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Dog in Charge

For twenty-eight years in a row, I owned two large dogs at a time. Then after a three year break, in a sentimental moment, I took the plunge again, with my husband in mind. Stan was hankering after at least one dog. Sleepless on a Saturday night, I found one year old Buddy, the exquisite…

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Young to Middle age to Old

Why is is surprising to get old? You just wait around for a long time, keep living your life, and after a while if you are lucky enough to stay reasonably healthy, you’re actually old. Which is to say that I am actually old. You may not be. Things that imprint on you early in…

Reflections upon Aging

Why is it we can feel shocked by where we are in the age span? I know I feel shocked by being almost 82. You would think I wouldn’t feel surprised, even though the number 82 has come about a day at a time. But I vividly remember being the youngest in my class in…

Rounds Are Cool Music

In the Middle Ages and Renaissance, people sang about things that don’t occur to us now. Well, now that I think again, one of the two rounds I’m going to publish on this blog today is a medieval marketing tune. The opening lines are, “Who’ll buy my roses? Who’ll buy my posies? Who’ll buy my…

Strange Times for Music

A very talented quartet of young accapella singers, known as Windborn, have recorded a song in which they sing about the money they earn if a listener plays one of their songs on Spotify. The amount is .4 cents per play. Wow. What happened to value for value? These folks are trying to make a…

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