Donny Hathaway’s Christmas Classic “This Christmas”, was released 50 years ago… …and a half-century later, it is now considered the official “Afro-American Christmas Anthem”. And, to a certain degree, it is also now part of “Americana” as pertains to Christmas Classics… ….because I hear it everywhere on mainstream TV shows and commercials at Christmas Time.

I love her passion, her voice, her guitar skills, her subtle sex appeal… That’s all I gotta say….. Sike!!! You know by now I can’t say just one sentence on anything, especially pertaining to great music.

As we all know, 2020 was just hard, agonizing, exhausting year… One of the few bright spots for me in 2020 was when I first heard John Legend’s song, “P.D.A.” (which stands for “public displays of affection”). It was from Legend’s 2006 “Once Again” album, and was the most pleasant thing I encountered in all […]

I better write the moral to this story first, because the article itself might get a little morbid… …though that’s not my intent. The moral being, “life is short, and most if not all of what we do is forgotten after we’re gone… …but, if you’re lucky, you find this inner place of peace in […]

[next 5 food photos below] Easy Avocado and Collard Green Leaf Wraps (more info further down) After seeing the shots of this 296 square foot apartment in Brooklyn, NY… …I was like, “man, I gotta step up my game in my almost twice as large studio apartment in Seattle. But I’m not hatin’, only inspired […]

So, like, ummmm,  even though I’ve already done 2 Lenny Kravitz songs in my so called “Soundtrack Of My Life”….. …I still have some “work” left to do with Lenny, since I still got a bunch of his songs on my long list of 350+ songs I wanna do. And since my long list is […]

This is a simple, quick post, as Ziggy walks through his health and nutrition regiments for the Men’s Heath Magazine’s, “Gym and Fridge” series …. I just like how Ziggy flows. Not talking about “organic” in terms of food here, but I dig how Zig’s routine (or lack of routine) is “organic”, flexible, and fluid… […]

You know how I’m a big HGTV fan, and even bigger fan of Ballerina Misty Copeland, so this short article was meant to happen…. Ballerina Misty Copeland takes Architectural Digest (October 2020 issue) inside her recently acquired Upper West Side Manhattan home.

I made this sign and stuck it by this huge, meaningless box of junk mail in my building that everyone gets and immediately throws away. {sigh} I’m not one to be out on the streets with a BLM sign, but if I make a sign, it’s gonna punch the hardest punch I can punch. For […]

It’s been a while since I did one of these, a few of my fans been nagging me…. …..and I’m a little stir crazy from being locked down from COVID, so I gotta put this one together to stay sane.

You don’t need a fancy medical-grade mask to deter the spread of the coronavirus, but some face coverings do work better than others, according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances. Researchers at Duke University tested the effectiveness of 14 commonly available masks and found that surgical masks and N95 respirators without […]

I have to pay tribute to the artists who inspired me to put together such a cool song/video…. …these geniuses allow me to be like a little kid on the beach, playing with a little music like a kid making sand castles in front of an ocean of great art. The first shout out, to […]

[next 4 food photos below] Four Easy, Protein Packed Bento Boxes (more info further down) I have to take little blogger’s “creative license”, because this secluded crib is actually outside of Tokyo, about 90 miles away… …but I wasn’t feeling all the other cribs I saw in the hustle and bustle of crowded Tokyo, this […]

I’m betting absolutely zero people will care about my “music dilemma”… …but I’ll type it anyway. See, I’m up to about 350 songs on my long list of songs that would be a great cover songs for me to record… …but I like the slow, therapeutic groove of taking my time and doing about 4-6 […]

…by guest writer Geraldine Mills (via https://unsplash.com/photos/F2qh3yjz6Jk) The pandemic has affected people all over the world, in different ways. But one thing is for sure: ….The pandemic has made wary whenever we step out of the house. Hence, it’s become a challenge for us to do any physical activities. A lot of people are spending […]

I don’t have a whole heck of a lot to write, just processing out the past few weeks… ..and what started out as a 5 minute music video, became a 14 minute short story. Enjoy the music………

I know someone is gonna ask where to get that tank top above, you can get the shirt on redrubble.com [next 4 food photos below] Chicken Souvlaki Bowls with Garlic Fries (more info further down) This is normally the point in my annual, springtime “Dressed to Grill” articles where I make some lame statement like…. […]

[above] Dr. Cindy Ayers, founder of Foot Print Farms, Jackson, Mississippi I would have made a post about Footprint Farms even if there were no COVID-19 crisis, but all the more inspirational now….. Around 70% of school children in Mississippi rely upon free or subsidized lunches. With the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic, one local […]

So, umm, Here’s the story of why I recorded this song, True Story….. ….see I can honestly say, I’ve never been anywhere near any kind of fulfilling relationship ever in my life. But if I have to leave this planet anytime soon… …at least I can say I got a “Kiss From a Rose” Basically, […]

Okay, Okay, I know, the world’s falling apart, but we still gotta eat…. …and we’re gonna get through this COVID-19 thing. I admit, I’m an idealist at the core, and always find the positive in the negative…. Life is still beautiful, the world is still beautiful…though sometimes you have to look hard to find it… […]

…as I’ve stated a gazillion times in this Blog, I’m not licensed or certified in anything, but I think a pretty decent “self taught” wellness researcher. But I’m getting a slew of questions from Family and Friends, so I wanted to put together a post just to have a link to send out. (My family […]

When doing a Santana cover, I guess I could have played it safe one of two ways…. The first way, by doing a classic such as “Black Magic Woman”… …or, by going “commercial”, and catering to the Millennials with Santana’s comeback smash hit “Smooth” from the “Supernatural” album.

My [Doug, the blog writer’s] Note: I haven’t researched much yet on what is going on with this Coronavirus thing, and I’m no longer the biggest fan of cutting-and-pasting stuff off the web and reposting it without thorough research, but I felt this post I ran across today on nbcnews.com was a sensible article to […]

Next 5 food photos : Sheet Pan Sweet Potato Hash (more info further down) I hate to break my standing rule of no “egghead” nutrition science in these “made for browsing”, HGTV style articles…