March 25, 2022 Never My Love…Never, My Love In rewatching one of my favorite episodes from the Starz series Outlander, based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon, it occurred to me that punctuation is crucially important. Of course, we’ve all seen the funny Facebook memes: Let’s eat, Grandma vs Let’s eat Grandma. And you know, the struggle is real. I don’t know about you, but when I was younger and listened to records and songs on the radio, we pretty much had to guess what the lyrics actually said and meant, unless you were lucky enough to have them printed on the album’s liner notes. This was way…
November 19, 2021 It Just Keeps on Flowing Today, I’m advocating for living in the moment rather than taking a long view all of the time. Watching an Allman Brothers concert from 1991, I was happy to see Dickey Betts performing his wonderful love song, Blue Sky. That must be one of ABB’s most enduring and popular songs; it’s certainly a favorite of mine. The lyrics are few but powerful: Walk along the river, sweet lullaby, it just keeps on flowing, it don’t worry about where it’s going. There’s a wake-up call to live in the moment and not to get bogged down in trying to control your…
November 4, 2021 Is There a Place for Throwbacks Anymore? Like a bolt from the blue, it hit me the other day…I’m a throwback. When did that happen? I’ve always considered myself to be, if not on the bleeding edge, at least far enough ahead of my peers to still feel “cool.” I mean, my god, I still wear jeans and Vans to work every day, have had the same haircut since 4th grade, and can even scan the little menu barcodes on my phone to order dinner…score! But sometime in the last few months, I’ve realized that, gulp, I’m nostalgic for things past. While I am mostly competent with…
