Musical March – March 13, 2025 Edition

Barbershop Quartets are a favorite for my listening pleasure and if they aren’t already, maybe a quick peruse around these websites will have you singing in close harmonies with these talented groups too! Barbershop Harmony Societ offers audio files, free sheet music, and a plethora of additional information, as well as lots of music videos …
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Musical March – March 12, 2025 Edition

Today I was going to do a keyboard/baritone ukulele duet, and I recorded an audio backing file of the keyboard part earlier today. However, after a couple of fruitless hours, I couldn’t get the balance between the two sounding good. So I gave up. My beautiful uke with its new mellow strings sounded dull and …
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Musical March – March 11, 2025 Edition

Today I wish to introduce you to P.D.Q. Bach, a fictional composer created by the brilliant , late, great composer Peter Schickele , in the event that you haven’t had the opportunity to enjoy his work. I grew up appreciating the subtle – and not-so-subtle – humor found in his zany compositions, and his music …
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Picture Day! March 10, 2025 Edition

This batch starts out with a cool photo I took of a sunset beyond Skidway Lake when it was a little foggy; I took it from the Mills Twp Hall parking lot at dusk. Then there are several of the Saginaw Bay that I stopped to take on the way up to Pinconning, from the …
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GUEST POST from Don: Wuhan Again?

WUHAN AGAIN? The CDC is unhelpful.  (That’s not new, I’m just reminding you.) My wife was β€œpotentially exposed” to the virus Sunday when she spoke to a woman who didn’t know she was infected.  The lady was kind enough to text later in the day. My first question for the CDC was β€œIf my wife is going …
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