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Your Daily Dose of CHRISTMAS!!!

Somehow I made it to just the other day (as you’re reading this) without knowing that in 1983 David Bowie starred in a Japanese war film about the individuals living in a POW camp. The film’s English title is Merry Christmas … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Continuing our series exploring classical music about or inspired by water, in one way or another, we have one of the most evocative tone poems of all time: The Fountains of Rome by Ottorino Respighi. Respighi lived 1879-1936, and his gift … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of CHRISTMAS!!!

A lot of what I post in this series every year comes from just simple YouTube searches, which I then follow until I find something interesting. This is a case in point: I searched “Appalachian Christmas”, which yielded some good … Continue reading

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Your Daily Dose of CHRISTMAS!!!

Welcome to December! Along with “normal” blogging, this month always features a daily music or video selection pertaining to Christmas. There are some items I post annually, while other things will be brand new. That’s one of the things I … Continue reading

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On rethinking the year as a series of Festivals (a repost)

NOTE: As stated in the title, this is a repost of something I wrote a couple years ago toward the end of summer. Now that Thanksgiving 2025 is in the rear-view mirror and most people who took the long weekend are … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday (Thanksgiving edition)

Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning is one of our very rare forays into commercial television each year. We have become such infrequent viewers of commercial television that it’s always something of a shock to us to have … Continue reading

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“Vultures, vultures everywhere!”

Eighty-three years of Casablanca. This morning I got in the car, turned on the radio, and as I was preparing to switch it over to my phone’s output so I could listen to a podcast, the announcer on WNED indicated that … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Here’s something I didn’t know until today when I was driving home: English composer Frederick Delius lived for a time in Florida in the 1880s, during which he managed a local orange grove while he studied with a noted organist … Continue reading

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Another Sunday quiz-thing as I sip my coffee to the sound of a snoring greyhound and cats doing…cat stuff

This one‘s pretty quick and easy! 1) Has anyone ever told you “I love you” but you didn’t say it back?   I don’t think so. 2) Do you consider yourself organized?   Hahahaha! No. I try, but I do … Continue reading

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It’s so bright here on the outside….

Wow! I didn’t actually plan to take four days of break from posting here; I had a nice little streak going there, too! But, that’s what happens. Truth to tell, I spent four days in jail for faking my car’s … Continue reading

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