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Hudson West Fest

Time to try and start daily blogging again. I probably won’t succeed but I definitely won’t if I don’t try. Yesterday I went to the Hudson West Folk Festival. I’m on the advisory board and have been volunteering there since it started. I work the merch most of the day but get relief to go […]

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Barnaby Brightest

Last night I had a musical doubleheader John Platt’s On Your Radar and Barnaby Bright, both at the Bitter End. It’s tough for me to write about On Your Radar as I do the social media for the series so I’m going right to Barnaby Bright. They are not just favorites, but they are one […]

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House of Hamill is a Home Game

It took an adventure to get me to write again. Last night I went to see the fabulous House of Hamill in Woodbridge New Jersey. Woodbridge is not close. I live in the Northern Bronx, Woodbridge is in New Jersey, on the other side of the Hudson, due west of the southern tip of Staten […]

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The Mets Should Hire Me

I’m doing it, I’m posting every day! Technically I didn’t blog Wednesday as it posted it after midnight, but that’s now how people think. Yesterday’s adventure was going to the Met game. Notice it’s “Met” singular. That is standard usage in New York. I understand that it sounds odd to people in other parts of […]

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Walk the Line

Blogging daily isn’t a habit yet but it’s getting there; it’s part of my effort at self-care. Yesterday I returned to another element of what used to be my daily routine, I took a walk. My plan was to go to the New York Botanical Garden. When I got there, I discovered it was closed […]

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A Capella That Doesn’t Suck

I’m still having difficulty writing. River me to and their wish is my command. I’m not going to watch Ahsoka till I finish. River has a special interest in this entry, and we went to see Pentatonix together on Sunday night. I didn’t know much about the group though I had heard good things. River […]

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Great Day For a Baseball Season; Lets Play Two

Yesterday was the best day of the year, Opening Day of the baseball season. Like Annie in Bull Durham I worship at the Church of Baseball. I made sure to get home before first pitch. I had the TV on when they announced not just the starting lineups but the subs. This is all part […]

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Uncommon Ground

My streak of exceptional music continued last night; I saw Kaia Kater at Common Ground Coffeehouse in Dobbs Ferry. My official position there is “Cute Merch Guy;” make sure to not forget the “Cute.” Thanks to another volunteer, Elana, this is an easy place for me to get to; I take the MetroNorth from the […]

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Katie’s Lobster Lawyer

Saturday night I went to a fantastic show, Katie Martucci (marr-too-chee) and Akie Bermiss (burr-meese). I wanted to make that the lede before I explained why I haven’t been writing. Part of it was being busy but part was a bedeviled computer. It is now in the shop getting a new keyboard. Part of it […]

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Raquel in a Roman Field

I took yesterday off from everything I didn’t get dressed. The biggest effort I made all day was making hot dogs and fries in the air fryer for dinner. No, that’s the second biggest effort, the biggest was attempting to make an omelet in the air fryer. I cooked it in a cake pan. It […]