What’s with the soldiers begging for money in the middle of the road? I’m assuming you have this where you live: Guys in fatigues standing in the road at big intersections collecting change from drivers. Don’t get me wrong; I’m all for handing out money willy nilly to people in need – just yesterday […]
New York City
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and @#$*! Round
For those of you who go on bus trips with some regularity, this won’t be funny. This will be your life. However, for anyone who has watched with fascination people getting off a big bus, blinking and squinting, dragging a sleeping leg behind them, and wondered what could compel someone to board such a […]
Live From New York – It’s the Bandies!
As you read this (who is reading this anyway? Barbara, is that you? Chuck? Molly? Debby? Are you there?) I’m in New York with the Dunbar Band traipsing around the Big Apple with my mother-in-law and a bunch of other bandies. We’ve been doing touristy things since we left Lexington on Monday and rode […]
Band Camp
My daughter has begun band camp, a two-week, 9-5 marching-bandapalooza at Dunbar High School. She’s in the pit and plays percussion and keyboard. It’s a lot of work, not to mention pressure, since Dunbar marching band will not only try to regain its championship this year, but is marching in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day […]