Regular Life

A week ago Saturday, we had Alvis and clan over for dinner. As is our tradition when not cooking in, he and I would go grab the grub while the ladies and kids waited.
We mulled over the menu that Alvis printed off Al Gore’s Internet. I called in the order.
“Thank you for choosing Chili’s, this [...]

On my way Tuesday to pick up a prescription for Ben, I have the top down. It’s about 75 degrees outside on a lovely February afternoon. My music selection? De La Soul’s Three Feet High and Rising. I have the Sebring bumpin’ (which is, in itself, almost an anachronism). Just “Me, Myself and I.”
Then, I’m [...]

(Note: Readers of “Apartment Life Returns” may now read Part Nine, which takes us very near the end of the story)
I’ve made casual remarks about movies, books, music, and television series here and there. Although there are several of each that appeal to most people, choices can be intensely personal. Two people who get along [...]

(NOTE: Readers of “Apartment Life Returns” get a new chapter that ramps up the action)
Alvis brought his son A over on Saturday night while his wife and mine went to see a local high school’s stage production of “Footloose.” Shannon said it was one of the best shows she’s seen, and it was only $7.
At [...]

This is my feeble attempt to make my picture match the topic of my post. The young lady who wrote this had finally decided we were meant to date, not just be friends, on the same night I had given up on her. What was my gift to her? A mix tape. Her gift confirmed [...]

(Today we pick the pace up again with the longer, alternate arrangement of “Gaudete,” which to me is musically superior to the first, on my Free Christmas Song Each Day page. Wow, those sopranos at the end.)
Christmas Present
Ben had a blast helping us decorate the tree Wednesday night. We recovered quickly from the incident, and [...]

(Today we have two slow, sometimes haunting numbers. Listen to and/or download “Gabriel’s Message” and “To Him We Sing” on my Free Christmas Song Each Day page)
Heir to the Drone
In a move away from the sweet, soulful music on today’s Free Christmas Song, I must post the first recording of Ben “singing” a Christmas carol. [...]

(You may go preview and/or download “Riu, Riu, Chiu,” and “The Stable Boy” on my Free Christmas Song Each Day page.)
Update on the Free Music
Anyone following the Free Christmas Song Each Day feature might have noticed I’ve been doling out two each day lately. I want to make sure in case I miss any days [...]

(Two songs, “Gaudete” and “The Holly and the Ivy,” are available on my Free Christmas Song Each Day page)
Wednesday last week, when our van was in the shop, Shannon and Ben brought me into work. For his part, the boy spent the 25-minute commute munching on his Organic Mini-Wheats and sucking milk from a sippy [...]

Wassail! wassail! all over the town,
Our toast it is white and our ale it is brown;
Our bowl it is made of the white maple tree;
With the wassailing bowl, we’ll drink to thee.
I’m in the Christmas spirit more than usual this year. Becoming part of an international community will do that to you, I guess. For [...]