by mmooney | Jan 3, 2020 | The Friday Message
I am a consistent reader of the CNN daily Good Morning News review titled “5 Things”. The new year brought a special edition offering some wisdom for the coming year. The news is overwhelming and 2020 will be more of the same. Elections, impeachment, climate change,...
by mmooney | Dec 28, 2019 | The Friday Message
This is old school now but news to me. I could call it a real “Wynn-er” because he is the semi anonymous friend who posted it to Facebook. The video clip begins with a uniformed cellist taking a chair and beginning to play music from Handel in the great room of the...
by mmooney | Dec 20, 2019 | The Friday Message
This fine German based word was first seen in print in the 1796 novel, Sienenkas, by Jean Paul. In English the word would not be capitalized and the “umlat” those two little dots above the a would not be present. Only recently has the word be applied to a paranormal...
by mmooney | Dec 13, 2019 | The Friday Message
This topic likely conjures up a specific image in your mind. Although embarrassing, I first thought of the striking blonde woman running down the beach in the romantic comedy 10 to the music of Ravels Bolero. Dudley Moore, described Bo Derek as an 11 until he...
by mmooney | Dec 6, 2019 | The Friday Message
Rich Hall and friends performed in concert at the Sapphire Room on Sunday night. Rich is a septuagenarian who just happens to be in a winning battle with pancreatic cancer. During the concert Rich offered heartfelt thanks to the Doctors and exceptional nursing staff...
by mmooney | Nov 29, 2019 | The Friday Message
It seems like a fine idea to go on a Thanksgiving week vacation with the grandchildren to San Diego. The average temperature is near 70 degrees and it only rains 10.4 inches in a year. On Thursday the high was 53 and Southern California is under a flash flood watch....
