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It’s increasingly hard to stay apolitical in light of all that’s going on. The US government shutdown affects some of my friends directly (unpaid leave), and may affect all of us in very direct ways. C’mon, let’s get this government back in operation. Among the many people hurt in our new anti-immigration movement are El … Continue reading "The World Today"

As part of my New Year’s resolutions, I was going to concentrate on writing more and doing more essays here. That’s yet to start, as I find it hard to come up with things to say on a weekly basis: how’s the weather; what am I doing today? It doesn’t help that my already bad … Continue reading "What to write"

It’s the start of a new year, and what a year it’s been already. Temperatures around here have been extremely cold (someone wondered, as they were looking at temperatures, if we had switched to the Celsius scale, with highs on a couple of days remaining negative). My eyeballs almost froze yesterday as I went to … Continue reading "Stable"

I still have 2017 music that I haven’t put out on a podcast. This time: Jazz. It was a good year for jazz, and some of my favorite tunes appear on the pod today. I listen to many kinds of music, and this is music that makes me happy. So let’s reflect on 2017 and … Continue reading "Jazz 2017"

Happy 2018! We’ve made it (almost). 2017 was…something. 2018 should be better – let’s all resolve to make 2018 a better year. I think that’s it for me – 2018 will be better than 2017. Can we agree on this, at least? I have other individual goals for next year, but it all boils down … Continue reading "Happy 2018!"

Merry Christmas, everyone! In lieu of cards let this post serve as my Christmas wish to all of my friends. The Northeast has had snow, freezing rain (checks weather report) – more snow to come, then a deep freeze for New Year’s Day – it’s winter! Hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas, no … Continue reading "Merry Christmas"

It’s still 2017 for 11 more days. This year has flown by – and who thought that would happen? To wrap up the year, I’ve got yet another set of music released in 2017. We start out Afro-heavy, as we spend some time in Africa(without Toto) for half the show before returning to these shores … Continue reading "more music, more music more music"

Well, Christmas is a week away. Is everyone ready? I am, but that’s because we don’t buy a lot of presents, or do much to celebrate. I have to help with a breakfast this coming Friday, so I’ll prepare my menu and buy what I need today (and Thursday). We’re heading up to Vermont for … Continue reading "How Many More Times"

Ho-ho-ho. Old Santa Claus here with an early gift for y’all. I decided to put together a Christmas song podcast for all my friends, and I did it with mostly a traditional song theme – no weird tunes on this year’s edition of the pod. So when you trim your tree (what, you didn’t do … Continue reading "Christmas tunes"

Hello from the frozen tundra. We really did have freezing rain after a couple of inches of snow – actually, once you get past the crust (easily broken up by walking around a bit), it’s easy to shovel away. No snowblower for me today (and hey, I always forget how much easier the snowblower starts … Continue reading "The sounds of 2017"