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…
April 25, 2016 Too Many Chefs, Not Enough Cooks So last night for my husband’s birthday, we went to see Generation Axe, an amalgam of 5 top guitar soloists in the rock/metal/instrumental genre, if I didn’t just make that up. I love live music. I do. I swear. But this concert…not so much. I’ve been doing a postmortem the day after trying to figure out why I didn’t like it. Normally, I’m a huge fan of guitar virtuosos, really enjoying when they cut loose during a solo and take the music to unexpected places. These guys? Not so much. If I filter out all of the other externalities that lent…
