Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
2020 In Review – 10,000 Hours in Hamburg
As we continue our review of your favorite posts from 2020, I will admit this is one of my favorites, from 2015. It’s always nice to burst someone’s bubble, though the myth about the Beatles and how they honed their craft still persists. Apparently I am still the only one who has done the math. […]
2020 In Review – The Cycle of Life
I had intended to write quite a bit about my mother in 2020, as part of the grieving process, but it didn’t happen. There are still several half-finished posts I wrote in her hospital room that one day I will finish. We’re probably reaching the point now where I can write with a little less […]
2020 In Review – Welcome to Monday
I’ve used the title more than once, but this attempt at humor comes from 2017. Many people enjoy the weekend so much that Mondays come as a shock. If a picture really is equivalent to a thousand words, then this wordless post says it all. It was the eight most popular post here last year, showing […]
2020 In Review – Remembering Johnny
Another four-year-old post was your ninth most-viewed piece here in 2020. Johnny Hart was someone who managed to integrate this faith and his work life. Even when he was preaching, he was entertaining. Which explains why, 13 years after his death, his comic strip continues with two of his grandsons and a daughter in charge. […]
Predictions For 2021
Welcome to 2021. Got any plans for this year? Do you think it is safe to make them, given how many of our plans were upended last year? Most of us enter a new year with a sense of optimism. No matter what has come before, this is a new beginning. The slate is clean; […]
Thoughts As The Year Ends
This is the end, beautiful friendThis is the end, my only friendThe end of our elaborate plansThe end of ev’rything that standsThe end – Jim Morrison, The Doors We say goodbye to 2020 as the year ends not with a bang, but with a whimper. Most people are glad to see it go, and are […]
The Song of 2020
I don’t know where the year has gone. I started this post a couple of months ago, intending to share it sometime before Christmas, and then I forgot. Yesterday I remembered, so I bumped what I had planned for today to next month. It has taken the world by storm. A simple song that has […]
Western Stars
It wasn’t what I expected. Perhaps it was better. Sometimes on the plane you don’t know what you are choosing. Bruce Springsteen’s song “Western Stars” is about am aging cowboy/actor. I had thought the movie was a dramatization, with the eponymous album as a soundtrack. I figured it would kill an hour or so on a […]
Are You In This Picture?
Is this you? Do you know any of these people? I found this undated photo in with some papers while I was in quarantine earlier this month. I have no idea who any of them are – except for me of course. (I’m the one with the beard.) Nor do I remember where or when it […]
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