For Now
It's just another day
Can you think what to say
Only time passes on
And yet another dawn
For now..
~
Watch the world moving
To nowhere or something
Change what you view
Even if only for a few
For now..
~
The sign you were looking for
May be outside your door
No one is there
Do you dare
To believe
What they deceive
A picture broken
A world frozen
~
It's just another day
You thought what to say
As time passes on
Green grass of the lawn
For now..
3-31-2025 - Greg
Sometimes
There is no reason
No matter what the season
In times
Finding the way
For what you want to say
It goes
To where to find
Remember to be kind
For only guidance for you
Is to be true
With the stars above
Always share love
For where the time goes
No one really knows
And all the while
Open many smiles
Greg 12-9-2024
Time passes quickly
From a child
To an adult we are
Still looking for the star
~
November in Fall
Colors run
A season to wonder
Bring us together
~
Only time says hello
In the vision
For what each sees
Feel the breeze
- 11-3-2024- Greg
Well here we are the last day of the year. It has been forever since I posted last. I hope the new year is not as crazy as this one. So many things have happened. Sure feeling old now seeing my grand daughter getting engaged. Where does all the time go? I started bowling in a league again after many years away. It is great!
So this year flew by like a blink of an eye. Happy New Year!
Recently the use of AI (artificial intelligence) is being used for more things. You got to ask yourself why? Just the Terminator movies would give you pause that it's not a good idea. It's been written in books and music and poems for many years that it could be a disaster for the human race if AI actually became self aware. One of the lyrics from a 70's songs goes like this:
Human: "I am all there is."
AI: "Negative"
AI: "Primitive"
Human: "But I gave you life"
AI: "What else could you do? I am perfect are you?"
The current use of AI makes you wonder what could happen. Would it be the end of humans? Once aware would AI feel the need for humans? It's an interesting question in today's world with technology as it is. There is no such thing as privacy anymore. Cameras are everywhere, even at home someone is listening. What has this world become?
I ask and wonder what your opinion is on AI and technology. Like the old philosophy says from many many years ago. "The more you know, the less you know" to paraphrase it.
That's my 2 cents rambling for today....
Here we are another Friday. Last Friday I went to a local Vineyard with my brother and his wife. It was great though it was an overcast windy day. Still the wine was good, the food was good and the band was good. It was the Summer Festival. I think the last couple of years there wasn't any events at all. Like most places the pandemic shut them down for a few years. The band did a lot of early Chicago songs and some other classics from the 60's and 70's. The band is Take Me Back band. I took some photos of the band and this is one of them.
Life moves along as it does. The other day I was listening to a song that covers the Beatles but so differently. I thought I would share it with you. Besides crazy weather I am doing well taking life in day to day...
It's been a long time I know since I posted anything. Life moves on. It feels like a month or so since I last wrote but heck it's been months! One of the great singers passed away in April. When I was a kid my dad had an album that he played. Belafonte Sings the Blues. It came out in 1958. I listened to it in the 90's sometime. It's very good and I think it's not his usual stuff. It's well done. You can listen to the entire album on YouTube. Here's the first cut from the album. A Ray Charles song:
Halloween is tomorrow and I remember in my youth we would trick or treat for goodies meaning candy and other homemade treats. So much has changed since my youth. It was in the dark too we did our trick and treating. All that has changed. My neighborhood had trick or treat yesterday like many others. In the daylight hours. Always cool to see the the kids costumes. Anyway a song that has come synonymous with Halloween is this one from the 60's...
Since I retired it seems everyday runs together. I guess that is just the way it is. I tell my friends and family everyday is Saturday. Sometimes they find that amusing. 😊 Pretty soon my brother is going to retire. Hopefully we will see each other more often when that happens.
I've always loved music and I was thinking the other day about how many songs I've heard through the years. Could it be a million? My taste in music varies, I love Classical almost as much as I like rock music. I still love the classic rock as it's now called the best. The other day I was remembering when I was in 6th grade and our class went to this camp for hiking and other activities. I remember one night around a campfire our teacher told some funny and some kinda spooky stories. Also I remember we sang this song at the end of the evening. I didn't recall all the words to it, I hadn't thought about this song at all since I was a child..
Today a ramble. If you get lost in it remember I'm ramblin' on..
Here we are in Fall. Another year passing so quickly. Fall came on the day it was supposed to like a click of a switch from Mother Nature where I live. Not everywhere got the switch turned on in this country. And it's only 50/50 that it happens here. Imagine my surprise that it did. Most of last week it was around 70 degrees in the mornings. On the official day of Fall it was still around there but dropped into the 50's by afternoon. The morning after in the 40's. Go figure!
Being retired I'm home most of everyday. There is really nothing like home sweet home. Part of that was being retired and the shutdown from the pandemic. So now 2022. The knocks on my door. So a few weeks ago it was the Jehovah Witnesses. Then the the energy companies wanting you to go with there price. They ask to check out your bill to see if you have their service. Really? They are selling and I tell them all they are. pffft.
Most of us when we get online we see the current happenings. My home page is Yahoo and it has articles from politics to celebrities goings on. I read some articles but most I see the headlines. So what is it with these women who are some sort of celebrity even if I never heard of them posting pics nude or see through clothes? No I don't see the photos if that is what you're thinking. I wonder why so much attention for them? Even older celebs posting their well built abs etc. or nude at 50 etc. Just makes me wonder. Just sayin'.
This morning I was thinking about many things that happened to me throughout my life. Memories I hadn't thought of in years. I guess as we age our memories pop up in our minds for no particular reason and never in chronological order lol. One memory this morning got me thinking about the loneliness I feel sometimes to the life I knew with the special people who were with me on this life's journey. Sometimes you feel the pain and heartbreak and also the times of happiness. It's a circle of who we are.
When I was thinking of writing this post I had a song I thought of from many years ago...
Happy Labor Day! Wow seems like 2022 just started and here we are in September. Where did the Summer go? I haven't posted in a long time. I pray my friends are doing well here. Life gets busy, complicated and time seems to pass quickly even when you're standing still. I'm going to try to make a better effort to post something as the end of the year moves along. I've got some poems I'm working on but haven't quite finished. Maybe they will end in the scrap pile and new words will find their way from the keys. I'm doing well. This time of year are my annual appointments coming up for health and all that. As we get older we do pay more attention to all those aches and pains that may come and go. Keep the music going, for smiles and memories are intertwined in the songs..
Well it seems Winter just doesn't want to end. Bitter cold today and another dusting of snow. This Winter reminds me of my youth. Winters were always long and very cold. We've been lucky the last couple of years with mild Winters. So I guess this one is just reminding us the way it is.
Always a beautiful thing to carry you through the day is music.
Well there seems to be a new glitch with my blog. I cannot reply to anyone's comment on my posts nor can I add a comment either. I have no idea what is causing it, I hope it gets fixed. I did send a feedback about it but who knows if anyone even reads them. Anyway here we are the first Friday in March. It's also this time of year when we do our tax returns. Even when you're retired like I am....
It's been awhile since I posted. It seems the world is even crazier than before. The invasion of the Ukraine is most disturbing. There's no real reason for it at all. This could be the start of WWIII. For along with the invading army, Putin has made it clear that nuclear weapons could be used. Many have asked why now this invasion? I don't think there's a clear answer to that. While our world has been further divided, it seems it's forgotten what all of us should be doing.
Sowing the seeds of love..
Autumn
Chilly Autumn breeze
Rushing along
To say hello
To the valley below
~
A time of change
A new season
Lovely the sight
Of much delight
~
Soon rainbow colors
Decorate the days
And a smile
For a little while
~
Chilly Autumn breeze
Rushes away
To say goodbye
To the sunny sky
by Greg 9-24-2021
A couple of years have passed
Still there are tears
I miss you so
Just to have one more day
Happy Valentine's Day sweetheart...
Christmas has come and gone. The anticipation of getting to Christmas day is wonderful and exciting. Then it is over what seems really quick. But the spirit of it lingers and how great would it be if that would last all year long.
This Christmas was different for me and about everybody. My family and me played it safe. So I didn't get to visit the kids and grandkids. We saw each other in other ways. Also this year was like I remember from my youth. It started snowing on Christmas Eve and continued through Christmas. I remember late at night as a kid on Christmas Eve looking out the window to see if I could spot Santa with the snow whipping around. And going to church on Christmas Eve to here the sermon about the meaning of Christmas.
So after many years this Christmas was a white Christmas after all something not seen for awhile. Here's a pic from early morning Christmas day the view of my neighborhood street from the taken from the sidewalk in the front of my house...
Waves rush forward
Only to fall away
To return whence they came
For this is nature
To repeat again
Nothing can be the same
~
Years pass along
One adventure again
Morning, evenings collide
A million gallons
Cover like a garden
Two way, another side
~
Pieces of time
Rising from where
Slip into this soul of mine
For the memory
Will never forget
Always there the sign
~
To rise above
To fall again
A thousand and one tears
From the heart
The ocean wide
Embracing all the years
By Greg
Once again it has been a long time since I posted. Long enough that there have been updates and changes to Blogger. So I'm hoping I can remember how to do what I want to post today. Looks like the options of what you can and cannot do are changed as well.
Anyhoo for me is my love of music. It's true what they say. We usually still love the music we grew up with. It leaves a big impression on us. I think the 60's had some of the best music you will ever here. So I'm going to post one of them that I don't really recall but the group and several other of their songs I do real well. This one is on one of those collections that kind of covers a groups career on cd. Back when it came out I'm sure it was an am radio played song and spun on the good old turntable as a 45. A lot has changed in our world since those days. Music being one of them. Still the sounds of the 60's music has that good days feel to it. Tmmy James and the Shondells....
