So today was one of the thing I’ve been looking forward to for the whole trip, my annual Maine Lobster! Lobster is a treat for me. Generally I find it rich enough that once a year is more than enough.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well the morning started with a thunderstorm, but that’s okay because we really needed it. Because it was raining we didn’t have anything planned for the morning other than doing some errands in Damariscotta. But before that we had just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This day started with me having the morning to myself, as my Mom was helping with the wasp wrangling. That is to say the tiny parasitic wasps my dad studies. This time of year the females have just come out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So this was it after two weeks I’m heading home. We left earlier than the “be there with two hours” rule required because my Mom had to be back in Walpole by lunch for a lecture My Dad had been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For this week’s Rhapsody we have The Crusaders and their Rhapsody and Blues with Joe Sample on Keyboard, David T Walker on Guitar and Wilton Felder on Saxophone
I confess, because of whenI got back from my trip too latte to get my Scarecrow selection for the week but fortunately my library picks suggested a theme and I decided to catch up on Studio Ghibli. Much as I’m a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we have rhapsodies suitable for children courtesy of The Wiggles with their version of Hugo Alfven’s Swedish Rhapsody! It’s funny, when I first saw the name of the piece I said, there’s no way this can be the same[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now I’m sure when everybody saw the theme was “Un-American Vietnam War Films”, they said, what? With all of the peacenik anti-war messages, most of them have, besides John Wayne’s The Green Berets, how many Vietnam War films are pro[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A very happy 115th birthday to Mr. Louis Armstrong! Let’s celebrate his life by joining him in celebrating life in general with his wonderful and optimistic performance of the title song from Caberet! (minus all of that pesky cynicism and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today the”real” Ariane makes some predictions how the Rhapsodies version of her date with Brian will go. (The actual date will probably be a lot more vanilla.) However this doesn’t stop it being an enjoyable spectator sport for his sisters. In reality, while Tara and Rowan are amused by Brian dating[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
