Monthly Archives: January 2023

To hear one’s name softy/gently/kindly spoken.To be hugged, kissed, and touched appropriately.To be listened to. To converse with others.To be part of a group.To be understood and appreciated.Simple stuff always in any situation. Guaranteed to work. The total opposite of:Being … Continue reading →

When we take time to listen to someone else, care for them and what their lives are like, and actually help them to get better, improve, or move ahead.Some of the best teaching I did involved one-on-one advice, counselling and … Continue reading →

do to one another aside, the unnecessary, gratuitous, dumb things are often those that we do to ourselves.Too often I have had to say “We do it to ourselves.”

(Jeff center, Jimmy Page–the 3rd guitarist to his right; taken during the brief months in 1966 when the band had two lead guitarists!) Obit: Jeff Beck, 78, meningitis.The lead guitarist who gave and immortalized The Yardbirds’ legendary sound on songs … Continue reading →

In 1963-64, I was in grade 9. What was played on CBC Radio during a Saturday program fall ’63, in rapidly unfolding order were the singles for: Love Me DoPlease Please MeFrom Me to You/Thank You GirlShe Loves You. At … Continue reading →

for the first time was my hearing Bob Dylan’s summer of 1965 talking blues single on the radio, which I promptly bought and spent hours trying to decipher the wild lyrics. As I deciphered the words, a story unfolded of … Continue reading →

Coming by next year at this time in Canada. The problem being their mercury and disposal in landfills and home garbage. I smelled a rat several years ago and stocked up on the oldies (and still have some for the … Continue reading →

in keeping the political faith in American folk music after 1966: a major moral and social conscience of America–the tragic genius, ultra-Romantic songwriter, and witty protest singer Phil Ochs. “It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The … Continue reading →

1. The great struggle of the time continues to be between truth and lies as 150 Republicans hang on to the lie that Biden is not president, as China totally falsifies its Covid death count, as Putin lies to Ukrainians … Continue reading →

“GOPs in the House, endlessly writhing around each other, feasting on each other; no one snake being holier or saner than any of the others. All power-hungry and self-consumed with ego.” -R.D.