Today, a song enters my Uber Song Hall of Fame.... It's "True Love" sung by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly ( Read more... )

Some more excerpted info from Wikipedia ( Read more... )

Looking at some old pictures.... I found that in summer 1973, my family traveled  to Washington State to visit my grandparents and other relatives ( Read more... )

I want to add a recording artist to my DRAHoF (D's recording artist hall of Fame) list.... And today it is Ravi Shankar.


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Well, I wrote this little Facebook messenger email to an old school friend the other day... and it just occurred to me to paste it in here.  Don't generally like to waste an email... so recycling it...  as it mentions a few things coming up.

to Sue, who teaches in New York State:

"enjoying your summer?  Just finished the semester here where I ( Read more... )

I just have a few minutes spare here to empty my head of things going on.  I'm feeling a bit ill so may be rambling a bit.  Wanted to mention that I need to get the "esta" for Linda to go to Florida.  Esta is the electronic travel authorisation... can't remember the actual acronym.  BUT, it was less than two years ago that we entered the US from ( Read more... )

Linda has us signed up to go on this Lockerbie memorial walk on Saturday.   Here is an excerpt from an internet source:

A “Walk of Peace” pilgrimage walk is being held to mark the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie air disaster.

Scores of people are expected to silently climb Burnswark, an ancient and dramatic landmark south east of the Dumfries ( Read more... )

Another song for my HoF... "True Love" as performed by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly

A favourite song from a favourite film of Linda's... Last summer, we took an excursion on the schooner that was used in the film, High Society... It's docked at Watkin's Glen on Lake Seneca in New York State.

Here's a snippet of the film, with the song in it.

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For the Song Hall of Fame... "Creeque Alley" by the Mamas and the Papas

I like it 'cause it tells a little story. Every band should have a song that tells the story of how they came to be, I think.

Here's another little clip from Monterey Pop:

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And.... "Rockaway Beach" by the Ramones ( Read more... )

On a train in Buffalo, NY at the moment. We crossed the border at around noonish. Got thru customs and security fine ( Read more... )