Normally (sixteen years), Memorial Day Weekend, Yuri and I would recount how the latest BobFest show has gone. Pat Guadagno and Tired Horses’ BobFest was a reunion of some of the best working musicians to celebrate Bob Dylan’s birthday and music.

These are Yuri’s Spring Days. Having missed them the past two years, we’re enjoying the budding trees and fields, awash in Nature’s Spring Green color palette collection.

The storm reminded us of Nor’Easter 2010, rocking New Jersey back then into a state of emergency. People hunkered down. But not the 400 fans who witnessed a historical event– Kinderhook's reunion. 


Two years ago, Yuri and I took the first of two Pfizer shots at the Rockaway Mega Site, NJ. We knew nothing about it. No one told us anything about the possible adverse effects.

Cooking. The basics for life. A human need. Eating good food brings comfort, so we align ourselves with comfort food. Creature comforts are not frivolous; they are necessities

Reunions are joyful occasions, especially with loved ones. Having loved ones around for the sad life moments may be the only way one can get through tough emotional times