June 15, 2026 Jazz great Herbie Hancock and the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center (Photo by Openverse) As of this morning, the tarps are still hiding the wall at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, so we can't be sure the hijacker's name has been pulled down. However, it gives… Continue reading Capitol letters and musical memories
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Giving thanks after Thanksgiving
December 27, 2023 A gift in more ways than one Christmas dawned grey and damp but the temperature at daybreak was 57, about fifty degrees warmer than last year, when my wife and I spent the morning frantically de-icing our pool. This time we stayed warm and cozy inside, cheered by the tree on the… Continue reading Giving thanks after Thanksgiving
A pandemic diary: Change and perseverance
August 27, 2020 I was sitting in traffic the other day when a dragonfly dropped out of the sky right in front of the windshield. It hovered like a Blackhawk, wings beating impossibly fast, before zipping away out of sight; their average speed is about ten miles an hour but they can get up to… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Change and perseverance
Radio daze
It's amazing what you can find bouncing around your PC. Just open My Pictures, and something you forgot you ever saved is right there with a year's worth of memories. The memories brought back by this 1980 newspaper ad are fogged by disorientation and lack of sleep, because those were the days when I was… Continue reading Radio daze
Angry old man part 2 (and now he’s a diehard)
The ageists are at it again. On CBS “Sunday Morning,” a reporter noted that Earth, Wind and Fire is still out there touring – and then, in a breathless, incredulous tone, she added “in their sixties.” STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!! Musicians who are over 30 can still perform!!!!!! According to what I understand, these blokes are… Continue reading Angry old man part 2 (and now he’s a diehard)