Category Archives: Musings

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Posted on December 11, 2020 by profkf

The title refers to the result of 1/68th converted to a decimal. Why 1/68? because that’s how I feel at the moment. It represents the fact that I feel like, due to Covid, I’ve “lost” 1 year out of my … Continue reading →

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These Days

Posted on December 3, 2020 by profkf

“I’ve been out walkingI don’t do too much talkingThese days, these daysThese days I seem to think a lotAbout the things that I forgot to doAnd all the times I had the chance to…” Some lyrics ring louder some days … Continue reading →

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Bestest Buddy

Posted on November 15, 2020 by profkf

I don’t know if it’s the reinvigorated rise of the virus due to the abject stupidity of so many folks not paying attention to what got us to better state of affairs back in the early summer, or age, or … Continue reading →

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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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