The precise order of events: 1. I saw a five word reply to a FB post : “Somebody needs to do something!” 2. A few minutes later, on a different thread in a different group, I saw almost the exact same words. 3. At that very same moment the song that was playing: “Somebody to…
Yesterday I made “an announcement” to 3 friends as we traveled the back roads from Pittsburg, KS to Springfield. Maybe only 2 of them heard me; Bruce mighta been snoozing at the time. We were coming home after a fantastic house concert by Paul Thorn at the Coda Concert House in Joplin and a fabulous…
The dreaded letter (reproduced below if you dare) will get sent to some folks via e-mail. They’ll also get this link to the JibJab: https://www.jibjab.com/view/make/disco_christmas/b079887c-1399-46b3-99d9-734253cdf3e0 -=-==–=-= Hope your 2018 has been a good year. Mine was a dandy. Saw more live music than ever. It was Awesome. Crossed several artists off my “bucket list”…a bunch of…
It’s short. It’s simple. It’s true. Love trumps hate. Period. The 33rd Imagine Concert was the last “large venue” concert of the year for me, unless something unforeseen happens. I saw LOTS of large venue shows in 2018. 12/8/18 was a great evening in too many ways to list….but I’ll try: Friends Bar food Music…
I wrote about 7 “firsts” a year ago. Some fond memories there. Only one First this time. A sound. A sound that is unmistakeable, and not just the first time it’s heard. It’s the power. All that power. The sound of an ocean is a beautiful sound. The first time I heard it was almost…
The following went to quite a few folks via e-mail. Most of them will also get a JibJab. -=-=-=-= I hope your 2017 has been a good one. Mine has been pretty awesome. I’m a lucky guy. 1/1/17 began with coffee, waffles and the hair of the dog with friends at my favorite breakfast place…
Birthday week of 2017 was a doozy. Music. Sunshine. Friends. Food. Family. Frolicking. Revelry. Reminiscing. More music…and a tad bit of introspection. We had been in Orygun less than 3 months when Jackson Browne released “The Pretender.” If I had a “ben franklin” for every time I have played the album since I bought the…
I can hear John Crudele’s voice in my head like it was yesterday, but it was almost 20 years ago. Cancer took away JMC, his wisdom and his perfect answers over 3 years ago. But I’m pretty sure that if could ask him the very same question today, that there would only be a slight…
I had a walk-and-talk with an Army buddy one day last week. Tim is not the only person who ever called me Willie. He was one of several guys at Ft. Bragg that laid that one on me because of a basketball player named Willie Wise. Shelly and I spent a night in Wooster, OH…
It’s been 43 days since June 27 and my last post to this blog. On August 1, 2017 I saw a great show by Ryan Adams at The Pageant in St. Louis. The first four lines of the 3rd song of the evening pretty much describes my state of mind since my 6/27/17 post: “I…