The Eventide Singers Bring Peace in the Final Moments
What a joy these singers must bring to their bedridden, sick and dying audiences. I read today about the Eventide Singers, who organize singers to visit people in hospice and hospital and sing gently to them. Simple. What a calling. What an honor. And it’s tough getting into this club. […]
James Brown: Papa Was a Mixed Bag
In a review of the new book about singer and soul man James Brown, “Kill ‘Em and Leave” by James McBride, the Wall Street Journal’s Christopher Carroll recalled many memories of the man many considered to be the true father of soul. The book clarifies a misconception perpetrated by the […]
Jonathan Richman Is Not Like Anyone Else
On stage at Pearl Street last night was Jonathan Richman, a peculiarly appealing musician who has been delighting audiences since his earliest days busking in Cambridge Common, and who with his Modern Lovers and after as a solo act, created 30 albums, each of which is like him–unlike anyone else. Since […]
Newspaper Delivery is Harder than it Looks
I am definitely a minority–I still subscribe to and read two daily newspapers every day. How many people do this? Most people tell me that they never take time to read the national newspaper, though some do catch the references that I may make about a story in the Recorder. […]
Soup for Syria Brings Neighbors Together in South Deerfield
Candace Bradbury-Carlin is South Deerfield’s best neighborhood organizer! She is always coming up with new ways to get people in our not-that-friendly little town together for events, things like suppers, art shows and events. She’s got another event coming up, and I’m happy to be joining some of our other […]
The Makings of a Great Weekend
What makes a great weekend? I often have thought about this and I certainly have blogged about this topic before, here is one from 2012. I am a big post-mortem kind of guy, I like dissecting and analyzing weekends, trips, and visits. I like to go back and talk […]
Friday Wrap up: Interesting Things Are Afoot
Revving up at the end of the week: Sometimes it takes me a whole week to feel in the groove, or that I’m getting much of anything done. I have the same thing happen to me at end of the day. At the close of business, I inevitably get a […]
Saturday Mornings Always Brim with Hope
It’s a Saturday morning at home. I relish these days, when I go back to sleep after waking at my customary hour of 7. Yep, get up, put the cat out and catch another glorious few hours of sleep, with no one needing to wake me. All of my adult […]