Still Be…

“Friend of Mine”
[Disclaimer:  This video was found on the YouTube web site.  I make no claim of ownership to the video and I am only re-posting it because I want to share the performance with the followers of this blog.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2023	Some Things
2022	Vision Test
2021	Or These Days, On The Internet
	There Goes My Heart (Only The Lonely)
2020	Find An Antidote
2019	Take A Few Minutes To Remember
	Start By Doubting
2018	You Cannot Pretend
2017	A Long Shadow
2016	Learning, Experience, Chances or Money
2015	The Critical State
2014	Dawn, n.
2013	Ouch!
2012	Just Lookin’ Around
	Still Growing
2011	But Do You Want To?

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Daniels On Strings

[Just a song (“When My Fingers Find Your Strings“) I stumbled onto about a man who loves to play guitar.  The song is actually on one of Jeff Daniels six albums / CDs (who knew he was a “real life” muscian?).  This CD was from 2010 and titled:  “Keep It Right Here“.    —    kmab
Disclaimer:  I make no claim of ownership to this song or this video.  I receive no financial compensation from Jeff Daniels, Kelly Clarkson or YouTube.  I am merely posting this video because I enjoy listening to the song.]
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On This Day In:
2023	You Choose To Be One
2022	Strumming And Changing Chords
2021	B U
	Blueprint Blue (Peg)
2019	I Struggle With One At A Time
2018	An Infectious Political Cancer
	Site Update / Poems Page Evolution
2017	Our Thirst
2016	History Favors The Victor
2015	This We’ll Leave Them
2014	Sounds Like Faux News To Me
2013	Reasons
2012	American Libertarianism
2011	The Goal

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Happy Meeting Day 40 (And Counting)

…When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
—     Harry Burns
From: “When Harry Met Sally“
Our favorite holding period is forever.
—     Warren Buffett
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Forty years ago I met the love of my life…   Loving her a little more each day makes getting old easier than I ever imagined it would be.
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On This Day In:
2023	Happy Meeting Day 39 (And Counting)
2022	Happy Meeting Day 38 (And Counting)
	9 (40) – Done
2021	Happy Meeting Day 37 (And Counting) (A Long And Winding Road)
2020	Happy Meeting Day 36 (And Counting) (I Want To Hold Your Hand)
2019	Happy Meeting Day 35 (And Counting) (Could It Be I’m Falling In Love)
2018	Happy Meeting Day 34 (And Counting)
	Storytelling
2017	Happy Meeting Day 33 (And Counting) (A Little More Time On You)
2016	Picture Perfect (The Colour Of Love)
2015	Life Showed Compassion (One In A Million You)
2014	And Then I Met Her (God Only Knows)
2013	Defining Maleness
	The Run Continues
2012	All Set
2011	Not Always

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Recognition And Thankfulness

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.
―     Eckhart Tolle
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On This Day In:
2023	Aim Above
2022	Grr-Argghh
	Long Past Time For A “Thorough-going Reappraisal”
2021	Facing Life
	70’s Sunshine Sound (Keep It Comin’ Love)
2020	#IncompetentTrump And His Pandemic Briefings
	#IncompetentTrump
2019	I Hope So
2018	Painted Into
2017	Prayers, Miracles And Lottery Tickets
	Roman View
2016	Dignity And Grace
2015	Is It Warm Enough For You
2014	What The Right STILL Wants
2013	Embrace Serendipity
2012	Your Order, Please
2011	Well Enough Anyway

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Inner Strength

Happy Birthday, James!!
Find your strength in Love!
Love Always,
—    Mum and Dad
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On This Day In:
2023	Given The Option
2022	Remember
2021	Now You’re 31…
	Versions: (Father And Son)  (My Way – Presley & Sinatra)
2020	Make A Fuss
2019	Hopefully, You’re Learning To Forgive
2018	Enjoy The Sunsets As Well As The Sunrises
2017	Enjoy
2016	I Got A Feeling
2015	Fiction Leading To History
2014	A Self-Correcting Process
2013	None But He Knows
2012	99% Are Demanding
2011	All In The Family
	Take Your Pick

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Happy Valentine’s Day – 2024!!

Unconditional love is an anchor, providing stability and security in a world of uncertainty.
–     Bell Hooks
From: “All About Love: New Visions“
[Happy Valentine’s Day, Hil!!  You are my anchor…
Let’s make each tomorrow be the best that it can be – together, forever… in love.
All my love, Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X]
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On This Day In:
2023	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2023!!
2022	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2022!! (My Girl)
2021	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2021!! (You’re Still The One)
	Our Love’s No Mystery (Best Of My Love)
	Backyard Narcissus
2020	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2020!! (Sparkling In The Sand)
2019	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2019!! (Perfect)
2018	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018!!
2017	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2017!! (Always On My Mind)
2016	Happy Valentine’s Day – 2016!! (Truly Madly Deeply)
2015	To My Special Lady (Special Lady)
2014	Awakening
2013	Drowsy In Comfort
2012	Happy Valentine’s Day
2011	Own Your Bible

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That Long Tunnel Of Time

Age
I’ve been up and down and around and ’round and back again
I’ve been so many places I can’t remember where or when
And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend
Never really was a friend at all
I’ve traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less
Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time
I’ve turned inside out and around about and back and then
Found myself right back where I started again
Once I had myself a million, now I’ve only got a dime
The diff’rence don’t seem quite as bad today
With a nickel or a million, I was searching all the time
For something that I never lost or left behind
I’ve traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less
Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time
I’ve turned inside out and around about and back and then
Found myself right back where I started again
And Now I’m in my second circle and I’m headin’ for the top
I’ve learned a lot of things along the way
I’ll be careful while I’m climbin’ ’cause it hurts a lot to drop
When you’re down nobody gives a damn anyway
I’ve traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less
Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time
I’ve turned inside out and around about and back and then
Found myself right back where I started again
Performed by:  Jim Croce
Written by:  Jim & Ingrid Croce
[I posted this song / video a couple of years ago when I did a “Favorite Lines” series of daily music video posts.  I was listening to it again and decided to re-post it, this time with the entire lyrics.  Enjoy…    —    kmab ]
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On This Day In:
2022	Be Glorious
2021	Our Common Humanity
	A History Story (American Pie)
2020	At The Very Least Smile More
	Your Touch (Unchained Melody)
2019	Still Working On Both
2018	Two Jordans To Heaven
	Speaking Of #45
2017	All Greek To Me
2016	Judgment
2015	I Love Bacon, Too
2014	The Wee Bit
2013	Reading Rules
2012	Cadet Prayer
2011	Easy To Tell
2010	A NEW Lion In The Senate (Channeling Mr. Smith)
	Inception Redux
	A Quick Hit Of Stats

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Happy 39th Anniversary, Hil!!

Hil & me on our wedding day at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (3 Dec 1984)
You are MY everything…
Happy 39th Anniversary, Hil!
Love Always, Your Kev XXX 00 X
—    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022	Happy 38th Anniversary, Hil!! (My Love)
2021	Happy 37th Anniversary, Hil!! (My Love)
2020	Happy 36th Anniversary, Hil!! (You Are The Sunshine Of My Life)
2019	Sampling 3:16
	Happy 35th Anniversary, Hil!! (You Raise Me Up)
2018	Happy 34th Anniversary, Hil!! (I Can Love You Like That)
2017	Happy 33rd Anniversary, Hil!! (Evermore)
2016	Happy 32nd Anniversary, Hil!!
2015	Happy Anniversary Hil!!
2014	30th Wedding Anniversary
2013	Number 29 (And Counting)
2012	Hammer ‘N Roses
	Happy Anniversary
2011	I Can Hear It Now

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Strummin’ A Six String And Blowin’ Out Flip Flops

R.I.P.:  James William (“Jimmy”) Buffett:  (B) 25 December 1946 – (D) 1 September 2023
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On This Day In:
2022	Hold That Thought
2021	The Same Goes For Countries And Elected Leaders
	Just Beginning… (Begin The Beguine)
2020	Your True Standard
	But When The Smoke Had Cleared Away… (Sink The Bismarck)
2019	Ooh, Shiny
	Day 4: Surprised
2018	We Are Approaching Default
	Running On History
	Day 37: Blended Not Juiced
2017	Today Is Not Lost
	Day 8
2016	Paying Attention
2015	An Awful Ordeal
2014	What Are You Doing?
2013	Lives > 1
2012	Strange To All The World
2011	Unnecessary Stagefright

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Moving Like A Tremendous Machine

Fifty years ago (9 June 1973) today, I watched in real time on TV – what to me – remains the single greatest athletic achievement of my lifetime (68yrs and counting).  I was not physically present, so I can’t say I saw it “live / in-person”;  but I did see it as it was happening…  Secretariat won the third leg of the thorough-bred horse-racing “Triple-Crown” by winning the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths.  “Technically” this (a “length”) is a variable distance of between 8 and 9 feet, as a “length” is measured by the distance between nose and tail of the winner of the race.
If you’ve never seen THIS race before, I encourage you to watch this video…
At that time, Secretariat was the first Triple-Crown winner in 25 years and holds the stakes record time for each of the three races (the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness are the other two).  Secretariat’s time of 2:24 for 1+1⁄2 miles in the 1973 Belmont Stakes also set a world record that still stands.
Thanks to YouTube and the Internet, I’ve been able to enjoy this race many times in the last five years(+).  LoL!!  Viewing it still gives me chills!
As for human athletic achievement, I would rank Bob Beamon’s long jump at the 1968 Mexico Olympics as #1.  As with Secretariat’s run, I did not see Beamon’s effort “live / in-person”, but unlike Secretariat, I also did not see it in “real-time” (as it happened).  Back then (1968), the Olympics were not shown on TV in real-time (most of it anyway).  It was mostly tape-delayed and broadcast in the evenings / “prime-time”.  So, I saw it “on-the-same-day”, but not as it was happening.  (…And, no, it did not happen on 9 June.  This is just a trip down memory lane…)
To put Bob Beamon’s achievement in some perspective:  in a sport where world records are normally increased by 2 to 3 inches (and up until this jump the largest increase in the record was 6 inches), Beamon’s jump broke the world record by 21-3/4 inches (55cm)!!  At a time when the world hoped to see a 28 foot long jump before the end of the century, Bob Beamon jumped OVER 29 feet!  29ft-2+1/4in!!  It took over a decade (12 years) before another human being was able to jump 28 feet, let alone 29 feet.  Beamon’s world record stood for 23 years until it was finally broken in 1991.  It remains the Olympic long jump record.
Imagine being the first person in human history to jump past 28 feet (other than Beamon) and everyone says:  “Nice jump!  Another foot and you’ll be close to the record…”
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On This Day In:
2023	Moving Like A Tremendous Machine
	Don’t Forget Politicians Without Gravity, Ethics Or Courage
2022	Let Me Tell You An Amusing Story…
2021	Together Forever
	Think It Over (Stop! In The Name Of Love)
	Small But Fun
2020	Still Learning
2019	Almost Hallmark
	Beyond All Reason
2018	Daydreams And Wanna-Be’s
	Or Work For #45
2017	Summer Pale
2016	Ain’t It Funny (State Of Mind)
2015	At Both Ends
2014	Whiner(s)
2013	Just Passing Through
2012	Dog-gone Heaven
2011	Occasional, Sad Results

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What My Dog Thinks About Her Daily Walk…

Each morning, I interrupt my dog’s life long personal research of eating and napping for a walk around the block.  In her younger days, we would go out for over an hour and cover several miles.  Now, she’s getting on and has arthritis in her shoulders and hips.  Despite her aches, her enthusiasm for the upcoming variety of smells is infectious and I’m sure this is what she’s thinking…
After a bit though, she looks at me and I’m sure she’s singing the chorus to this….
Ah, well…  As long as the tail keeps wagging, we’ll keep doing what we do…  After all, a dog’s gotta dog!
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On This Day In:
2023	What My Dog Thinks About Her Daily Walk… (The 59th Street Bridge Song, Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast)
	Still Sunny
2022	Following His Own Path
2021	Show A Brother Some Love
	Beyond Words (Classical Gas)
2020	Especially You, Bro
	Words Without Explanation
2019	Enjoy!
2018	Happy Birthday, Bro!
2017	Love Can Change The World In A Minute (What Do I Know)
2016	60, Little Bro!
2015	Vision and Courage
2014	58 – Little Bro
2013	New Adventures And Old Hopes
	Caving In
2012	Bits And Bobs And Birthdays
	Always Hope
2011	Wet Snow And Long Hills

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Still Sunny

Happy Birthday, Bro!!
We may both be on the wrong side of 65, but at least we’re both still on the sunny side of the grass!
Enjoy the day!
Love ya,
Kevin & Hil
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On This Day In:
2023	What My Dog Thinks About Her Daily Walk… (The 59th Street Bridge Song, Daddy Don’t You Walk So Fast)
	Still Sunny
2022	Following His Own Path
2021	Show A Brother Some Love
	Beyond Words (Classical Gas)
2020	Especially You, Bro
	Words Without Explanation
2019	Enjoy!
2018	Happy Birthday, Bro!
2017	Love Can Change The World In A Minute (What Do I Know)
2016	60, Little Bro!
2015	Vision and Courage
2014	58 – Little Bro
2013	New Adventures And Old Hopes
	Caving In
2012	Bits And Bobs And Birthdays
	Always Hope
2011	Wet Snow And Long Hills

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Getting Called

On The Dark Side
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On This Day In:
2023	Getting Called (On The Dark Side)
2022	More New Year’s Exercises
	7 Done, 12 Down
2021	Another Public Service Message
	Greetin’ The Sun (A Little Bit More)
2020	From The Mountains To The Shores
2019	Watering The Trees And Seeds
	1221
2018	Take Care Of Me…
2017	Make Some Difference
2016	Still 99%
2015	Adolescent Opinion
2014	In A Big World
2013	Vacancy For God
2012	Sweat Equity
	Try It… You’ll Like It
2011	Still Incomplete
2010	Happy New Year – 2010

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Stumbled On This Memory (Of High Notes)

Memory Lane
Lyrics:
I stumbled on this photograph,
It kinda made me laugh
It took me way back,
Back down memory lane
I see the happiness,
I see the pain
Where am I?
Back down memory lane
I see us standing there,
Such a happy, happy pair
Love beyond compare,
Look-a-there, look-a-there
The way you held me,
No one could tell me that love would die
Ohh, why did I have to find this photograph,
Thought I had forgot the past
And now I’m slippin’ fast,
Oh, back down memory lane
I feel the happiness,
I feel the pain
Here am I,
Back down memory lane
I’m in the sunshine,
I’m in the rain
Thought it was over,
Here I go again
The way you held me,
No one could tell me
That love would die
I don’t wanna go traveling down
Faster than the speed of sound
Back down memory lane
Be still my foolish heart
Don’t let this feelin’ start
Back down memory lane
I don’t wanna go
Back down memory lane
Save me,
Save me
Back down memory lane
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Save me
Back down memory lane
Performed by:  Minnie Riperton
Written by:  Richard Rudolph, Gene Dozier, Minnie Riperton, Keni St. Lewis
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On This Day In:
2023	Still Trying To Learn The Syntax
	Memorial Day 2023
2022	Stumbled On This Memory (Of High Notes) (Memory Lane)
2021	A Chance Meeting Finds A Way
	Over 50 Years Ago! (Soul Sacrifice)
2020	The Magnitude Of The Challenge
2019	Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded
2018	Nothing More, Nothing Less
2017	Memorial Day – 2017
	No Wonder I’m Smiling
2016	Thinking Science Fictional
2015	Dawn Is Coming
2014	Back When I Was A Firebrand
2013	Pen In Hand
	Word Up!
2012	Disturbing
	Trying To Keep Up
2011	Unreliable And Selective
2010	Adult-Onset Athlete

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Dust Under Your Fingertips

Dust In The Wind
[Happy Birthday, Sis!!   Here’s some inspiration to pick up your guitar…    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2023	So Far, So Good
	Thinking About My Sister
2022	Dust Under Your Fingertips (Dust In The Wind)
2021	Stopped Counting Decades Ago
	Just Enjoying The Sun (Girls Just Want To Have Fun)
2020	To My Idealistic Sister
2019	Respect For My Sister (I Can Do Hard Things)
2018	I Trust Cows
	No Boundary
2017	Don’t Sink Now
2016	A Burning Passion To Teach Freedom
2015	Before Debit (And Credit) Cards
2014	Herding Cats
2013	Ooops!
2012	Understand A Great Truth
2011	Start Here…
2010	Random Acts of Vandalism On Easter Weekend…

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