Celebration Day
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Thank you. Simply, Thank you.
It was August 28 of 2020. Three hundred and thirty-five days ago I decided to start a different website to share my life as life. Until then I had been focused on separating the ideas I feel a need to share into separate spaces. Suddenly it hit me that my view on life and the…
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Even a long cigar will not outlast a Wagner
Just finished listening to Parsifal, Richard Wagner’s last opera. The cigar I celebrated with — the Salomones Royal from Davidoff — lasted three hours. The opera goes for 4:30 hours. A long double pleasure.
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“Parsifal” premiered on this day of 1882
ACT I Near the sanctuary of the Holy Grail, the old knight Gurnemanz and two sentries wake and perform their morning prayers, while other knights prepare a bath for their ailing ruler Amfortas, who suffers from an incurable wound. Suddenly, Kundry—a mysterious, ageless woman who serves as the Grail’s messenger—appears. She has brought medicine for…
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I’d say, Mick Jagger deserves a celebration on his birthday — 1943
Join in, listening to six decades of everlasting energy. At midnight, into July 26th. https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebration/5du9a3Yg/maGX7Yzx
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Some Madiba Words
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Nelson Mandela, born on July…
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“I thought people sing in Spanish and speak in English”
With her Mexican roots, Linda Ronstadt listened to beautiful music at home and on the radio. Today she turns 75. So we are listening to her on Clubhouse… https://www.clubhouse.com/join/birthday-celebrationss/PbXIV0qw/PYLA0Wed
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Linda Ronstadt — in celebration (1946)
I have been doing rooms on Clubhouse where I dedicate a couple of hours to individuals and events which I find inspirational or important in our history. But there is a very special joy in being able to celebrate a person in life, not postmortem. It will be, therefore, a special joy to celebrate Linda…
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Happy Birthday, Eric Owens! (1970)
Join us to listen on Clubhouse — TODAY, Sunday July 11, at 9:30pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/join/opera-blood-and-te/eRQiUEr7/PAaYzA87
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The beautiful thing about Beauty
It grows more, more often, and with more consistency than it dies. Celebrate! July celebrations on Clubhouse: 1 July 1804 George Sand — French novelist7 July 1860 Gustav Mahler — Austrian composer6 July 1887 Marc Chagall — French painter 10 July 1895 Carl Orff — German composer 6 July 1907 Frida Kahlo — Mexican painter18…
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Happy Birthday, Carl Orff! (1895)
In his honor, feel free to join us on Clubhouse, Saturday, July 10, at 1pm EST https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mJoL6dnd
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Gracias a la Negra!
Dear Mercedes Sosa, Today we listened to your voice, energy, and soul, in celebration of what you gave us for decades.Thank you! Happy Birthday, Negra!July 9 1935 – October 4 2009
Sila Blume 