#music – JAYSPEAK

MOVIE – STEVE ORLANDELLA – INTERMENT AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, MALDEN, MA, ON AUGUST 9, 2018

This shows live on my Post. If yours does not show live, then please cut and paste this link. Sorry. It was live when I published it. Don’t know what happened. Pardon any frustrations you might have with this movie I made regarding this experience. I am still on a “learning curve” as I takeContinue reading “MOVIE – STEVE ORLANDELLA – INTERMENT AT HOLY CROSS CEMETERY, MALDEN, MA, ON AUGUST 9, 2018”

“JUST WONDERING….”

I consider myself a “photographer” – sorta, kinda – if taking a camera and shooting a picture counts. Haha. No training, no planning – just doing it A LOT. With digital cameras and Google storage, I photograph everything. If you and I were having a coffee, chances are I would have a picture of youContinue reading ““JUST WONDERING….””

TRUTH, OR LIE?

Next week is my birthday – my annual time to take stock. Where have I been; where am I now; where am I going; what matters to me at this time in my life? Is there a truth that fits my reality? Aphorism of the week – “Man keeps looking for a truth that fitsContinue reading “TRUTH, OR LIE?”

PONDERING FRENCH CREATIVITY….

The aphorism that I am pondering this week is this one: “One creates from nothing. If you try to create from something, you’re just changing something. So, in order to create something, you first have to be able to create nothing.” Say what? How can you create nothing? There is always something. Take the FrenchContinue reading “PONDERING FRENCH CREATIVITY….”

IN MY COPIOUS FREE TIME….

During those moments when I am not thinking or over-thinking everything else, I ponder “wisdoms” or “philosophical quotes” or “Up to My A.. in Aphorisms”. The one that is getting my attention this week goes like this, “If you could really accept that you weren’t ok, you could stop proving you were ok. If youContinue reading “IN MY COPIOUS FREE TIME….”

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!

LET’S DO IT! HERE’S TO 2018!! New Year Resolutions!! Best, Jay

“SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS…..”

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS……. “So this is Christmas And what have you done? Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year Lets hope it’sContinue reading ““SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS…..””

THE WISDOM CAFE

The Wisdom Café is a made-up name for a group of women – all ages, all nationalities – who meet twice a month at a restaurant, Les Pierres Rouges, in Valbonne, France. Wise-wannabe’s attempting to solve life’s problems. (Haha. We wish.) It is fun! Twenty or thirty women who live in the South ofContinue reading “THE WISDOM CAFE”

Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur

European Opera Houses have always had a special place in my heart! Handsome men with top hats and tuxedos. Women in long gowns, wearing furs, jewels, and long gloves. Arriving in carriages. OK, I saw lots of movies and read Dickens. That said, I was one of the first to sign up for the AmericanContinue reading “Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur”