Month: September 2019

It’s happened. My original knee has worn out to the point where no injections will stave off the pain. I have no cartilage in my left knee, so I’m walking bone on bone, and my knee has shifted to try to reduce the pain, but there’s no more comfortable place left for my knee to…

As a man who has always had the wand’ring waysNow I’m reaching back for yesterdays‘Til a long-forgotten love appearsAnd I find that I’m sighing softly as I nearSeptember, the warm September of my years – Frank Sinatra, The September of My Years (Cahn/Van Heusen) Am I really moving into the September of my years? In…

1959 was 60 years ago. Which is funny because I was born in 1959. My birthday is coming next month, and yes, you’ll be hearing more about that as we get closer). I was listening to someone explain how 1959 was probably the best year for jazz albums, so I checked it out, and it’s…

How does one cope with the world? We all go through things that cause us to reassess who we are and what we’ve done. For me, unsurprisingly, it’s music. I’ll find something to play to calm me or get me pumped up, or sad or any number of emotions. I’m occasionally surprised at what sets…

It’s back to school time, which means looking out for stopped buses as I drive into work each morning. I remember the feeling of “back-to-school” when I was a kid, though. I liked going to school in the fall to see friends that I either did not see or saw infrequently during the summer, as…

Happy Labor Day weekend. It’s the final weekend of summer, and it looks like it may actually turn into autumn after Labor Day. It’s already begun, with temperatures dipping into the high 40’s at night, but it can be a temporary phenomenon. Not this year, according to the weather folk. We may get an occasional…