March 2024

  • WordPress and Me Verse Two

    Coming Together “I’m closing in on a month of frustration and anger trying to figure this out and right when I get close well…I MADE IT !” I am proud to finally have made a site I am happy with. Now to keep my fingers off everything but my posts when editing. The block editor Continue reading

  • Then and Now or Pete and Repeat

    Starting Out Started the day off in a peaceful mood today enjoying the beauty of spring. First thing was travelling to Ohio to do some grocery shopping. I went to Kroger a couple of days ago in Michigan and spent over $50 and didn’t even get two small plastic sacks worth. Today however I brought Continue reading

  • Yesterday

    11:45 p.m. Monday 03/11/24 Report Filed Incomplete Happy Birthday Bro, I Miss Ya! Andy was three years my senior and he passed back in 2015 from cancer. He was a cool dude that was right with his Lord and a great Santa in the season. He was also a pain in the ass. Ask anyone Continue reading

  • “WTF?”

    Roll With It Monday morning start up in Southern Michigan and coffee is made. Took all the pills Doc says to so now is the time to kick start the day and get ready to… Continue reading

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  • Motown Memories

    The Rise In 1958 Barry Gordy Jr. had the fortune of meeting a local group called The Miracles and provided songwriting lessons to the leader William “Smokey” Robinson. The ensuing partnership formed the foundation of Motown Records. Motown launched with the Tamla label and Marv Johnson’s “Come to Me”, but “Money (That’s What I Want”) Continue reading

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  • Journey & Can’t You See

    Journey Thoughts of men are filled with sin and women always lie, The star of Jupiter shone down on me and I will never die. The frog broke through the lake of glass, and since that day remembers his past. The orange swan went to the moon to see what lies ahead, I cannot die, Continue reading

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  • Saturday Sounds UH Style

    Today I present to you a classic sound from my youth, the great Uriah Heep and so without further ado here’s is a visual post just for you! Three is a prime number and these three songs represent just how primed I felt in the late 70’s when I was enjoying a joint or dosing Continue reading

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  • Son House

    In the Delta Why would I direct you to listen to a man who was born in 1902? Surely he couldn’t have anything that today’s youth would want to hear. I mean, we are talking about a man who grew up in the Delta for christ’s sake. What could a hostile preacher from the 1930’s possibly offer Continue reading

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  • One More Ear Full

    King Curtis February 7 1934-August 13 1971  Curtis Ousley was better known to the public as King Curtis. Growing up in the Fort Worth/Dallas area of Texas, Curtis started his musical career at the age of twelve learning the play the saxophone.  His musical interests leaned towards Jazz and R&B. Turning down scholarships for college Curtis joined Continue reading

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  • Brownsville Station re-visited

    Good Times One of the most memorable concerts of mine was October 7th 1976.  I went to the coliseum in my hometown with my brother who is three years prior my age to see Aerosmith with this band as the opening act and to this day I really enjoy their fine style on “The Martian Boogie”. This Continue reading

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  • Let’s go Back, Let’s go way back when

    1971 found us watching what was to become a legendary show with the first episode of Soul Train.  Don Cornelius hosted and produced the show that brought us the “Soul Train Line” where two lines of dancers would strut their stuff  down the aisle between the lines. The “hippest trip in America” featured name acts where they Continue reading

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  • “Changed His Tune”

    A complete travesty of truth These are all quotes from Sleepy Joe’s State of the Union address on 03/07/2024. From 1971 to 2024 (53 years) Joe Biden has been in politics. 53 years people! He ranked 76th in a class of 85 students after failing a course because he plagiarized a law review article for a paper Continue reading

  • Another Day/Another year

    High Everyone? I Hope So It’s hard sometimes to remember to change the year when it rolls over and many checks have last year’s date on them until it sets in. Not the case on your birthday though right? I turned 66 this year and am taking a minute to reflect back, then I will revel Continue reading

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  • Seconds Out

    My friends it has been 4 years of falling and slipping back, reaching for the stars and baking in the process. I retired at 62 and within a couple of weeks covid hit and we all became homebodies for the next year. Since that time I have became a recluse and contact with the real Continue reading

  • Rough Patch in the Past

    This journey started back in March of 2007 and lasted 4 years. Walking to the bathroom late in the evening of March 17th 2007,  I suddenly had a pain in  my stomach that brought me instantly to the ground doubled up. I laid there for around 15 minutes crying and unable to move as the Continue reading