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Just my world of dreams, music and thoughts. Author of two books, one a novel of Love stories set in Framingham, Mass, Secrets of the Heart the 2nd book an autobiography of growing up in Framingham, Mass. Small Town America, Framingham My generation was the first teenage generation, that was when the word was coined. Ours was the generation that started cruising through town and to the drive in theater and drive in restaurant. In our area, Ernie Kampersal,from Holliston, drove his bucking car through town, picking up girls. It rose in the air, like a stallion! We went to the soda shops and played the juke boxes. It was a different town, a different time, and it belonged to us!

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Movie Mission to Moscow

This movie was on TV  early morning today.  It gives a picture of the times and contrasts a polite society with behind the scene intrigue leading to the Second World War.  I liked the glimpse of society, of friendships that would have to be put on the shelf , as war became a reality, it was food for thought,  

I recalled the conversations I heard between Mom and Dad and news I read or listened to with Mom and Dad as the story unfolded and gave form to the memories and feelings of the time that we Americans harbored.

The parrellels with rabble rousers in this country and other parts of the world are so evident !  Is free speech intended to incite Terrorism really something we should be proud to welcome?

Just think of the hate for Jane Fonda and the cries of Traitor against her.   I wonder, how does this contrast with the hate speeches we hear today on our soil that create venom against the innocent population?

  The thoughts of history repeating itself come alive in the words of Roosevelt in this long ago film, in speaking of Russia, "if we give them Lend Lease then they have it after it's over". History repeating itself! 

 I was impressed with Ambassador Davies and his work to convince the Allies that we should trust Russia, in order to win this war.  It was a brave uphill battle on all fronts for him

Watch the film , and if you pay attention you will be lost in time 






Sunday, May 31, 2015

ARTEMISININ SHOWS PROMISE FOR A CANCER DRUG, WITHOUT SIDE EFFECTS

 2005 Oct;9(5):995-1007.

Targeted treatment of cancer with artemisinin and artemisinin-tagged iron-carrying compounds.

Abstract

Artemisinin is a chemical compound that reacts with iron to form free radicals which can kill cells. Cancer cells require and uptake a large amount of iron to proliferate. They are more susceptible to the cytotoxic effect of artemisinin than normal cells. Cancer cells express a large concentration of cell surface transferrin receptors that facilitate uptake of the plasma iron-carrying protein transferrin via endocytosis. By covalently tagging artemisinin to transferrin, artemisinin could be selectively picked up and concentrated by cancer cells. Futhermore, both artemisinin and iron would be transported into the cell in one package. Once an artemisinin-tagged transferrin molecule is endocytosed, iron is released and reacts with artemisinin moieties tagged to transferrin. Formation of free radicals kills the cancer cell. The authors have found that artemisinin-tagged transferrin is highly selective and potent in killing cancer cells. Thus, artemisinin and artemisinin-tagged iron-carrying compounds could be developed into powerful anticancer drugs.
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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Earl Bostic / Flamingo

my favorite sax player I should have said, not clarinet, that was my brother Frank who played the clarinet....ha ha...( NOT anything like this.....)

Disco Dancing - Saturday Night Fever (8/9) Movie CLIP (1977) HD

 we got the great dancing here, with the Bee Gee's.

Dirty Dancing - Time of my Life (Final Dance) - High Quality HD

we all loved this

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl

Love this song....

Paul McCartney & Wings - Live and let die 1976

Paul meets James and the song is great...

Tina Turner - Golden Eye (HD)

Lots of James Bond music is really great....Tina Turner is always great....

Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips with lyrics

another favorite

Teddy Pendergrass: The Whole Town's Laughing at Me

Boots Randolph - Flamingo

Love this upbeat version with the sax

Madlyn Fafard,: Desafinado

Madlyn Fafard,: Desafinado



https://youtu.be/sv6FH5tlWZg   Stranger on the Shore by Boots Randolph , also

Desafinado

Boots Randolph ~ So Rare

one of the best arrangements, love the sound of the sax

Boots Randolph Triple Play

a great jazz song for sax

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Lean Baby

 a Song that has great expression for the horns...Billy May was a wonderful composer and arranger....

BAND OF GOLD ~ Don Cherry (1955)

Friday, April 24, 2015

Immunotherapy drug,Dana Farber, Stephan Hodi..


F. Stephen Hodi, MD. Credit: Sam Ogden, Dana-Farber
A promising experimental immunotherapy drug works best in patients whose immune defenses initially rally to attack the cancer but then are stymied by a molecular brake that shuts down the response, according to a new study led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Yale University School of Medicine.
The antibody drug, known as MPDL3280A, inhibits the brake protein, PD-L1, reviving the response by immune killer T cells, which target and destroy the . In recent clinical trials, the PD-L1 checkpoint blocker caused impressive shrinkage of kidney, melanoma, and lung tumors. But, as with other immunotherapy drugs, many  saw no benefit.  Researchers report in the November 27 edition of Nature that the antibody was most effective when the patients' immune cells surrounding tumors expressed PD-L1 - a sign that a pre-existing had been shut down by PD-L1. There was less tumor shrinkage in patients who never developed an immune response to the  - and, as a result, had less PD-L1 in the cancer and surrounding tissues.  "I think this is a launching point to use these findings as a predictive biomarker," said F. Stephen Hodi, MD, of Dana-Farber, senior author of the report. Hodi directs the Center for Immuno-Oncology and the Melanoma Treatment Center at Dana-Farber. First author is Roy Herbst, MD, PhD, chief of Medical Oncology at the Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center.  The scientists studied tumor tissue samples from 175 patients treated in clinical trials with MPDL3280A for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, melanoma, kidney cancer, and other cancers. On average, 18 percent of the patients had complete or partial shrinkage of their tumors, with higher or lower rates in different cancer types. Overall, the treatment was well-tolerated, with few severe side-effects, the report said.  An antibody stain that marked the presence of PD-L1 was applied to tumor samples that had been removed from patients prior to treatment. The stain revealed PD-L1 not only in the cancer cells, but also tumor-infiltrating immune cells (ICs). These are T cells and other cells of the immune response that had invaded the tumor in an attempt to destroy them.  The study found greater responses to the antibody drug in patients whose  and ICs were high in PD-L1. The scientists also looked at PD-L1 expression in samples taken from tumors while the patients were in treatment. They found that tumors that had shrunk as cells died showed increases in PD-L1 in the cancer and infiltrating immune cells.  From these findings, the researchers concluded that for the MPDL3280A antibody to be effective, the patient must have mounted an immune response that was beaten back by PD-L1. This creates a target for the PD-L1-blocking antibody, which removes the brakes on the response and allows the immune cells to attack the tumor.  The scientists called for further studies to define predictors of the response to PD-L1 blockers. "Understanding the profile of non-responders will likely provide even more valuable information," they said, "possibly revealing the diversity of mechanisms controlling anti-tumor immunity." 
  • Scientists analyzed tissue samples from patients who had - and had not - responded to a promising new immunotherapy drug
  • They found that patients did best whose cancers had expression of a protein, PD-L1, in  surrounding the tumor cells, to shut down an immune system attack against the cancer
  • The study could help identify patients most likely to respond to the new drug, which blocks PD-L1
More information: Predictive correlates of response to the anti-PD-L1 antibody MPDL3280A in cancer patients, Nature, 515, 563–567 (27 November 2014) DOI: 10.1038/nature14011
Provided by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Carly Fiorina in New Hampshire speech was fantastic

Luckily,  for me I awoke this early morning to see and hear on TV the speakers in New Hamshire this past week.  

I enjoyed Rand Paul speaking and of his hopes to make our country better and how he is trying even now in the Senate.

 Then Carly Fiorina came on and I  was amazed at her brilliance!  I should have realized , but  like many we don't often think about and or realize the  requirements one must have , to be in  the position of a leader of an international giant company.

  What a breath of fresh air to see this woman display her ability to think and lead. Each statement and answer was terrific and flowed from a high intelligence .

Carly brought home the value of her experience as a business woman  leading one of  the biggest companies in the world ,who has had experience with leaders all over the world .  Her response to questions was excellent especially the last question when asked to compare herself to other leading candidates .  Carly approached that question as a leader by answering " my experience is different",etc.  (I don't intend to simplify, the point is , it was the right answer without hurting anyone, simple and smart)

 She is breath taking in her brilliance!  It is difficult to summarize here .  If you have the chance to hear her speak , it is well worth  it.



Friday, March 27, 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Front porch ,memories of times past

Often there was a reading lamp and of course a radio in the days before air conditioning and tv. When was that ?  It all changed around mid 1950's when Howdy Doody came to our homes!

Monday, March 23, 2015

9 Habits of Creative Genius From Wayne Dyer

9 Habits of Creative Genius. this guy is one of the best. don't look at it as self help, look at it as learning to live fully !

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Stardust - Bunny Berigan

How far is heaven- Los Lonely Boys

Louis Armstrong - A Kiss to Build a Dream On

this was one of the best songs by Louis Armstrong....

Fats Domino - Red sails in the sunset






Fats Domino - Blueberry hill 1985

The Manhattan Transfer-On A Little Street In Singapore #126-*T*O*T*Ps*70s*

Jimmy Dorsey - Blue Champagne

of course you know that I love this song

1941 HITS ARCHIVE: Yours - Jimmy Dorsey (Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell, v...



Jimmy Dorsey sometimes got lost in his brother's shadow, but he had a great orchestra on his own.

Frank Sinatra and Louis Prima Rare appearance together

Mel Torme - When The World Was Young

Mel Tormé - Don't Get Around Much Anymore [outtake] (The Judy Garland Show)

Mr Jazz himself......loved loved Mel Torme...



http://youtu.be/LDNQIoItdMwhttp://youtu.be/LDNQIoItdMw  When Sunny Gets Blue

You're My Everything (1956) - Carmen Cavallaro

from the days when the piano was the big instrument.....

Swing - Best of The Big Bands (1/3)

They Say - Helen Forrest

the sound of a summer night with the windows open, Dad and Mom are reading the paper, curtains billow in the wind, as play outside...  and  

http://youtu.be/2EAIfdIM2TI  Skylark




"This I Swear" The Skyliners and 3 more

http://youtu.be/h3mfPDSbl-4

http://youtu.be/h3mfPDSbl-4 Born to Late...fits right in the style of the time...



http://youtu.be/ngZh6ZSRoYg     Since i Don 't have you...another great doo wop song..



http://youtu.be/Gtizr2G_7Bk   It's all in the Game....a favorite of mine for years


Vic Dana - My heart belongs to only you

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra - Adios

 a fitting close for today

Begin The Beguine - Artie Shaw

Hands down he was spectacular...

Carlos Santana / José Feliciano / Ricky Martin - Light My Fire / Oye Com...



This is a Wow.....Feliciano, ummmm, Santana, yeahhhhh and Ricky .....love it when my faves get together....

George Harrison & Eric Clapton - While My Guitar Gently Weeps *Rare Live...

All great songs help you recall the time of your life when you first heard them, and what stage of life you were in....the refrain is so beautiful...

The greatest "Layla" by Eric Clapton.. EVER !

then there was Eric Clapton!  Layla knocked me off my feet!

Stephane Grapelli - As time goes by (Casablanca)

antoerh movie , with the song played by the great Grapelli

Johnny Mathis - Summer of '42

Another movie you are missing the pleasure of, if you have not seen it.....and the beautiful voice of Johnny Mathis tempts you here...

getting some fun out of life, madeleine peyroux

Style, artistic and one of the best sounds around....

Black Book-A Hundred Years From Today



Black Book a great story, just reminding you, if you have not seen it yet....this song is from the movie...the story and the song stayed with me for a long time

The Guitar Gods - Jeff Beck: "Apache" / "Sleepwalk"

 with Les Paul...came the popularity of the guitar, that still is probably the most favored instrument to this day.....I remember the day I heard..."How High the Moon."   We were at the Wellworth in downtown Framingham, and it blew me away.... We all went to the moon with the new sound...and Les Paul went down in history!

And now Les Paul and Mary Ford as it sounded, when we first heard it.....it Wowed us!  Listen to the Grapelli touch
http://youtu.be/UOzB7I2y7Ic

Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli - I Saw Stars (1934)

Imagine how popular this group was ....what a sound back in 1934

Blue Moon - Stephane Grappelli

I never dreamed I would love the violin, but Grapelli makes it vibrate in my soul...

George Shearing live in Japan Lullaby of Birdland



when piano was important...George Shearing was the great jazz pianist...

"Tell Me Why" Bobby Vinton

this was Eddie Fisher's song, but I think this is the version we all liked, I have to go get Eddie's version



http://youtu.be/meUK1XLOhYs   No....it was not Bobby Vinton....Eddie had it!

"I'm Yours" Eddie Fisher

today a few moments and this song from the past popped into my head.   It was his best song in my book,though he had many hits....the song just suited his voice

Sunday, January 25, 2015

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Grapes of Wrath continued

Well the book club did not put me off!  The comments by some were that they did not like the book because it was depressing.

On the other hand it showed the human generosity of spirit , sharing food when they themselves were starving, for example.  It starkly revealed the inability of uneducated to know how to face problems.  It illustrated stubborn  refusal to stick on " their land" when it wasn't their land, and if they could have stayed , they would have died of starvation

The suffering blamed the greedy for their plight but it was more than that , how many see this?  It was lack of knowledge about farming, inability to switch crops, lack of education, living day to day subsistence .  It was plain and simple an agrarian society that had no place to go ,nothing to do except migrate and follow the promise of a dream,just as our ancestors did thru history whether Stone Age or agrarian.  only the industrial revolution freed us from direct contact with the land and provided food for more people because we had the ability to do more with machines.

Interesting how some people see and feel only the negative and miss the learning situation, the loving, the giving in spite of suffering and loss. It's hard living but then we encounter this today and it requires problem solving as our leaders tried to do during the Great Depression with programs that produced actors , producers and writers of the 40's .

I happen to be reading at the same time the biography of Burt Lancaster and his family struggle at the same period of time in New York

new reading...The Grapes of wrath and thoughts on the start of it...

Reading for a book club and disappointed because the new edition I purchased is dissecting  the story, so
what happens when you begin to read.....  I remember the first college class when I learned about the stream of consciousness, and I was dumbfounded at what it could do for a story!  Reading Faulkner and learning about "stream"...was an awakening...

But, now...after the critiques....that came with the book,
You notice structure, you notice how characters are described, you note the scenes and you don't fall into the story.....

You note the rough language of the two men talking, and you begin to smell the summer dryness, and the burrs of the clover, and suddenly
..... I  found myself back in childhood in the meadows and pastures around 604 Hollis Street, Framingham , Mass., where my brother and I roamed the woods and fields with our cousins and friends..  I could smell the staleness of the shack in the woods, where the "bum" lived unkempt, no insulation, run down with an outhouse in the rear....sad...

So, although the dissection was throwing me off, I began to feel, smell and sense the location.

I wonder if the book club will kill the story for me....I loved the film and could watch it again, but when the discussion starts beating on someone, and trying to discern what side the author was on etc...I begin to lose the treasure...and Grapes.....was a treasure of a very difficult time in the lives of Americans.

Books\ should in my opinion tell a story....the idea here of the rise and fall of an orchestra as one person described is a good idea, but when a person is writing  pages and pages non stop, is he or she really thinking about the rise and fall of an orchestra, or point and counterpoint.......when people try to read their impressions into the story, and the skeleton is showing, I miss the meat....

Do you?

A HUNDRED YEARS FROM TODAY Jack Teagarden 1941 and Maxine

This song is one of the great jazz songs, but most vocalists including Frank, tried to make it too romantic...so listen to this then

listen to Maxime Sullivan.... click link below...



http://youtu.be/dsfLnY2cJlA




Shiny Stockings with Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie

there was a time when shiny stockings were the thing!

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Monday, November 17, 2014

New read,,,,The Discovery of France, Graham Robb

The Discovery of France  by Graham Robb

A wonderful adventurous book, ride, walk, and just encounter the hinterlands of France and the adventure of becoming a country, united by a language.  It was not easy, nor was the unification of a country and it"s language.  All roads led to Paris, and thus the unification began.

I could not help but think of the parallels of the United States becoming a country of many States during the same period of time, as also  the unification of Italy.  It was a time when unification made sense, so people could be accounted for and the State could grow and be responsible .

Crossing the Alps was an adventure and although the Grand Tour was not mentioned it was easily alluded to in the crossing of the Alps.  The horses could not make some of the steep inclines, so a donkey was brought along .  The coach would be taken apart, and the donkey would haul it on a travois over the top of the incline, where it would be reassembled for the harrowing ride down the mountain.  Robert Louis Stevenson and others took the Grand Tour in this manner, across the Alps to Italy, and back.

Superstition and lack of communication led to the death of one of Cassini's map makers.  Spas grew up where people came to take the waters and fed by towns anxious for income more business grew up around the spas.  Gossip could travel faster than man, one wondered how that could happen?

 Today we think that everyone needs what civilization has to offer, but on is startled back to a one room cottage, with firepit, outside accommodations and uncleanliness.  This was life for many of us before the advent of industrialization

Finally, I learned about the start of the Tour de France and I learned why, when I was in Paris in the 1950's the French would seem rude when they barked at me, "Speak French!"  I did struggle to speak French, and wondered why they were so rude, after all I was only a "kid", struggling to make myself understood,( as though I could just spout out French)

 The railroads, the coach roads, the many people that walked from the outlying areas, all came together in the glittering city of Paris, uniting the languages, the cultures and the ideals, until, we had ...Vive La France!

 An interesting journey, worth the time for armchair travelers, that like to accumulate knowledge about the world and its people.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Glen Campbell - 'Gentle On My Mind' & 'Southern Nights' LIVE on Weekend ...

Gentle on My Mind, has to be a classic hit, into forever..

So This Is Love- The Castells

What a great group!  The song is fabulous, how could we bring this back, beautiful music to get the attention of the people of the world.

Lenny Welch: Since I fell for you (The Original)!

 another great song of the past....that deserves to be brought back...

Rick Nelson Since I Don't Have You

Like bringing Ricky back, and one of my all time favorite songs....

Ricky Nelson- Garden Party (Lyrics)

Talking about guitar, this weekend, with my young friend Harley, and forgot to mention Ricky Nelson....this is his heartbeat dictating the beat of this song...and I love it, don't you?


Ricky Nelson- Garden Party (Lyrics)

Talking about guitar, this weekend, with my young friend Harley, and forgot to mention Ricky Nelson....this is his heartbeat dictating the beat of this song...and I love it, don't you?


Chords - Sh Boom (live)

the saxophone is really nice for this song... and now....the Crewcuts and cars...

http://youtu.be/EMVQXZtUJrQ

How Sh Boom Originated

Music from the environment, interesting ....how they composed a fun song we  enjoyed , it was up, it was exciting and we loved to dance to it.

Sarah Vaughan - A Hundred Years From Today

For my friend Lorraine, I found it and Sarah is great as usual...''



Here is Johnny Ray



http://youtu.be/T3H2mREYefc



Lee Wiley

http://youtu.be/PbSWfaDgz00



It's doo wop, but ...guess what, I like the tempo and the softer sound of the voices....maybe it is a sound that someone can successfully handle with this song again today....  Freddy Cole could probably do this number... with his soft voice....

http://youtu.be/ALpVPzaGbCI


Thursday, October 9, 2014

Della Reese - A Hundred Years from Today

Just cruising around, it was hard to find, there was Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Ethel Waters, Joni James....and this is the first one that caught my attention as the closest to the voice for this song....but then Della is fabulous

A Hundred Years From Today - Black Book Soundtrack [HD]

Need a great movie and can't think of one...this is wonderful, maybe you can find it on amazon prime.

A Hundred Years From Today ..... Maxine Sullivan 1986

Maxine still had a great voice, and has one of the best arrangements of this song...Want a hit song?  There is something about this song, that dictates it a hit. but it is for your voice?   I think it suits a Dean Martin male voice, or Mel Torme type voice. and a husky voice woman who can make it sultry, Julie London style...  I know Rod Stewart could do it....

Lee Wiley - A Hundred Years from Today - 1934 interesting photos

I lovc this song, and was looking for different versions, when I came across this interesting group of childhood pictures.  Hedy Lamarr was one of the greatest beauties, but not one of the most beautiful of the children, in my estimation

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Louis Prima - Sing,Sing,Sing (With a Swing)

This is a great idea of what it was like....you can even see the garters that girls had to wear to hold up the nylons, before girdles, then the awful girdles move in....oh, awful....

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Madeleine Peyroux - J'ai Deux Amours

Madeleine Peyroux is going to be a big, big hit.....if she keeps picking great songs...., I would love to hear her with K.D. Lang on a great song...lets see, what would be special...?

getting some fun out of life, madeleine peyroux

Wow!  Where have I been, this is a great song, and I just heard it on Seriously Sinatra the other day.....  I think that Madeleine Peyroux is fabulous...as an artist, don't you?

Manhattan Transfer Blue Champagne

Oh, such great music, they were the best, they picked great songs...that counts so much.

Laurel Massé - Scotch and Soda / Manhattan Transfer 1977

this was a big hit, back in the 40's , 50's, and reminds me of the Maridor,on Route 9  that lounge was the place to go for years....

Bert Kaempfert - A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (1965)

another favorite, and I thought Bert kaempfert would be a treat....hardly anyone knows him today, but he was big...in the 50's, and this is typical of the 50's horn sound.  It reminds me of a night at the Totem Pole....which was our dream date in those days!

Manhattan Transfer - On a little street in Singapore 1978

just feel like some great music tonight, imagine way back to 1978,,,,and it is great!~

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Marty Robbins Singing 'Room Full Of Roses.'

A time to sit and say thank you to the Rose's in our lives, whether their names were Rose, or Karen, or Angie, Maggie, Theresa, Anita, Grace, Mary and I could go on....

Boots Randolph ~ So Rare

Earl Bostic swept me off my feet with the saxophone and it always remains one of my favorite instruments.  Here is one of the great saxophone players of my day.

Blue Moon - Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart has some of the best arrangements, take this song for instance, it is just beautiful, and he is generous with his appreciation for those that accompany him, just love this guitar!  Gorgeous presentation, Rod, we thank you....

Frequency, by Penny Pierce, a wonderful book for people that are always looking to learn, improve and grow....


This review is from: Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration (Paperback)
My inner self spoke to me, each time i went back to pick up where I left off. Why I asked, aren't we teaching this in the lower grades, so that children growing up in good or especially bad circumstances can understand that life is welcoming and loving and no matter the present circumstances, you are empowered to make it better. What an injustice we do ourselves to deprive our children of the knowledge that we are vibrating, as is everything around us.

The facts of vibration , the levels , the types of things that vibrations can do, are still so poorly understood. Just this week, people on facebook were incredulous that grains of salt can move with the vibrations of music. How would our world change if we took the lessons of science and started to reach down to elementary school with the magic of our reality. If we continue to focus on matter and ignore our electrical, vibrational essence, we teach children that matter is all that counts.

I personally think that this book is a "bible" of how to react to good and bad circumstances, how to approach our desires and their fulfillment, and how to be a better marriage partner, parent, and "boss". You can not just jump in and practice what Penny Pierce preaches, because you are a creature of habit, but each day you take a step in the direction you want to reach, as you would as you learned to walk, and talk.

From the start I felt that this book would be helpful to people who deal with the demons of addiction, split personality and other problems, since it is giving hope that a personal mantra, an understanding of why we have to face trials, sadness, failure, and falls. It holds out hope that there is something to reach for, for all of us, no matter how the cards are dealt at our birth.

Understanding how the past affects the future, how a Mom or Dad, can color the future of their child and how that child is reacting to the lessons learned at home, are all easily recognized.

This book is like a counselor that you can see when you want to, just by choosing your chapter and sinking into the lessons , by examining your own life, how you got where you are, and do you want to change it, or understand and improve it?

Carolyn Myss is another teacher, Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing was one of my favorite books. I have to say that Penny Pierce has gone beyond, by focusing on what everyone avoids (the real world of vibrations)is making it easy for us to do self improvement.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set On You" Version 2 (From the album "Cl...

What can I say about this?

Just a great song , as so many songs from members of the Beatles!

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Tony Bennett - Isn't It Romantic

Tony Bennett one of the best voices....listen then



listen to thisjphnny mathis



two great voices both doing a great job.....



now this.....Michael Feinstein



One of these arrangements sticks, comes back to me in his voice all the time....There are songs made for certain voices, and the great voices do a good job, but one voice stands out...either the voice or the arrangement.

In this case,



Michael Feinstein, is my favorite how about you?

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

"Unbroken",A new and fabulous book

Today is most appropriate to post this as it addresses the trail of fright, terror, and utter despair our fighting men endured in the 2nd World War ( and in any war). We face the loss today of a man ,Robin Williams,who made us laugh and now cry because he gave up!    How do these events intermingle? The wonderful Billy Graham saved our hero in "Unbroken" how many of us are that fortunate?

Words and ideas escape us ,we feel helpless with people in despair and depression, but they do laugh, and smile at times, so somewhere behind and deep below that sadness is the spark of their soul.  Maybe as a society we need to put forth more positive movies, music , etc, books that illustrate the magic and hope in the worlds specially for the young souls, teens and young adults so they know redemption is a given.

Watching " The Egyptian" yesterday ,a movie ( and book of the 50's ) the difference between our present culture and then was so apparent.  "Unbroken" and "The Egyptian",both show how we can redeem ourselves from the darkest days.    Children need to learn young that they can face life bravely even when they make big mistakes and that redemption is possible because it brings peace.

"Unbroken" just released has over 10,000 reviews on Amazon including mine.  It was and is a book of the year.  A book that illustrates what our culture of the late 40's and 50's produced, and how this "MAN " handled his life with incredible stamina, bravery, and forgiveness when it seemed no one could ever forgive such atrocious brutality

Our precious souls need more attention in the early growing stages ,don't you agree?