When I was in high school and college I fell hard for Jonathan Demme’s brilliant concert movie Stop Making Sense. I wasn’t really that big a fan of the Talking Heads at the time, but I loved the experience of seeing the movie. It made me a fan. It was unpredictable, kind of dangerous, and … Continue reading Stop Making Sense
Things have been happening lately, and regardless of how we try to slow it down – it just keeps coming. Like Ben Folds once said in a song, life barrels on like a runaway train. We’ve had some milestones recently in our family, and quite few more coming. It’s enough to take your breath away. So, to … Continue reading Milestones
We are big Adele fans in our family. We even took a road trip a year and a half ago to see her in concert in Philly. The result of a surprise Christmas present. It was so great. Emotional, funny, fresh, and a whole lot of fun. Definitely worth the trip to experience. We refer … Continue reading It’s Getting All Dusty
A few weeks ago we had a real life full on blizzard. Right here in beach town Virginia. The – keeps you up at night heavy winds and snow with all kinds of things hitting your roof and windows all night – kind of storm. With every gust roaring down the street and through our … Continue reading Running from the Blizzard
Well, that’s it. Another school year in the books. Today was the the last day of school for the girls. Sarah finished her first year of High School and Tracy finished what may be her last year of teaching 6th grade. They are a little excited… The kid has had a banner freshman year. She … Continue reading Back and Forth
Let’s play some jazz. Mix it up and see what happens. New Orleans. That’s pretty much it in New Orleans. Mix it up, scat, take some chances, and see what happens. A lot happened on our recent jazz session there last week. Let’s take some time, slow it down, listen to music, and enjoy the … Continue reading Jazz it Up
I got a run in today at lunch to make it 22 miles this month. Not too shabby – thanks to our new treadmill. Today is one of those lessons. I really didn’t feel like running. I had a tough time a couple of days ago and had to finish early, and was thinking about … Continue reading I Wanna be in 5th Grade Again
Yesterday our daughter went to spend the weekend with her friend, which left us with a date day. A whole day and night just for ourselves. Since it was St. Patrick’s Day weekend, the one thing on the agenda was to go out to O’Connor Brewery for their big St Paddy’s party. Bands, green, food trucks, green, dark beer, and green beer. But first… Continue reading “All the Green”
On this rainy, windy, cold, nor’easter March day, the first thing to come to mind is naturally baseball. Only 22 more days until opening day! Recently I was driving around somewhere and started thinking about catchers. A common thought, right? Specifically as to why they are such bad hitters. It’s just one of those things … Continue reading Catching Pie
Last night was my daughter’s orchestra rehearsal night. Every Monday night. Well, most Monday nights from September to May. There is the normal love/hate relationship with these kind of things. Continue reading “Captive Times”
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