Yesterday, when I shared my return-from-holidays blog post of a song by Nanci Griffith (1953-2021) on my Facebook wall, I made a comment that more summer stories would follow. Well, Judy Collins’ “The Blizzard,” her tribute ballad to the beautiful state of Colorado, USA isn’t a summer song by any stretch, but it does evokeContinue reading “The Blizzard”
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So Long Ago
Well, hello there, how have you been doing?! I’ve really been enjoying summer, and hope you have, too (and I’m not ready for it to be over!). It is so good to be back to sharing music and stories with you after taking an extended summer break from My Song of the Day for Today.Continue reading “So Long Ago”
Love at the Five and Dime
“Woolworth stores are the same everywhere in the world. They have this wonderful smell to them; they smell like popcorn and chewing gum rubbed around on the bottom of a leather-soled shoe…” — Nanci Griffith Yesterday I did some grocery shopping, and Sweety came along as she wanted to get a few more annuals toContinue reading “Love at the Five and Dime”
Speed Your Love to Me
Welcome to my 500th post on the My Song of the Day for Today blog! That’s 500 consecutive days of posting! Whew… I had a busy day today, shortened by a rare sleep-in, then attending a virtual event followed by an online meeting, and later packing up and taking a mid-afternoon drive to Patricia BeachContinue reading “Speed Your Love to Me”
Grace
It feels like it’s time for another piece of ambient music. Yesterday, on the first official day of autumn, Sweety and I drove to the beach and spent all afternoon and early evening there. Strangely, more insects were chomping on us than any time this summer, but I suppose they were just stocking up. WeContinue reading “Grace”
Sunset
Tonight, I searched my collection for a song that might do some justice to the sunset that Sweety and I witnessed this evening. Like yesterday, we took a road trip up Manitoba Provincial Trunk Highway 59, but this time stopped in at Patricia Beach Provincial Park. I was probably in my twenties the last timeContinue reading “Sunset”
