reflections

2 all my good blogbuddies --


this post is to let u know that although i have been away for a while -- u have always been in my thoughts and i miss u all very much.  cheers!!

abc's & 123's

well, its been some time since i have blogged and i have missed you all!!  i have accepted a new position and i have been acclimating myself to my new environment, staff and colleagues.  i truly love interacting with youth.  they are bright, quick, curious, and challenging.  i look forward to my new position and hopefully getting some time in to blog.  have a fun-filled weekend everybody!  cheers!!

all that jazz

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to branford marsalis!!!

jazz is my favorite music genre.  i listen to wbgo - 88.3 fm.  this station comes straight out of newark, new jersey.  i love both the marsalis' brothers - wynton and branford.  


some of my favorite jazz legends include:  thelonious monk, billie holiday, charlie parker, dave brubeck, duke ellington, john coltrane, miles davis, dizzy gillespie, tony bennett, sarah vaughan, ella fitzgerald, al jarreau, harry connick jr., david sanborn, nancy wilson, count basie, frank sinatra, colman hawkins, kenny g., and of course the grandaddy of them all - louis armstrong. there are many more, these are just off the top of my head.  

but, of course, there would be no jazz without the blues.  so next post will be about my favorite blues singers/musicians

if you enjoy jazz, who are your favorites?  cheers!!

fond memories II

you will remember a while back i posted a picture of my mother.  many thanks for all the lovely comments about her.  now let me introduce you to the other half of me - my father.  i think he was in his early twenties when this picture was take.  a handsome, kind, man who valued family, work and education.

the good certainly die young.  

have a super duper weekend.  cheers!!

a face a mother would love

now, i ask you - is that an adorable face or what?  look at that black nose.  isn't it just waiting to be kissed?  

meet kallie, the labradoodle.  ok, i want one.  my dilemma - how can i sneak one past my landlord?  any ideas?  cheers!!

robin

in loving memory