Very few readers probably knew that we had a celebrity musician living in our midst for the past decade.

Except for my own curiosity and tendency to be nosy, I would not have known either.

However, one day several years ago, my interest was piqued when I noticed a house up the street in Shelter Bay had a large wooden sign saying “Kirkland” hanging by the garage door.

Having been born and raised in Kirkland, I wondered why someone would display something like that from their (my) former town.

After an inquiry or two, I learned that my newly discovered neighbor was actually named Mike...