My brother, Tom, died a few weeks ago. It wasn’t unexpected at all, maybe a tiny bit sooner than projected but that horrible old nemesis, cancer, once again had its way with people that I love. Proving, conclusively, that cancer doesn’t give two hoots about how I feel or what I think. Tom was 65,
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“Hi, I’m Ed” I announced to the lady who appeared to be running things at the big band rehearsal. She smiled, and said “Nicole … nice to meet you”, while gesturing to the back of the rehearsal space. “I have you set up back here”, a half grin appearing on her face. “Wouldn’t have it
Sheila realized, pretty early on, that my propensity for mindless blathering (both IRL and here online) was going to lead to major disruptions in her prior “private” status. Before Sheila met me she led a kinda quiet, low-profile existence, preferring to stay incognito when it came to social media things. Of course, that all went
I am, like, 100% officially retired. No daily job reporting, no conference calls, no site visits (well, at least not in the traditional sense … more about that later), so aside from letting Sheila know what I’m doing every day, my time is actually my own to squander as I see fit. So why does
I have previously written about my weight challenges and the steps undertaken to get rid of the excess me …. I was WELL above 340 pounds with a darn good argument to be made for 360 at my peak. I hit my lowest weight (as an adult) in early fall of 2016 at 233 pounds, at
I’ve been a musician my whole life, had a modicum of success (in a “small-fish-in-a-tiny-pond” kind of way), now enjoying retirement where I don’t need to accept lousy gigs just to pay the electric bill, and over all of those years I’ve met, played with, listened to, and been inspired by a great number of
The lead went back & forth all game, and now it was the bottom of the 6th (last) inning of this travel league game between the Kennesaw Generals and the Elite Gamers, both teams in the age 13U category. The score was 8-5 in favor of the Gamers and the Generals were up, trying to
The last time I went on a cruise was approximately June of 1971 (might have been 1970, but whatever … a long time ago). But it wasn’t a fancy affair for me, since I was on the ship as a musician. And being a “crew member” of sorts, musicians did not have the most lavish
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Most people wouldn’t gravitate towards the bass when given the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument. Guitar? … sure, who wouldn’t want to get the chicks. Drums? … a whole lot of people just love the thought of smashing something with all of their might and getting paid for it. Violin? Piano? Flute? …
