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Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers. Hope your day goes well. Enjoy some Mother’s Day with music,. How about this podcast, which today features Felt, Medium, Medium, Brazilian Girls, John Lennon, Marshall Crenshaw, Robbie Robertson, Tommy Keene, Pet Shop Boys, Bananarama, Sade, Chaka Khan, Brian Eno, John Cale, and Robert Wyatt. This podcast is, as … Continue reading "Mother’s Day"

I have a bad left knee. It’s “classic” osteoarthritis says my Doctor. Great, another classic. I’ve had a couple of cortisone shots for it, and while I’ve complained that they weren’t effective, they did relieve some of the symptoms. Problem was, my knee was getting worse – walking up and down stairs got to be … Continue reading "Bees’ Knees"

Spring is a season of change. The earth begins to renew, flowers spring up, trees and animals, and sometimes it’s time for humans to make or face changes. My son is getting married in June, so he’s facing a change. Oh, it’ll mostly be a subtle change, but the pomp of it all makes the … Continue reading "Plus Ca Change"

Well, after some occasional snow this week (none of which stayed around here, but in Northern New Hampshire – geez), looks like spring might actually be happening. Looks like a pretty solid week of spring in the forecast – let’s hope. I’ve been on a diet lately, as well as ramping up the exercise,and I’ve … Continue reading "Dieting in the 21st Century"

Well, it’s tax time again – seems like it happens every year around this time. We’ve been pretty lucky, in that we are delayed in the due date by the 15th being on the weekend (today if you’re reading this when I post), and having a delay due to Patriots Day (thank you Massachusetts). Every … Continue reading "Tax Day"

Sunrise is at 6:14 this morning – so the day is lengthening – almanac says that the actual length of day is 13 hours and 4 minutes (more than half of day), with an additional 2 minutes and 53 seconds of daylight tomorrow. We need the temperatures to follow suit for it to become real … Continue reading "Time and Tide"

This’ll be quick, as I am in Massachusetts to celebrate Easter with my son and his fiance (June 23 wedding). My sister-in-law and brother-in-law will be down, too. Should have fun. For Easter, it’s a hodge-podge of great music, with James Brown, Joe Jackson, Malo, Wilson Pickett, Beach House, Cat Power, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joss Stone, … Continue reading "Easter Bunnies"

Time for another jazz podcast. Today’s selections include a lot of great jazz guitarists – I love jazz guitar, and Julian Lage is another young jazz guitarist who may become a great jazz guitarist soon. He’s really put out some great albums already, and we get to listen to one of his tunes to lead … Continue reading "Jazz Time"

Well, last night left us with a sprinkle of snow on the car and ground, just because… Spring came in on Tuesday, but that hasn’t happened here. The March storms that dumped about 2 feet of snow are still covering the ground, and any thaw just ended up as the snow plow ripping up parts … Continue reading "Spring delayed"

I’m a little late this morning, but we just got back from Boston where we saw our son. The story this weekend is that it is very, very cold, making walking outside not a fun experience. We like to spend time walking around in various parts of Boston and environs, but we didn’t do a … Continue reading "Freezing"