Now that I’m home, I redid all these photographs to a reduced size so I don’t eat all my space. This chapel cum concert hall is unique in that it beautifully mimics a Gothic cathedral, yet it’s modern. It has… Read More ›
Music
OH THE JOY OF HANGING OUT
Hanging out is a concept lost to modern youth, but the most fun times of my young years were spent hanging out. Too bad modern kids have lost it. I was a teenager in college. Madly in love with my first… Read More ›
BARNEY GOOGLE WITH THE GOO-GOO-GOOGLY EYES
Garry and I were watching “Oklahoma,” the 1955 musical Saturday night. I grew up with this album playing and it’s embedded in my psyche. I think my mother wore out the grooves on one LP and bought another to replace… Read More ›
SHARING THE WORLD AS APRIL MOVES TOWARD MAY
Welcome to Share Your World – 19 April 2022 I’m glad I’m not the only one to find that somehow, AM has become PM — or vice versa — and the post isn’t where it ought to be. I thought… Read More ›
WAY BACK WHEN
One of the hardest parts of getting older being unable to do the stuff you used to do. This might not sound like a big deal. After all, if you were athletic, those abilities will typically pass, sometimes, quite early…. Read More ›
IN YOUR EASTER BONNET – RICH PASCHALL
With All The Frills, by Rich Paschall Will you be buying a new hat for Easter? A beau chapeau, perhaps? For many, it is a tradition. For others, the practice has died out. Maybe you never even heard of it…. Read More ›
WOOD
CFFC: Wood I’ve been planning to do this one for a couple of weeks, but it got lost in the pile of email. Today, I finally deleted enough and — tada — I found it!
WHO DID THESE SONGS?
FIBBING FRIDAY – April 15, 2022 I don’t usually do these because I can’t think of anything clever or funny to say. Everyone else seems to find amusing stuff, but I go blank. BUT this time, I thought maybe I… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD AS MARCH ENDS
SHARE YOUR WORLD 3-29-2022 It’s the end of March and in theory, it’s spring. Pity no one mentioned it to our weather. We’re having another below freezing night, so everyone’s flowering trees will be dying before morning. That’s the way it… Read More ›
WAXING NOSTALGIC – RICH PASCHALL
My Top Albums On Vinyl, Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Those who have lived through the eras of music on vinyl, reel to reel tape, 8-track and cassette tapes, CDs, and digital formats may tell you that the best of… Read More ›
SHARING THE WORLD? MAYBE WE SHOULD SHARE LESS?
SHARE YOUR WORLD 3-14-2022 There are days when I feel there’s too much sharing going on. Today, after neglecting my email for just a day and a half, I had more than 500 emails, most of them news from either the… Read More ›