Surprisingly, as I write these Monday posts, I have had yet to include anything by my personal muse, Ronnie James Dio. Time to rectify that oversight right now. Many are familiar with Dio’s snarling, soaring vocal style on the his harder and better known metals...
The good news is that I am no longer behind because of my vacation… It’s been three weeks so I can’t use that excuse anymore. The bad news is I am still behind. Ah, well, par for the course, eh? Somewhere in the craziness of...
Yep, I went on vacation so I’m like behind on everything. This is my excuse for weighing in on this topic long after our twenty-four hour news media has already cycled through it. Still, here’s my two cents… Mitt Romney owes Ann Romney a nice,...
Good Morning! The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers say hello. I hope you all have a lovely May Day! A Time to Talk Robert Frost When a friend calls to me from the road And slows his horse to a...
Hi all, yep, still behind, but slowly wading my way out of the detritus. Still, it has been a happy sort of detritus. When perhaps I might have been writing on my blog I have been spending time with family and dear friends or working...
Just returned from vacation with the hot husband and the kids… behind on everything now, but that’s how the cookie crumbles. Emails to answer, blog stuff to catch up on, writing to do and oh yes, cruise pounds to lose. So, if you are waiting...
This week’s song choice may surprise a few of you, though it shouldn’t, at least, not my close friends. I’m sharing The Dance as sung by Garth Brooks. I was surprised to realize that though Brooks is an accomplished songwriter, he did not write this...
First off, a big shout out to my friend Carla for this week’s song, You’ll Be Mine. It’s by a duo of sisters, Allison and Catherine Pierce, simply called The Pierces. It has a light, lyrical sort of pop meets adult contemporary vibe. The harmonies...
This week’s selection goes back a ways. It’s Journey’s classic song, Lights; their ode to the city by the bay, San Francisco. Added bonus, this video features original keyboardist Gregg Rolie who left the band just before the Escape album (he was replaced by Jonathan...
Let me preface here, while this blog post is clearly going to be a complaint, I do not want to come across as the old lady saying, “In my day we walked barefoot in the snow twenty miles to school, uphill, both ways!” Because, that’s...