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January 15, 2024
Another Musical Interlude
Every year when I get the Spotify Wrapped data, I swear that I’m going to listen to new music and get out of my rut. And every year, by the next Spotify Wrapped, there is a whole lot of repetition. One year, I started a playlist called “New Music” and swore songs and artists on […]
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I’ve tried to come up with a way to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., on my blog ever since I started things around here. Some times, I just post his I Have A Dream speech. Other times, I say a little more about what he means to me. I think this is going to be […]
January 12, 2024
A Song For Today
I’ve shared this before, but it came up first when I got in my car and so I wallowed in it for a bit. For the first time listening to all of the lyrics. It is the first Hozier song I heard that made me sit up and say Wow! It remains so to this […]
January 11, 2024
January 9, 2024
Why Neil Young? Why?
Like a number of other artists who grew on me later in their careers (Bruce Springsteen, for instance), I never really listened to Neil Young until I was exposed to a couple of his albums — Harvest Moon and his MTV Unplugged recording. Both of which knocked my socks off. Well, if I actually wore […]
The Waltons
Having been born at the end of the Baby Boom, I consider the 1970s to be my most formative decade. We didn’t watch a lot of TV, but we did watch the wholesome ’70s shows like Little House on the Prairie, Emergency, Adam-12, Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, and … The Waltons. The […]
January 1, 2024
A 2024 Theme
I’ve written previously about a little annual tradition I got hooked into with some friends. It’s an idea that comes from Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project. Basically, at the beginning of each year, you identify things that you want to do in the next year. Things that will make you happy. This year is the […]
December 29, 2023
A Song For Today
Via the magic of Spotify-curated playlists …
December 28, 2023
A Song For Today
This is a chill-inducing song.
December 24, 2023
A Reminder
In case you forgot, or you’re new around here, I no longer write much about politics here. I’ve taken that topic off to substack. Here’s my latest post there, all about how DeSantis was never ready to run for President. I write once or twice a week over there about what’s going on in the […]
