The Phil Zone

The Phil Zone

by | Oct 29, 2024 | Music

  The word of Phil Lesh’s passing at the age of 84 came via a text message last Friday from an old Deadhead friend of mine in New Jersey. It was a bit of a shock as I wasn’t aware that Phil had been sick. Most of the musical heroes of my generation are in their late...
A Date With Destiny

A Date With Destiny

by | Jan 21, 2024 | Friends & Family

des-tin-y 1. the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events. It’s entirely possible that one of the most significant days of your life has come and gone without you noticing. It most likely appeared uneventful at the time but somewhere down the road...
Songs In The Key Of Life

Songs In The Key Of Life

by | Oct 6, 2021 | Friends & Family, Music

My son has a particularly creative English teacher. For a recent assignment she had her students choose 7-10 songs that were important to them at some point in their lives. They were to write a short vignette about why each song was important, create a playlist and...
Brothers From Other Mothers

Brothers From Other Mothers

by | Feb 26, 2021 | Friends & Family

As the sun finally rose, he was starting to understand the meaning of life. Well not really, but last night while he and his two best friends were deep into conversation, it seemed like they had it all figured out. Their talk was wide ranging and free form, bouncing...
The Kaiser

The Kaiser

by | Feb 5, 2020 | Meditations

The 80’s were a pretty sad time for popular music. For most of the decade, the radio played some of the the worst pop drivel ever to have hit the airwaves. Then along came MTV and now we were forced to look at the bands too! Flock of Seagulls, Culture Club, Depeche...