I’ve seen the Truckers several times in the past few years. I had never listened to them before I moved into The Abbey in fall of 2011. I’m sure glad that I took a friend’s recommendation and gave them a listen. (Thanks Gray!!) The Truckers can be profound & loud. I like that. Loud is…
“You are what you listen to…” appears in the title of 3 of my blog posts. Assuming there is some validity to those 6 words, what you recommend REALLY must say something!! The other day I mailed a flash drive to the first person who became a friend after moving to Orygun in 1976. Kevin…
…I am however a HUGE fan of the RPT button. A quick scan of my 2017 journal found over 30 instances of a entry like this: “what it means was on repeat” Or this one: “that earworm will not go away….and I’m liking it.” More than 30 songs “on repeat” in 2017. Several of them…
I’ve always loved a roadtrip. I’ve been on more than my share. There will be more. I aim to move even farther to the lower right on the bell curve that tallies up road trips. Our 2017 road trip is only a couple of days away. I’m expecting to put over 3K on a rental…
Yesterday evening we attended the 25th annual brick-laying ceremony at the Victims Memorial Garden in Phelps Grove Park. New engraved bricks were added to the garden to honor victims of violent crimes, their families and those who serve them in the Springfield community. I always experience a range of emotions while listening to the words…
On Saturday, March 18, 2017 I spent a few hours at the viewing for my late Uncle Joe, dead too soon at only 77. He survived the “widow maker heart attack” (which has a 90% kill rate) for about 30 years. It took three decades for a complete closure of the left anterior descending coronary…