July 22
No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it. ~ Grace Slick
Summer events are in full swing in Vacationland USA. Yet to prevent getting even further behind in my work (i.e., don’t back into a meat grinder), I’m reaching back into the recent archives again . . . ~ Me
Anyone who’s 71 years old would look ridiculous singing rock. ~ Grace Slick
May 7
My music is about a joyful experience. I’ve learned that if you can affect other people, you should. ~ Cyndi Lauper
[Anthony Miltich readies to rock Carlos Creek Winery . . . ]
I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap. ~ Sting
[The aforementioned Anthony in the aforementioned Carlos Creek Winery . . . ]
I like having my hair and face done, but I’m not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy. ~ Adele
To my mind, there is a reason that music is there and it’s about being human. ~ Kim Deal
That’s the miracle of music. No one can reinterpret a Picasso, but a song can be remixed and covered and interpreted in an infinite number of ways. It’s a living thing. ~ Chris Cornell
If you listen to people talk, when people actually talk, they talk in melodies. If they get angry, their voice rises, and it’s more of a staccato thing. When they ask for something, they’re real sweet. It’s all music. ~ John Prine
My goal was always to be involved in music that would outlive me. And maybe that’s actually happening. ~ Barry Manilow
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead. ~ Igor Stravinsky
The GOP is getting teachers fired for teaching sex ed while the GOP shows porn on the House floor. ~ Duke Skorich
[It was also wine pick up and tasting day at the winery . . . ]
May 8
Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. ~ Marcel Proust
[The Class of ’65 got together for lunch for the first time since 1936, as a result of things COVID and excess wintery. 17 of our brethren and sistren showed up at Boulder Tap House for food and discussion. Some people came from as far away as Alexandria. Several seemed to be amazed that you could both graduate from high school and still be alive at age 75. There were, however, significant lapses in the retention of teacher names. We pledged to do better next time . . .
I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life. ~ Cara Delevingne
You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories. ~ Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again. ~ Ricky Nelson
I’ve never been to a class reunion or anything because I’m always afraid of that one – there’s going to be some ‘Carrie’-like incident. ~ Paul Feig
Every man’s memory is his private literature. ~ Aldous Huxley
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. ~ Aristotle
[Some of us even remembered half of our classmates names . . . ]
Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. ~ G. Randolf
[Whatever it was, I recall it was quite tasty . . . ]
I’ve been looking for you God. I looked in temple. I looked in church. And today, I looked for you when I wanted to confess. But you weren’t there. I didn’t feel you at all. Not the way I do when I talked to you at night. Why God? Why do I only feel you when I’m alone? ~ Judy Bloom
[The movie had great reviews, so we were looking forward to it . . . ]
Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. We’re moving today. I’m so scared God. I’ve never lived anywhere but here. Suppose I hate my new school? Suppose everybody there hates me? Please help me God. Don’t let New Jersey be too horrible. Thank you. ~ Judy B
[And the reviews were right!]
Sometimes Grandma is almost as bad as everybody else. As long as she loves me and I love her, what difference does religion make? ~ Judy Bloom
[After the movie we went to a great little neighborhood restaurant that featured pie a la mode for dessert . . . ]
May 10
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. ~ George Bernard Shaw
[Wednesday night fine dining at the golf club . . . ]
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. ~ Virginia Woolf
[Savoring a turkey commercial, or how to get three full meals out of a single entree . . . ]
May 13
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. ~ Franz Kafka
[The “fruits” of the Saturday morning doughnut run . . . ]
[Summer road construction is leading to multiple, much needed, roundabouts in the greater Alexandria metropolitan statistical area . . . ]
May 14
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. ~ Lao Tzu
[Jami was here for a visit . . . ]
May 16
When in doubt, don’t. ~ Benjamin Franklin
[When the spring greenery exploded on the scene (less the shoreline reed beds which greened a few weeks later) . . . ]
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ~ Hippocrates
[Another fine dining (salmon) evening at the Garden Bar with entertainment by Tuesday Nightclub . . . ]
I like being in a recording studio. I like watching a song go from the simplicity of the original music. ~ Grace Slick
[The aforementioned Tuesday Nightclub in all their glory . . . ]
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~ Henry David Thoreau
You can tell alot about a fellow’s character by his way of eating jellybeans. ~ Ronald Reagan
[Let us eat cake!!]
I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws. ~ Charles Baudelaire
Conductors’ careers are made for the most part with ‘Romantic’ music. ‘Classic’ music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it. ~ Igor Stravinsky
When you sit down to write something, there should be no guidelines. The main idea is not supposed to be, ‘How many different ways can we sell it?’ That’s so far away from the true spirit of what music is. ~ Prince
The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It’s absolutely like a prayer. ~ Ravi Shankar
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. ~ Mark Twain
May 17
Progress was all right. Only it went on too long. ~ James Thurber
[The Canadian wildfires as seen from Alexandria . . . ]
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. ~ Abraham Lincoln
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. ~ Jonathan Swift
[The low calorie (?) special for fine dining at the golf club this week was tortellini with marinara sauce and Italian sausage. The dining room Resorters photo is from the year I was born . . . ]
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. ~ James Beard
When you get older, it’s not about what you did that you regret, it’s what you didn’t do. ~ Grace Slick
[The scene at the Resorters Golf Tournament in 1947. . . ]
May 18
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. ~ Lewis Carroll
[The babies room – where they wait for mom and dad to come home . . . ]
The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires. ~ Dorothy Parker
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ~ Albert Einstein
When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out. ~ Erma Bombeck
Up Next: More older stuff . . .
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