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I don’t have much to say today but I did learn a random fact I didn’t know so now I’m sharing it with you, because I care!

Harland Sanders, the famous “Colonel Sanders” of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, lived his last fifteen years or so not in Kentucky or anywhere you might expect. He lived in Mississauga, Ontario, which at that time was a suburb of Toronto. … Continue reading

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At the Faire….

Yesterday, The Wife and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Starling Renaissance Festival in Sterling, NY. We left Friday night, actually, and stayed in a hotel in Rochester, driving the rest of the way to the Festival yesterday morning; … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

(Normally I try to wait longer than just under four months before I do a re-post of something I’ve already written here, but Chuck Mangione has died, and I like what I wrote about him and this song back in … Continue reading

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Cosmic

A few nifty photos from NASA: Via, via, and via.

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Tuesday Tones

It’s been fascinating, looking back a hundred years at the classical music that was brand new in 1925, one hundred years. I’m not quite done with this little project yet, but I’ve had an almost avant-garde piece, a piano concerto … Continue reading

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Apollo at 56 (a repost)

Yesterday was the anniversary of the first lunar landing, when Eagle, the Apollo 13 mission’s Lunar Excursion Module, landed on the moon at the Sea of Tranquility. This is a repost of what I’ve posted in the past on that … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

This lovely film music cue has been on my mind the last few days because for some reason, the YouTube algorithm served up a clip from The Karate Kid Part II, and because I like that movie (it’s not as good … Continue reading

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Happy 716 Day!

In honor of my home, The 716, a few shots from around the place.

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Tuesday Tones

Continuing our brief survey this month of classical works that debuted one hundred years ago this year, in 1925, we have one of George Gershwin’s major works, and one that gives some clear idea of the direction Gershwin was moving … Continue reading

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Sometimes the quest takes years. Other times, not so much.

I saw, a while back, a content creator I follow on social media wearing this shirt in one of her videos: I saw that shirt and immediately thought, “I want one of those shirts!” Of course, I quickly surmised that … Continue reading

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