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Greater discussion to follow after this brief introduction. Many thanks for listening. Have a great day.

Alex draws listeners into his world by the gentle way he plays guitar. The name of the song is Evening in Paris. The name of his YouTube channel is Sound City. Thank you for listening.

Why not? If you have thoughts ... ha! That's a line from the film Julie and Julia. Julie decides to write a blog about French cooking by Julia Child. Great movie. Here's the synopsis from the back of the DVD.

A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in "Julie & Julia", the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) co-stars in director Nora Ephron's delicious comedy about joy, obsession and butter. Bon appetit! Thanks for listening.

Bee stings? I did it to myself working in the grass without garden gloves. It was one bee, not the entire hive. Otherwise, last night's episode of Billions was extraordinary. Thank you for listening.

Be patient, dear listeners, when your friends offer to help you without asking you first if you need help. It's a habit difficult to break, so be patient with your friends and family members. Thank you for listening.

Greetings, piano music lovers. This episode celebrates the performance by a dear friend on piano after just one week. This is where I say she can hitch her wagon to a star. I could have said a Star is Born. I'm saying it now. Thanks for listening.

Bob Dylan wrote the soundtrack in 2000 for the movie Wonder Boys. Listen to the song on YouTube and watch the film with Michael Douglas. He stars as a professor, suffering from writer's block, tries to deal with the pressures of his complex love life and his troubled students' assorted problems. Despite the encouragement of one of his admiring female pupils, the professor is obsessed with his current work. He finds release in his friendship with a lonely but gifted student. This episode is about music and entertainment for gifted writers who need encouragement. Just because things have changed doesn't mean life should be filled with gloom and doom. Writing oftentimes helps people dig out of the mire of what's troubling them and brings clarity in order to take action. Action is the key, not procrastination.

Definition of the word mire: a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself.

"He has been left to squirm in a mire of new allegations". Source: Oxford Dictionary of Languages.

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About alone time for people who lived decades ago before the Internet, social media, and face time on smartphones and other devices. Thank you for listening.

Thank you for listening, coffee lovers.

This about learning to play the melody and two chords from the introduction for Evening in Paris by Alex of Sound City on YouTube. Thank you for listening.