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March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. I don’t know how I know this – it’s just one of those expressions that I heard when I was young and has stuck with me. This March has certainly been lion-like, if lions are very, very cold. But are lions cold? Don’t … Continue reading "March"

How’s everyone doing? Hope all’s still well out there. New strains of the virus, vaccinations on the upswing, weather doing weather things out there. We’re having a normal winter – if anything snow’s been a little light overall. We’re still hunkered down. Kate’s starting to go stir crazy, but if anything is even more cautious … Continue reading "Check-In"

I saw a tweet yesterday that said “Am I depressed or is laying in bed f*ing awesome?” We’ve got the Pandemic blues, and one way to celebrate is to listen to the blues. I’ve put together an hour’s worth of blues music from the last 5 years. The blues is alive and well, so listen … Continue reading "Pandemic Blues"

Happy Valentine’s Day. Wasn’t really started by Hallmark, although they’ve co-opted the day very well, thank you. 2021 is not exactly the most romantic of times, but then, was the Third Century that romantic? As with most saints, he was arrested and no doubt tortured brutally (the stories of the Saints is filled with torture … Continue reading "Valentine’s Day"

Another week like many others in pandemic times. Picked up a meal at a restaurant, tipped generously, but mostly stayed home without getting a lot accomplished. Thankfully for me, there’s work so I can stay busy during the day. Otherwise being stuck at home with nothing to do would send me crazy (like my wife. … Continue reading "Whaddyagot?"

A real snowstorm tomorrow night? Is it supposed to be winter around here? We finally had a cold snap this week – the first of the season. Maybe we’re just having a late winter this year. We’ve had years of huge snowfalls in March – maybe 2021 will be that way. Or maybe we’ll only … Continue reading "Snow"

The word genius is thrown around pretty easily these days, but I get to prove that I’m a genius on a daily basis. I play a game in the New York Times called Spelling Bee, where you make words out of the seven letters they give you and you have to make words with them. … Continue reading "Genius"

“A candy-colored clown they call the sandman.” My favorite scene from Blue Velvet is when Dean Stockwell lip-syncs Roy Orbison’s “In Dreams.” In today’s podcast, I am trying to capture that style in this dream-laden song cycle. Listen up and don’t snooze while listening to Roy Orbison, Little Feat, Chris Isaak, Otis Redding, Dave & … Continue reading "Dreams"

Another quiet week here. Hunkering down and patiently waiting for the vaccine, which is at least two months away for us. Then we can start feeling a little safer. Need to get to critical mass, which won’t be until summertime at least. To wait, there’s music. Sharing some with you this week includes artists like … Continue reading "Nothing"

Gee, I love slow news weeks, don’t you? It gives one an ability to focus on oneself rather than what is happening in the world at large, and how those things might affect you. What’s that? No, I haven’t really been paying attention to the news – it’s one of my New Year’s resolutions. I … Continue reading "A Peaceful and Orderly Transition"