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In 1985 I was trying to be a responsible adult. I had a full-time job, a wife and a son (and I still have all 3, albeit a much better job). I didn’t have the time I used to have to stay up with music, but I did make a valiant effort. Since MTV had…

I’ve been killing myself this week – I’ve had problems uploading files to the blog, so potentially there was no podcast this week. I have limited technical skills here and did not know how I was going to fix this. Finally, I found a way to access all my files on my website (I know,…

I’m posting late – I was kidnapped this morning and forced to have fun. We went to Plum Island, near Newburyport, MA. We share a beach with the piping plovers- they get 90% of the beach and we get the ends of the beach. There’s still plenty of space to walk, and the park is…

We re-did our kitchen about 5 years ago (time flies). When we did that,I looked around and said, “Now that we have a nice kitchen, it would be nice if we used it to make good food.” So I started actually cooking – looking at recipes and making good food. Part of this was done…

Hello and welcome to another special edition of the PB podcast. Today we travel back to the year 1980. The podcast will feature songs from that year. 1980 was not only 35 years ago, but was an important year for me. I was finishing my 2nd year in college and started my 3rd year in…

Hmm, I’m having problems with my shift bar – time for a new keyboard? I’ll see if I can clean this one out first. Speaking of cleaning, spring, for some reason, is the traditional period for cleaning. It’s the first chance for those of us who experience winter to move around outside (there’s still plenty…

The inevitability of growing old isn’t a constant thought – I still feel the same way I did when I was eleven years old – I’m not so sure that’s good, but just the way it is. I usually see it in others, though, and now I’m experiencing it with my dog. Fiona the Siberian…

Hello, and welcome to another special edition of the podcast – the occasional Jazzcast that I’m posting for you. There’s nothing fancy going on today – no 2015 releases, no 75th anniversaries, just some good jazz music that I’ve been listening to lately. We start today’s show with Herbie Hancock from his 1962 first solo…

Feels like -1 degree Farenheit? It must be spring. Does my dog want to take a short walk? The Siberian Husky demands her long weekend walk. The Red Sox start playing in Fenway on April 13 – will that be ready? We’ll see. It’s the end of March and time for New Englanders to complain…

March has brought in rains. I’d complain, but since I won’t have to shovel it later, I’m good. We know that April showers bring May flowers, but March rain? Other than decreasing the size of snow banks (and the return of sidewalks that were previously plowed, were forgotten after the big storms, but have been…