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Author Archives: ksedinger
Tone Poem Tuesday
What do you do when you’re a prestigious university and you award an honorary doctorate to one of the greatest composers of your time, and the composer deems to respond with a nice “Thank You” letter? Why, you tell him … Continue reading
And now, cats.
For lack of anything else to post today, here are Remy and Rosa fighting over the heat register. This particular heat register is the only one in our house that is set into the floor. All the rest of them … Continue reading
Posted in Photographic Documentation
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For Mr. Teachout
I’ll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term. Earnest is long-term. –Randy Pausch, “The Last Lecture” Terry Teachout died the other day, at the age of 65. Mr. Teachout was a critic, playwright, … Continue reading
Tony and Patsy
Two giants of my early eating and drinking life, Tony Marra and Patsy Collins, died in 2021. Patsy ran a bar. Tony ran a restaurant. Patsy’s bar was called The Burton Hotel, or The Burton for short. It’s located on … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Travels and Adventures, Passages
Tagged Buffalo, Passages, The 716
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Rainbows, Moonbows, Sunsets, and the Stars: Adventures beneath the Hawaiian sky
So much of one’s time in Hawaii is spent looking up, or out. Up to the sky, or out to where the sky meets the sea. And there’s a rainbow almost every day. In Buffalo, I might get to see … Continue reading
Posted in On Travels and Adventures, Photographic Documentation
Tagged "Hawaii 2021", Hawaii, Traveler's Tales
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Something for Thursday
Listening to SiriusXM last week, I was struck by a song I’d never heard before…or rather, a performance of a song I’d never heard before. “Mr. Bojangles” is most famous as Sammy Davis Jr.’s “signature” song, I suppose; until the … Continue reading
“I know what you’re thinking, and you’re right”: A MAGNUM geek visits Paradise
Longtime readers may remember that I was a big fan of the show Magnum PI back in the day. That is, the original show, the one that ran in the 1980s, and not the new reboot show that is running, well, now. … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, On Travels and Adventures, Photographic Documentation
Tagged "Hawaii 2021", Geek Stuff, Photo Posts, Traveler's Tales
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Tone Poem Tuesday
Somewhere in my online life, I saw someone recently mention Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu. I don’t remember who or where, though! This is what happens when you scroll too quickly: some things make enough dent that you remember them, but … Continue reading
Hawaiian adventures
Our trip to Hawaii was…amazing. Just amazing. In fact, it was quite nearly perfect. My mother dreamed all her life of going to Hawaii, and at some point after she had safely seen her two children off to lives of … Continue reading
Posted in On Travels and Adventures
Tagged "Hawaii 2021", Traveler's Tales
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Back in the Saddle!
It’s January 10, so here ends my brief hiatus! As I get my bearings again, here are some links to things: :: First, I have no idea how long this may last online (copyright holders may squash it), but here’s … Continue reading