Great Blue Heron

Is this a baby? I had heard one baby was out of the nest. What do you think? The story

Red, White and Blue Ridge Tablescape in Celebration of Independence Day

Happy Monday! Can you believe the Fourth of July is a week from today? I set a table in anticipation

Arduino Drum Platform Is Fast

Drums are an exciting instrument to learn to play, but often prohibitive if there are housemates or close neighbors involved.

Nickerson Oystercatchers

Second post from our trip to Nickerson Beach, Long Island, NY. They are so cute when they run. American Oystercatcher

What A Whopper!

I was lucky enough to get a close-up view of an atlas moth that had recently emerged from its cocoon

Yummy Food

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Celebrate Independence by Obeying Globalists!

Are you sure you want globalism? Dig the “Right Turn Only” sign. That’s there because they’ve already made their Left

Hotel Room View

Hotel Room View

Songwriter Mike Stoller on How He and Jerry Leiber Wrote Two Dozen Classics for Elvis — Before the Colonel Cut Them Off From the King

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11 Questions to a Nashville Musician: Amanda McCarthy

Listening to Nashville singer-songwriter Amanda McCarthy, the oft-used term “pop sensibility” comes to mind. What exactly does that mean you

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Lifestyle: Happy fourth from Santa Monica, Ca.

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ArtBeat Returns to Davis Square on July 16

ArtBeat, the Somerville Arts Council’s annual multicultural arts showcase, returns to Davis Square on Saturday, July 16. Now in its

WHERE THE RENO CLUB MEETS FILM NOIR: “BEALE STREET BLUES,” by The EarRegulars: JON-ERIK KELLSO, MATT MUNISTERI, DUKE HEITGER, HARVEY TIBBS, DAN BLOCK…

I missed out on the Reno Club, and Fifty-Second Street transformed downwards years before my birth, but there are serious

“MUSIC THAT YOU DREAM ABOUT”: BENNY GOODMAN, BUDDY RICH, JIMMIE ROWLES, BUCKY PIZZARELLI, JACK SIX (Merv Griffin Show, October 15, 1979)

About a year ago, I posted this video, one of those moments when commercial broadcast media and high art created

Birds of Mind – No Time For Tears

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Cigar news you can use: History

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Tips to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight

It can be tough to stay motivated when it comes to weight-loss and fitness goals. Why else do so many

On the Tube: Home Economics 1954

Stockings and skirts were the norm in the 1950’s So things have changed for homemakers in the 21st century. Women

It’s a Jungle Out There

You know how they say when you time travel you shouldn’t change anything, because you could change everything that follows?

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 417 BREAK and Dance.

image Pixabay we move in rhythmthe joy of life moves us ondon’t undo the chain . Above a Haiku, 5.7.

Small Things / Coffee

Fresh Coffee ritual Sometimes it isn’t the big things like intense interventions, or medication, that make the difference in our

Cigar events: Habano duo

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