Stupid Cupid and All Those Other Winged Creatures

Stupid Cupid and All Those Other Winged Creatures

Stupid Cupid, you’re a real mean guy. I’d like to clip your wings so you can’t fly. It’s best to click on those lyrics and listen to Connie Francis from way back in ’58 as you read this posting. Gets you in the mood, you know? Besides, many of you weren’t born in 1958 and […]

Those Memorable Old Commercials Fade Into the Sunset

This morning’s blog is a re-run of one a did earlier about those memorable old commercials. Remember the phrase, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it”? I wonder that about a lot of things and more often now than I used to. One thing that puzzles me is why manufacturers or agencies change an advertisement that is working […]

Dusty and Dated Songs of My Youth

Dusty and Dated Songs of My Youth

Nothing dates a person like her repertoire of songs. But, I fear my repertoire is dusty, dated, and part of a fading past. My post from a year ago, In the Gloaming was about eventide or early night and I mentioned a song by that name. True, it is a very old song and true, the […]

The Feast of Stephen

“Good King Wenceslaus  looked out, on the feast of Stephen. And the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even. Brightly shone the moon that night, though the frost was cruel when a poor man came in sight, gathering winter fuel.” So begins one of my favorite songs about Christmas. It tells a story about […]