over the year, although we haven't heard from recently. This story is set against a dramatic backdrop of slow pitch softball, so often a world where the raw emotions of the male of the species simmer just beneath the placid waters... Continue Reading →
[Let's see ... the Super Bowl is over. March Madness has not begun. I guess baseball is the only show in town. You can expect a steady diet for the next couple of weeks. SB SM] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-woman-who-maybe-struck-out-babe-ruth-and-lou-gehrig-4759182/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93171674 The Woman Who (Maybe) Struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Of all the strange baseball exploits of... Continue Reading →
[Shit! We don't even have the climate under control and now this. Even worse, our President has thoroughly pissed off the most water-rich nation on earth, Canada. SB SM] Sara Hashemi January 23, 2026 https://www.smithsonianmag.com United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ We’re living beyond our hydrological means... Continue Reading →
[I always thought it would be romantic to have a wild fling with a Bohemian Silverbelle in an anonymous place, but this picture of Patti Smith in her room at the Chelsea Hotel squelched that. When I look at this this photo, all I can think of is ... bedbugs! SB SM] https://medium.com/@bagelboy/make-america-bohemian-again-de846e35d757 Patti Smith... Continue Reading →
[It's Saturday, so we're supposed to take a break from the real world of The Jungle to laugh at something. But it's also Valentine's Day, so we thought you'd enjoy a "bouquet" of renditions of the torch song "My Funny Valentine." If this is a song you like, I guarantee you won't after wading your... Continue Reading →
[You've met Silverback Jim before. He publishes books, offers all kinds of writers' services, and now produces a podcast that he also posts as a YouTube video. (I'm not sure what the right term for this is.) Here's a recent episode/edition/issue featuring yet another legendary Silverback, Tom Rush. Tom's primary claim to fame is that... Continue Reading →
The Outside Story By Maggie Weng Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy piles underfoot. Geese cross the bright sky. Other signs of winter are harder to define: the morning chill deepens its bite, the afternoon light becomes pale. Although we... Continue Reading →