I have always loved living near the water. That is funny to say because I am not a mariner, nor do I like most seafood and I have never learned… Read More »Places, Everyone!…Music Venue #23/25: The First Avenue Nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota
I am hopeful that by the time you get to reading this post that British singer Olivia Dean is someone who has appeared on your music-loving radar. She recently won… Read More »Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #77/250: Man I Need by Olivia Dean
Welcome back to the blog! It has been a while since I have written a formal post. A lot has been going on in my life and in the world… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #73/250: Golden (as sung by) EJAE, Audrey Nina and REI AMI from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film KPop Demon Hunters
“What Child Is This?” is a traditional Christmas carol that was written by a man named William Chatterton Dix in 1865. It describes, from the point of view of the… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: What Child Is This? by William Chatterton Dix
“DJ Play A Christmas Song” is a relatively new addition to most holiday playlists. It was released in 2023 from an album by Cher simply entitled Christmas. The song is… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: DJ Play a Christmas Song by Cher
As I write these words today, the calendar page has flipped from November to December. When I was a child this meant that it would soon be time for Santa… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: The Prayer by Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the Film Quest For Camelot
NOTE: I am writing today’s music post in the middle of a separate series that involves a great many book reviews. This post started off as a result of reading… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #85/250: The Hell Song by Sum 41
NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #9: The Liberal Imagination by Lionel Trilling
NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #7: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Edited by his Grand-Daughter Nora Barlow)
NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #8: The Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell