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It was a rainy, windy Tuesday night.  We were headed to the Clarion Hotel’s Loft, where the Jazz Workshop was playing.  Singer Karrin Allyson was driving up from New York City to front the band, singing jazz standards and scatting while a solid trio backed her up. I was surprised […]

The Patriots are playing in London, and they’ve painted the grass over there an iridescent green. I looked over and my neighbor was shoveling mulch, trying to make a dent in a six-yard pile he got delivered last week. I’d rather shovel this before it’s got 4 inches of rain on […]

I am so happy to have one less reason to look down at my phone.  The photo explains it, yes I have rejoined the people who wear watches once again.  I was very sad when my reliable, waterproof Swatch finally ran out of battery, and dismayed when a jeweler told […]

I marked my calendar months ago, and even had a robo call from Bernie Kubiak reminding me of Sunday’s event.  The free flu shot that I got while sitting in the comfort of my car was actually part of a bigger picture drill. A way of preparing in case there […]

I can’t remember the last time a debate was so widely shared and talked about….it all points out how amazingly we are connected through Facebook and to some degree, Twitter. Even with so many cable channels and so many YouTube distractions, people tuned into these debates. There was the usual […]

A movie we watched on Saturday night brought back memories of a very important musician, one whom I at one time considered my favorite–Bob Marley and the Wailers.  Directed by Kevin McDonald, the film tells the fascinating story of how this son of an English army officer named Robert Nesta […]

“No, I am not opening a nightclub!” Jim Olsen told the crowd up on stage as he debuted Signature Sounds new offices in downtown Northampton. He was standing on a stage with chairs set in front of it, but it’s a listening room, a place to hear new music, not […]