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My Dinner with Barry

When you do something for almost every day for years and miss some days it’s hard to get back in the habit. That’s why I haven’t been writing. Most days I have simply been too busy. I leave for school every day around 6:40 AM. I get home around 4 PM. I then went out […]

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Madoc and Me

I’m once again trying to write while watching the Mets. This will happen more often as I start my new job. This is a tough Met game. They fell behind 4-0, tied it up, now just allowed a three-run-homer to fall behind 7-4, It’s only the fourth inning. Fasten your seatbelts, this is going to […]

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Falcon Flats Part 1

I’m back from Falcon Ridge. I was too tired to write yesterday now I’m pressed for time but will do my best. The adventure started before I left home. My ride had a family emergency and suddenly there was no way to get to Falcon Ridge and to make it worse he has my camping […]

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow Girls

I spent much of Friday planning then replanning, then rereplanning Gord’s Gold. I didn’t finish until tonight. I’ve more meticulous about the show’s timing. I now try hard to have been 54 and 55 minutes of music. On the bright side I have an entire set already organized for next week. I have 655 songs […]

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The Fabled Isle of Coney

On Wednesday I went to Coney Island to see the Brooklyn Cyclones play the Greensboro Grasshoppers at the Cyclones beautiful Maimonides Park. The only reason I remember the corporate name is that my friend practiced at Maimonides Hospital for years and it’s where my mother was born. Is it odd that a hospital is a […]

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The Road to New Bedford

I spent the weekend at the New Bedford Folk Festival. Saturday started early; Mike picked me up at 6 AM. Sure I did that to work the election and when I volunteer at WFUV, but my body will always object. We talked about stopping at the Dunkin’ Donuts at my house so I didn’t even […]

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We Come to Praise Caesar Not to Bury Him

I was going to record Gord’s Gold but there’s a riveter banging out across the street. That is not conducive to recording. It’s also not conducive to writing but at least it doesn’t totally preclude it. Yesterday I went to another Met game, they were playing the Marlins. You might have noticed that I’ve been […]

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Shiva with Anticipation

I have made a disappointing discovery. Now matter how ready I am to write if my water bottle is empty, I can’t fill it psychically. I have to get up from my computer, go to the kitchen, and fill it. That would not be so bad if I had not previously discovered that no matter […]

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For Auld Lang Syne, My Jo,

Should I apologize for not writing yesterday or just accept that I’m finding it difficult to blog every day? Neither; I asked that question instead. I’m exceptionally good at avoidance. It was Friday in June, so I went to the Sunset Singing Circle. This was the first one this year with beautiful weather at our […]

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No Weddings and a Funeral

I always like to describe my days as adventures but that seems unfitting for yesterday, I went to a funeral. Perhaps it is still appropriate, Siegfried’s funeral expanded into Wagner’s Ring Cycle. My friend David’s wife Terrie died. It was both after a prolonged illness and sudden. We thought she was through the worst, she […]