Home is where the heart is- Northeastern PA
Bull-headed Pennsylvania Dutchman Self-praise stinks.
It is far better to be alone than to be in bad company.
Jun 29 • 35 tweets • 8 min read
June 29, 2026 As our nation's Independence Day approaches here in the United States, with an impending possibly-downright hazardous widespread early-Summer heatwave simmering, and as the situation in the Middle East does likewise, with a fatal wildfire burning in the High
Plains and the aftermath of two almost-simultaneous earthquakes centered in Venezuela (that almost covers everything), it's time to fondly-remember the lives of three more musical talents who left us recently and whose contributions undoubtedly lightened the weight of our world
Jun 21 • 50 tweets • 12 min read
June 21, 2026 It's Father's Day in many countries today and it happens to be the first day of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere this year, coincidentally, so we have two occasions to celebrate today. Happy Father's Day to everyone who is actually a father or to anyone who has
taken on the role of being a father-figure, regardless of the actual relationship between the adult and the child. Thank you for all that you try to do in the process! I can only imagine how challenging parenting is in today's world, but how potentially-rewarding it can be also.
Jun 19 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Remembering Walter Parazaider, who passed away on Wednesday, June 17th. 🙏 He as a former member of the musical group Chicago, which was my favorite group way back when. May he Rest in Peace. Naturally, since music was his life's focus, I have included three songs in which his
talent was especially audibly-evident. But first, as always, here is some reading material for our pleasure and education. Here's the Wikipedia article about Walter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pa…
Jun 13 • 42 tweets • 10 min read
Saturday, June 13, 2026 Okay, who's ready for another one of my epic musical X threads with some (hopefully) educational reading material mixed in? It's been awhile. Time flies, electronic devices decide that they've served us long enough and die, and then you have to be an
Einstein to select and activate their replacements. I'm old enough to remember a time in the not too distant past when Saturdays and Sundays seemed to offer a respite from the majority of whatever human-induced turbulence had occurred during the previous week, but that doesn't
May 26 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
As opposed to what was offered yesterday...
In my humble opinion, might I add.
May 25 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
As I was putting my musical In Memoriam thread together yesterday, I featured "Us And Them" from "Dark Side Of The Moon" by Pink Floyd, featuring the recently-departed Dick Parry on saxophone. It had been a long time since I had listened to that song. I go through numerous
YouTube videos to try to find the one with the best audio quality to use in my threads. Regardless of which video I listened to to use, I noticed terrible distortion in the choruses of the song, which I didn't remember noticing in my younger years, so I did some investigation on
May 24 • 26 tweets • 6 min read
May 24, 2026- Just as the weather continues to be unseasonably-cool
(unkind) to us this month in this neck of the Mid-Atlantic U.S., so has Fate been unkind when it comes to the loss of great musical talent. In the last 11 days, Clarence Carter, Dennis Locorriere (of Dr. Hook),
saxophonist Dick Parry and Rob Base left us. What better way is there to celebrate their lives than to listen to some of their work? These four musicians certainly cover a wide range of musical genres, so there's a little something for everybody this time around. I hope that you
May 9 • 41 tweets • 10 min read
May 9, 2026 Mother's Day Eve. It's time for another one of my rather lengthy but hopefully educational and musically-enjoyable X threads. 🤞 I first assembled a Mother's Day thread in 2023 and added a little to it last year. This year's edition includes some aspects of the
original version, with new narration and several new songs added and one removed, because it didn't really fit the occasion. Plus, I had goofed when I was putting the thread together, jumbling the order of it up. As always, thank you for your patience, if you're following along
May 5, 2026 Happy #CincoDeMayo2026 to everyone who celebrates! Speaking of which, if anyone out there plans to celebrate away from home today, partaking in adult beverages, and travelling afterward is necessary, please do the right thing and make arrangements to insure that
your return trip is a safe one. Please don't drink and drive. On that serious note, what even better way is there to celebrate a special occasion like Cinco de Mayo than with some Mexico-themed music? Last year I had created a rather short musical thread for the day. I've added
Apr 23 • 25 tweets • 6 min read
April 23, 2026 and it's ONLY a Thursday, as many of us are possibly wondering what tomorrow might bring, with the current state of affairs in several parts of the world, including within our own national borders, with our current leadership, in my opinion. Unfortunately, as
seems to happen too often anymore, the music world suffered another loss this past Sunday, with singer-songwriter/guitarist Dave Mason's passing. A bittersweet occasion, as always, but it provides an opportunity to learn about the artist, to follow their musical-path and to
The old saying is, "actions speak louder than words".
Apr 4 • 52 tweets • 12 min read
April 4, 2026- I've certainly assembled some rather lengthy X threads in the past, but this one might surpass all of the others. Thank you for bearing with me in advance. You might want to come back later to read the finished product. I type slowly. Since tomorrow is Easter
Sunday, I thought that I'd try to tackle putting a religion-themed thread together. I don't intend to promote one faith over another or condemn anyone who doesn't Believe as I do. In large part, it'll mainly be a comparison between the Abrahamic religions, given the current
Mar 1 • 33 tweets • 8 min read
March 1st, 2026 As I'm sitting here in the wee small hours of the morning, I'm feeling greatly-concerned about the current situation in the Middle East, wondering but not particularly-worried where it'll all lead to eventually, coming to the conclusion that Divine Intervention of
some sort will be the only way that the degeneration of the human race will be halted, at this point, but I don't profess to know how soon it'll come. So, in the meantime, a tranquilizer that's better than any drug or drink (in my opinion) will help to carry me through- my love
