Several years ago I wrote a song about certain dreams and feelings I was experiencing. The poetry of that song seems relevant anew. And its words are rapping at my heart… When I was above the clouds I dreamed…
Mi Hai Cambiato La Vita
About a week or so ago (is time still a thing???), I thought about Ennio Morricone. Several years ago I had gotten tickets to see him conduct his music here in Los Angeles. I bought the tickets during the month…
I Don’t Need a Boat.
When discussing something or other, I often say, “I don’t need a boat. I need a friend with a boat.” This is terribly true. I neither want the responsibility nor the burden of owning a boat, y’all. But if…
I Said Yes
So much has been going on, and nothing at all has been going on. That’s how life rolls sometimes. For me, it seems that’s how it rolls most of the time. All the same, my intentions of…
Don’t Change
In 1983 or ’84 – I don’t remember which – I was in an elevator, riding to the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago. How I wound up there is basic: family vacation. I was a teenager…
Half In The Dark
Just a quick catch-up… Sorry. Sometimes I find I have John Oliver on the brain. (If that makes no sense, too bad for you.) Aretha Franklin. For a while now, I’ve been drunk on her version of “Somewhere”…
So Long, Mr. Dorough
Bob Dorough – the man responsible for some of the music of my childhood – has died. If you grew up watching classic School House Rock cartoons, you know the work of Mr. Dorough. Here’s a list compiled by…
Lost In a Living Dance
Spring has sprung, people. It’s hit near 90 degrees already and since 80 is the new 70, I expect to be getting the vapors any minute now. Such is life in La-La Land. Anyhoo – I’ve got…