I'm WAAAAY late on this Open Call, but I just finished it.

1. Your main trait: Compassion.

2. The quality you like best in a man: Thoughfulness

3. The quality you like best in a woman: Openness

4. Your main flaw: I worry too much:… Read full post »

* In memory of Davy Jones, I'd like to repost my article from Dec. 2010. 

Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Davy Jones. If you are of a certain age you know exactly who those four men are. If not and you're curious, welcome to my little tribute to The Monkees.… Read full post »

Those who know my husband and I realize we are a bit obsessed with all things rock. They love us anyway. We have every concert ticket stub from/…

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For 16 years I have been meeting monthly with my book group friends. We like to note that we had a book group before Oprah. We named our group We're Booked and members have floated in and out over the years. I took 18 months off as I completed my master's progr… Read full post »

If you are a child of the 60's or 70's as I am, you undoubtedly know exactly who Carole King is. Her songwriting skills were her first ticket to success leading up to the megahit album Tapestry. Today is Carole's 70th birthday. So many of the trendsetters, the icons of my… Read full post »

As the cold snap hits so many regions with a brutal slap, and European cities are struggling to cope with the Serbian cold blanketing them, I thought about my recent trip to the Monterey coast in California. Lucky me, living a mere 2 hour drive from the pristinely beautiful Monterey coastline.… Read full post »

   Dave Grohl, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of The Foo Fighters rock band, and former drummer for iconic grunge rockers, Nirvana, turned 43 years old January/…

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Born 65 years ago in London on January 8th, David Bowie is a one of a kind performer. Known for his androgenous looks, innovative style, and unique voice Bowie has a cult like loyal following that has lasted well over the 40 years he has been on the music scene.

Mom is entering her 4th year of living in an Alzheimer's care facility that she calls home. My childhood home still stands in the East Bay area of California and my sisters and I have slowly weeded through the years of accumulations that become part of a life. Everyone has a… Read full post »

Time to pay the piper.

The diabetes that finally ended my father-in-law's life last year following a decade of pain and dismemberment has now made its presence known in my husband. Ignorance is bliss, right? Wrong. The signs were there. Things were changing. But making some drastic life changes… Read full post »

 

Hippie Dream

~Neil Young~ 

Just because
it's over for you
Don't mean
it's over for me
It's a victory
for the heart
Every time
the music starts
So please
don't kill the machine.

 

Take one 100 degree hot summer day, friendly musicians, beverages to share, munchies to nosh and what… Read full post »

 My two small joys are pictured below engaged in one of our annual traditions: picking blueberries at a local farm. The first time we went my #1 grandson was 4 years old. He couldn't shove the organic sun-warmed, bush-ripened, sweet berries into his mouth fast enough! Now, at the ripe old a… Read full post »

 

 

 

School supplies-check. School clothes-check. Monster school bus ? Wait-what? I saw an article in my local newspaper that this was coming to my hometown and I knew I had to take my 6 year old grandson on it. Making a date with a six year old over the… Read full post »

With love to David.

Revised & updated from last year. 

 

 

I love David Crosby. There. I’ve said it. Unequivocally, without reservations, no holds barred, despite the drug addiction, the alcohol dependency, the weapons charges, the drunk driving charges, the jail time… Read full post »

I'm a little late to the party, but here is my response to Fernsy's Open Call- my first evah blog post.

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I love my son. He's smart, articulate, funny, graduated from a good college, and is gainfully employed. But if I ran into him on a… Read full post »

33 Reasons

Tomorrow my husband and I celebrate our 33rd anniversary. It is the first year we will not be together since I am traveling to a family wedding. In looking back over the years there are so many moments that have defined our marriage, enhanced it, or were just… Read full post »

 

 

 

I think Martin Scorsese is one of our greatest rock documentarians. The Last Waltz filmed The Band at their last concert, Shine a Light followed The Rolling Stones, No Direction Home profiled Bob Dylan, and now I am eagerly anticipating the upcoming documentary called/… Read full post »

Happy 68th  birthday Michael Phillip Jagger!

Let's spend the night together listening to his music.

 

It all began in 1962 when The Rollin' Stones first performed together-the 'g' would be added later. A few lineup changes along the way and the core group was formed with Mick Jagger,… Read full post »

Alysa put out the Open Call for new favorites. Here are a few of mine.

My very first laptop after decades of using desk top computers.  I love the freedom of moving around now that I have gone wireless.

 

http://www.doodle.com/

When my friends and I are trying to schedule a time… Read full post »

Yet another musician joins the infamous Club 27: dead at the tender age of 27. So many talented performers leaving the earth at that same age. Be it drug overdoses or suicides, it is strange that this is the checkout age for so many. I wanted to remember a few. Rest… Read full post »