*60’s Memories

October skies were often gray, occasionally accompanied by hefty breezes. Sometimes those skies threatened rain, but were still pleasing as each season brought its own mood that suited me perfectly. The autumn breezes caused dead leaves to rustle about, scurrying across the asphalt street and piling up along curbs of sidewalks. I watched them fall […]

Tuesday’s Tunes [previously known as Music Monday]

“Lay Lady Lay”, is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album.  Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the high nasal singing style associated with his earlier (and eventually later) recordings.  The song has become a standard and has been covered by numerous bands […]

#1 – 9/25/70

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” is a song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of Motown. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and became a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross. The song became Ross’s first solo number-one […]

First Day of Fall

The Fall . The earth becomes a canvas, as the leaves fall all around, of brightly painted pictures laying on the ground . The Autumn air is filled with scents as the winds begin to play The days grow short, the nights grow long As the Summer fades away . Before the Winter snow flies […]

Who doesn’t love Mother Nature?

Indian Pipe This fascinating plant (Monotropa uniflora) is definitely one of nature’s weird wonders. Because it has no chlorophyll and doesn’t depend on photosynthesis, this ghostly white plant is able to grow in the darkest of forests. Many people refer to this strange plant as Indian pipe fungus, but it is not a fungus at […]