30-day blogging challenge On Tuesdays I go to an elementary school in my area, via a program called Reading is Fun. I work one-on-one with two students--one in the second grade, one in the third--whose reading skills are lower than their grade level. It's an...
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A Day in My Life, March 25, 2024 — Going to Plan B
Last week, I told everyone that I was supposed to be singing tonight at an induction ceremony for the Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame recipients, class of 2024, sponsored by Proctors Theatre in Schenectady. Two of my friends, Margie Rosenkranz and the late Jackie...
A Day in My Life, March 24, 2024 — Power to the People
We lost power to our home--and many others in the neighborhood--yesterday at about 4:30 pm. I was driving home from the radio station at about midnight. The roads on the fifteen-mile drive weren't in good shape. The temperature was at about the freezing mark, and the...
A Day in My Life, May 23, 2024, Is This Really Springtime?
Calendar spring came a couple of days early this year due to Leap Year. But the calendar was fooled because the weather has other plans. I woke up this morning with about three inches of wet snow on the ground. Now, that's not all that unusual here In upstate New...
A Day in My Life, March 22, 2024 — Ramblin’ ‘Round My City
Wow, my fellow Rave Reviews Book Club and I have been at this since March 1, 2024. So far, we have taken each other on trips all over the place, learned new things about one another, and had fun. Today, I couldn't think of any special "day" to commemorate, so I'll do...
A Day in My Life–March 21, 2024: National Common Courtesy Day
Today is National Common Courtesy Day. I don't know why today is any different from yesterday or tomorrow. Every day should be common courtesy day. What is common courtesy, anyway? I don't know how it's defined in the dictionary. I know how my mother defined it,...
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A Day in My Life, March 20, 2024 – National Storytelling Day
I hang around with this terrific bunch of authors who are part of the Rave Reviews Book Club. They're all storytellers, in one way or another. Even those who write non-fiction are telling a story, because they have to collect facts and organize them in a way that...
A Day in My Life, March 19, 2024 – National Backyard Day
Since it's National Backyard Day, I dedicate this day to my dachshund, Oscar. He's the one who uses the backyard more than any of the occupants of this house. We adopted Oscar five days before the pandemic lockdown took place. He was ten years old at the time. No one...
A Day in My Life, March 18, 2024 — Monday, Monday
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 NEXT Monday, when my good friend...
A Day in My Life, March 17, 2024 – St. Patrick’s Day (Also Known in My Family as the Day Brendan Patrick Prevost Was Born)
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 (yuck). In my family, however,...
A Day in My Life, March 16, 2024 – The Day Before Saint Patrick’s Day
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 feat, given the huge...
A Day in My Life: The Ides of March: March 15, 2024
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 harm. Instead,...
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