My Thoughts

The end of an American tradition: The Amtrak dining car

Darn!  As soon as I post about my trip on Amtrak to New Orleans, this happens.


You can read the article HERE


This comment sums up my feelings: "But his fondness for the dining car isn’t about the food as much as the experience, he said. The time to sit down for a formal meal with view...

09/26/2019 09:50 AM - Comment(s)

Continuing my obsession of late with the music of Eric Dolphy. I remember the first time I heard an Eric Dolphy solo, it came blasting out of my speakers while listening to "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus." Raw, passionate, and beautiful.


Check out the video HERE.

09/16/2019 10:16 AM - Comment(s)
Satchmo Fest 2019 - Getting There

I love New Orleans. The music, food, sounds, smells, people, and history. I would not want to live there though; no sleep and too much fun will kill me.

 

I took my 10 year old grandson to the Satchmo Festival last August. He is starting to play the clarinet and I figured the best way for h...

09/10/2019 04:20 PM - Comment(s)

Twitter, facebook, and the like are not evil unto themselves. 

Unfortunately they give us platforms to showcase the wickedness within us. 

 

Much of the nastiness I read, I know would never be said to the other person's face. 

 

No face-to-face, means the other is not real.

08/28/2019 09:27 AM - Comment(s)