What better way to wake up, than to Chelsea Morning, by Joni? This clip is from 1969…

I asked Colleen Wright what the deal was, so she told me (and you!): So, without asking me, Bill brings home two baby bunnies at the end of September. “They both have ‘g’ in the ear, signifying girls,” he says. “I hear water in their lungs,” say I. “They have to go to the doctor  Continue Reading

Here’s The Voice, with the Moody Blues in 1984…

You’ve heard it before – Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Ends”….and a good morning to you, too!

Fifty five years ago, on the first of December in 1955, a 42-year-old woman named Rosa Parks who had wanted to be a teacher got off work. She got on the bus to go home & was ordered to sit in the back. She said no & told the driver her feet hurt. That got  Continue Reading

There were these two older guys down by the marina. They were just a little hard of hearing. “Wow, it sure is windy today!” “No, it’s not. It’s Thursday.” “Me, too. Let’s go get a beer.”

I was just checking Derek Sivers‘ blog & thought I’d share his new entry… Why wreck a blank canvas? At the last apartment I rented, everything was white on white when I arrived.  White walls, counters, table, furniture, and carpet. So I took it one step further, bought five blank canvases, and hung them around  Continue Reading

Remember the old tv show “Taxi”? Full of life lessons….hope you get a chance to slow down & enjoy your weekend!

Enough by Jeffrey Harrison It’s a gift, this cloudless November morning warm enough for you to walk without a jacket along your favorite path. The rhythmic shushing of your feet through fallen leaves should be enough to quiet the mind, so it surprises you when you catch yourself telling off your boss for a decade  Continue Reading

Do you get Rolling Stones’ songs stuck in your head? Me, too… here’s Mick & the guys from 1965 on the Ed Sullivan Show:

John Lennon’s seventieth birthday is this Saturday…everybody will remember it in their own way, so I thought I’d post one of his quiet little less-known ballads, “Oh, My Love,” which has George Harrison filling in the guitar part, from the “Imagine” sessions. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one….

I hope you get up this morning with someone to sing this to (or someone you used to sing it to, or someone you hold in fond memory)…it’s Crosby, Stills, and Nash:

Live it, breathe it, dream it, hope it, birth it, love it, hug it, embrace it, plan for it, support it, inspire people for it, mend fences for it, reconnect for it, share it. Peace be with you, my friends…. Ian

Seems the time is upon us…here’s a piece by Keats to go with the change of season: To Autumn by John Keats Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples  Continue Reading

If you woke up this morning smiling, and you want to smile just a little more – a little wider, a little longer – then listen to this little vid and try not to dance. And hey, I love you –