Category Archives: Musings

A Semi Charmed Kind of Life

Posted on October 31, 2020 by profkf

These last few days have been loaded with emotion. Yesterday it all came to a head. Sue’s last day at GHS is complete. The only job she’s had as an adult, teaching at GHS, (with the notable exception of a … Continue reading →

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“Living in the Moment”

Posted on October 21, 2020 by profkf

I’ve seen a lot of versions of this phrase in various interviews over the past few months and today, on a fairly dreary day, where music and quiet has allowed me more time than usual to dwell on it, I … Continue reading →

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And now the day bleeds into nighfall

Posted on October 15, 2020 by profkf

“The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas…” “Outside the street’s on fire in a real death waltz, between what’s flesh and what’s fantasy” These are just a few of my very favorite lines from some songs, actually … Continue reading →

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Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted on October 10, 2020 by profkf

“Ch-ch-ch-ch-changesTurn and face the strangeCh-ch-changesThere’s gonna have to be a different manTime may change meBut I can’t trace time“ These Bowie lyrics have been running through my head this morning. My incredible partner in life, Sue, will, in two short … Continue reading →

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October 4th, 1980

Posted on October 4, 2020 by profkf

It was a cold, crisp morning in the Berkshires and I was driving like a madman, running lights, trying for all the world to get stopped by the local constable as a baby was on the way and I wanted … Continue reading →

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How lucky am I to have lived in the time of “Achilles” 18-2-7

Posted on September 22, 2020 by profkf

This past weekend we lost a national treasure. Ruth Bader Ginsburg or RBG as she came to be known. I’d be lying if I said I even knew half of what she brought to this nation’s sensibility and what an … Continue reading →

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Join me on a journey

Posted on September 13, 2020 by profkf

While in Vermont this summer we discovered a local independent station…104.7 The Point. We also discovered it opens seamlessly on my Alexa devices at home and at school. It is a return to the days of WNEW-FM: eclectic and totally … Continue reading →

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A small glimmer

Posted on September 1, 2020 by profkf

Well, I started back to school today for my 45th year in front of a classroom. It was strange and a bit disconcerting with all the protocols, masks, etc, however, and it’s a big however, it was exciting and kinda … Continue reading →

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Golf in the time of Corona

Posted on August 30, 2020 by profkf

Let’s face it folks….golf is a game/sport that, for the most part, is part of the world of the “privileged”. Now I don’t consider myself privileged, I am the son of a bus driver, who, at the height of his … Continue reading →

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There was a time when I used to love the night…….

Posted on August 24, 2020 by profkf

Let’s take a trip back in time, somewhere between the years of 1970 and 1974, Far Rockaway, NY, beach bungalows, sometimes known as “the workingman’s Riviera” My folks would rent the bungalow for the summer, and the season began with … Continue reading →

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