Reluctant Rebel

 Hubby put this Dinner Time Jazz on the little Bluetooth Bose just before dinner.   We were both standing there near the speaker in the di...

An Italian couple hubs and I have become friends with came for dinner last evening.  They have become like family and we shared conversation...

 I admit I listened to too much Simon and Garfield back in the 60s and 70s. I think their music is rather introspective and depressing but i...

 

Tony Bennett passed away this morning at the age of 96. He had a beautiful, warm and melodious voice. (I think he was always better than Sin...

  I just learned that Astrud Gilberto, one of my favorite singers passed away at the age of 83 on June 5th, 2023. Her version of Corcovado ...

 My niece Andrea has a beautiful voice and has made two videos on YouTube of this Christmas classic. Personally I prefer the video of her si...

New Mexico goes legal and it's not an April Fool's Day joke.  Cannabis, marijuana, or as we used to call it, pot, is now legal...

I have to stop looking up nostalgic things and people from my past on the internet.  I looked up "Smalltown Boy" on YouTube, onl...

 Watching Willie Geist interview an English singer I've never heard of despite his record-breaking world tours, I remarked to Leon: I be...

 The garden provided the theme for this year's Thanksgiving photo. All the Butternut, Acorn and Spaghetti squash were "Volunteers...

 This pretty much sums up how I feel (the actual Fireworks, not the song, as I cannot understand but half the words she sings...I think I ha...

There won't be any parades or festivals this year, but I still need to have a little Pride this month. So I offer some of my all time ...

I absolutely LOVE this song. I have Italian ancestry but I think I have a Brazilian soul. Laura Pausini is nice but Gilberto Gil has such a ...

I've been getting back to my roots, so to speak, even though my particular roots are in Connecticut, my family roots are in the Southern...

Our big boy Benni loves the grass...and our town green has the only real grass for miles around..

Went to Pride Festival in Santa Fe with Denise and the dogs, Benni and Gilbert (our house guest while his dads are away). New York it a...

It's summer and thoughts of salt water waves, sandy beaches, romantic sunsets, fresh seafood, cruising the bay, driving over the dunes, ...

This is for my hubby, Leon, in celebration of our 4th Anniversary and 30 years of sharing our lives with one another. So I am posting this l...