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Something for Thursday (Friday edition)

Yeah, the usual disclaimer: a busy week full of activity has led to a day’s delay. I don’t have a great deal to say about this song, so just listen to it. This is one of those songs that takes … Continue reading

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RIP, Pizza Hut

Every Pizza Hut restaurant in Western New York has permanently closed. I’m not going to pretend that this is a loss, except in the sense that this is a few hundred jobs down the drain. I worked for Pizza Hut … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Ulysses Kay was a Black composer who lived from 1917 to 1995. Born in Tucson to parents who encouraged music-making in the home, Kay went on to study music at the University of Arizona and the Eastman School of Music, … Continue reading

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Hot!

This has turned into a hot, dry summer in Buffalo Niagara. Even the streams at Chestnut Ridge, up in the wooded hills, are beginning to dry up. I’m not nearly as bad about hot weather as I once was, ten … Continue reading

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Tinkering, complete! (Mostly)

I spent a bit of time this past weekend making a few changes to Byzantium’s Shores, which you may notice if you’re particularly eagle-eyed and you’re familiar with the old lay of the land here. Some of these changes were … Continue reading

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Tinkering under the hood….

I’m giving this blog a much-needed refreshing this weekend, so if things look slightly different, that’s why. Bear with, folks! –Still tinkering….

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Something for Thursday

I have to admit something: it took me years to warm back up to this song, after a college professor ruined it for me. She used a cover of it as the background song to a video she had put together … Continue reading

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The Occasional Hazards of Breakfast-for-Dinner Night

We had waffles the other night. I took my waffles outside and ate them on our patio table, because it was a lovely evening. But one of my family members didn’t want me to be lonely, so…. Oh well. Yes, … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

This may be something of a cheat, since Tone Poem Tuesday has always featured orchestral music, and this week all we have is a solo piano work. But what a work it is, juxtaposing traditional melodies with interesting sound effects, … Continue reading

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On Masks

So, among everything else, 2020 has become The Year We All Wear Masks. Or it should be that, but an awful lot of people are proving wildly resistant to the idea, on various bases. There are the always-entertaining libertarian types … Continue reading

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