Music and my Grandparents

As I have mentioned in previous blogs, I can take almost any song and connect it to a person in my life, a life event, or a time period in my life. Today, my iPod shuffle focuses on four very special people - my grandparents. What is interesting as I looked at the music, was … Continue reading Music and my Grandparents →

Things I Miss (Partial List)

While driving in to work, I heard someone make the off the cuff comment, "Boy, do I miss that!" That got me to thinking of things that I miss. I know for a fact that this will be a list that I can add to in the future. Mom's laughter Band class My 1979 Caprice … Continue reading Things I Miss (Partial List) →

A Few Laughs …

The great Red Skelton once said "Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations." In a world where there is so much sadness, sometimes you need to be the one to share something funny or … Continue reading A Few Laughs … →

More Musical Memories …

The more I thought about my last two blogs, the more I realized how many memories I have that are tied to certain songs and the people in my life. My family members alone, and the music that I connect them with is an entirely separate blog! For this one, I jotted down a few … Continue reading More Musical Memories … →

Four Songs – Four Friends

Last night at work I was listening to my iPod on shuffle. I have 4800+ songs on it and would have more if the hard drive that I stashed all the tunes hadn't crashed. Last night a string of 4 songs in a row played and each of those songs brought me back to a … Continue reading Four Songs – Four Friends →

The Red 8 Track Tape

Recently a friend went to buy a new car. He was appalled when he found out there was no CD player in it. As a music lover, I totally get this. I want to be able to pop in the music of my choice when I am driving. Up until recently, the CD Player was … Continue reading The Red 8 Track Tape →

The Great One

Jackie Gleason was born today in 1916. He was one of TV's Pioneers. When television first came into being and there was only three channels to choose from, guys like Sid Caesar, Milton Berle, and Jackie Gleason provided comedy entertainment. The Life of Riley was a big radio comedy hit which starred William Bendix as … Continue reading The Great One →

Knowledge is Power!

As a kid, we lived for Saturday mornings! We never slept in because we knew that all morning long we had our choice of back to back cartoons! There was Scooby-Doo, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Hong Kong Phooey, Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, The Laff-O-Lympics, The Flilntstones, The Pink Panther and many more! It was great! … Continue reading Knowledge is Power! →

Some of my childhood friends…

I'm sure if I asked you about your childhood friends, you could easily spout off many of them by name. Me too! As a matter of fact, I am lucky enough to still see and talk regularly with my best friend from elementary school. Yesterday's blog about Mr. Rogers got me to thinking on my … Continue reading Some of my childhood friends… →

The wisdom of a neighbor …

Today children have their choice of just about anything on TV. There are channels on cable that play cartoons 24 hours day now! This was not the case when I was growing up. TV stations went off the air at midnight or so concluding their "broadcast day", so the best you could do to get … Continue reading The wisdom of a neighbor … →