Month: December 2017

Happy 2018! We’ve made it (almost). 2017 was…something. 2018 should be better – let’s all resolve to make 2018 a better year. I think that’s it for me – 2018 will be better than 2017. Can we agree on this, at least? I have other individual goals for next year, but it all boils down…

Merry Christmas, everyone! In lieu of cards let this post serve as my Christmas wish to all of my friends. The Northeast has had snow, freezing rain (checks weather report) – more snow to come, then a deep freeze for New Year’s Day – it’s winter! Hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas, no…

It’s still 2017 for 11 more days. This year has flown by – and who thought that would happen? To wrap up the year, I’ve got yet another set of music released in 2017. We start out Afro-heavy, as we spend some time in Africa(without Toto) for half the show before returning to these shores…

Well, Christmas is a week away. Is everyone ready? I am, but that’s because we don’t buy a lot of presents, or do much to celebrate. I have to help with a breakfast this coming Friday, so I’ll prepare my menu and buy what I need today (and Thursday). We’re heading up to Vermont for…

Ho-ho-ho. Old Santa Claus here with an early gift for y’all. I decided to put together a Christmas song podcast for all my friends, and I did it with mostly a traditional song theme – no weird tunes on this year’s edition of the pod. So when you trim your tree (what, you didn’t do…

Hello from the frozen tundra. We really did have freezing rain after a couple of inches of snow – actually, once you get past the crust (easily broken up by walking around a bit), it’s easy to shovel away. No snowblower for me today (and hey, I always forget how much easier the snowblower starts…

Had our first snow yesterday. I know that I should curse the gods and think about my back, but I love the first snows of the year (as long as they’re of a reasonable amount – looks like about 3 or so inches- if it were a major snow storm…). The snow does look beautiful…

2017 was a surprisingly strong year for music. I didn’t find any transcendent albums, but there was a lot of good music. So much so, in fact, that my end of the year podcasts will be expanded to at least 3 different podcasts – we’ll start with this one. Many of these songs came form…

We’ve moved into the time where I drive into work in the dark and come home in the dark. The seasons don’t seem to change quickly: it is a gradual change that comes up slowly, but then once enveloped, one feels that it has always been that way. “Remember when it was 60 degrees,” stops…