by Wanda Fischer | Mar 18, 2024 | Day in the Life, Friends, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Remembrance, Uncategorized
The Mamas and Papas had a song called “Monday, Monday” in the 1970s. One of the lines was “Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day…” Lots of things happen on Mondays, though. Today, I am supposed to rehearsefor a singing engagement...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 17, 2024 | Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Remembrance, Uncategorized
Here we are, on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17–a day to celebrate St. Patrick, the wearin’ of the green, lots of Irish music that, to me, as a folk music DJ, doesn’t sound Irish (but it’s what they play in pubs today), and even green beer...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 16, 2024 | Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Radio, Totally My Opinion, Uncategorized
It’s the day before St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t drink alcohol, so I won’t be involved in any green beer challenge or sampling any Irish whiskey. Instead, I will be selecting music for my radio show. Bill Fischer in Ireland, 2011 This is no small...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 15, 2024 | Day in the Life, Music, Radio, Totally My Opinion, Uncategorized
If you remember reading Shakespeare’s Julius Cesar any time in high school, you probably remember the warning, “beware the ides of March.” That would be today, March 15th. I’m not long over my shoulder, worrying about some enemy coming to do me...
by Wanda Fischer | Mar 14, 2024 | Day in the Life, Life Experiences, Memoirs, Music, Remembrance, Uncategorized, Writing
Today is National Tell Your Story Day, and I’ve been thinking that the crux of this day is what the RRBC bloggers have been doing since March 1, 2024: telling our stories. I have so enjoyed everyone’s stories; however, I want to come from a different angle...