Month: August 2019

  • August 1969

    Hi – Every once in a while, I see a listing of the top 40 for a certain week. This year someone has been highlighting 1969 – and the top 40’s are generally killer. This week in August 1969 is no exception. So, armed with the list of the songs for the week ending August…

  • Not much

    I’m tired this morning, and the thinker’s not working. Just a quick hello to everyone, and hope all’s well. Got a great podcast today, starting with some remembrances of Woodstock, then moving on from there. Let’s chill today (not me, but maybe you can) with Richie Havens, Canned Heat, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Bob Dylan,…

  • Summer Fun

    Summer fun has been some funner this year. Not sure that’s really true, but I liked the wordplay there. More adventures with my daughter-in-law today, and then a dinner/dance cruise next Friday. And then – summer’s done. Time for fall and back to school. Today’s podcast is all about summer – I pulled together songs…

  • New Eyes

    I just received some new glasses – everything is in sharper focus now. It had been a while since I had gotten glasses, and while my eyesight hasn’t gotten much worse, it was enough that new glasses really help. Also helps that the new glasses aren’t all scratched up. Although my glasses are a different…

  • Too Many People

    In the summer, when I drive home on a Friday afternoon, there is inevitably a huge slowdown on the turnpike as we approach Maine. The number of people from Massachusetts and New York going to Maine on vacation starting Friday afternoon is more than a 4-lane highway can handle. It gets frustrating for us “normal”…