Month: June 2021

Just got back from vacation. What a great week. Eighteen-month-olds are fascinating. It was interesting to observe throughout the week. Owen has a great sense of humor and he loves his grandpa. I’m the favorite. Still, it’s funny. He loves saying no to things he doesn’t like, but if you say no to him it’s…

We’re heading out on vacation today. Going to North Conway for a week of fun with my son, his wife, and the grandchild. Will update you on how it went next week. This week’s podcast has a raft of favorites, including Strawbs, Richard & Linda Thompson, John Martyn, Crowded House, Squeeze, Billy Bragg, Paul Weller,…

It’s too nice to be sitting around and writing today. Let’s just enjoy the day (I hope the weather is beautiful everywhere today). So on today’s pod, we mess around with the Call, the Connells, the Fixx, INXS, Jethro Tull, Family, Ten Years After, Led Zeppelin, Alex Little & the Suspicious Minds, the Get Up…

Continuing with the year 1971, this set is a bunch of songs that were on the Billboard 100 during the year, presented semi-1971 style. I don’t speak in-between or over the songs, but they’re just presented without a thought of any semblance of order. Just like 1971. You’d hear a country song followed by a…

In he before time I was thinking about changes that I was going through as I was getting older. To me it was very gradual – I didn’t really feel any effects of getting older until the cartilage in my left knee went away. Then I started to feel old. I couldn’t run anymore, and…