One. Its connotations are infinite. Painfully lonesome or intimately connected. The kid never picked to play basketball in gym or winning a championship - on top of the world. The lowest roll on a die or the winning knock card in Gin Rummy. The idioms: the one that got away or one for the record … Continue reading All-in-One – Post 35 by Gavin Lakin
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Hey . . . All I Want is Just the Way it Used to Be – Post 34
Gavin Lakin Hey, Now: Screw you. I mean it. How did then become so inconsequential? All I want is just the way it used to be. Plaintive: from the French, plaintif (aggrieved, lamenting), plainte (lament, complaint); Adj: Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic. Example: A Top Ten plaintive song from Bread, released in 1976, written by … Continue reading Hey . . . All I Want is Just the Way it Used to Be – Post 34
Badminton Baseball, My Brother and Me by Gavin Lakin – Post 33
As he stood, knees slightly bent and arms at a fort-five-degree angle, the mesh racket was poised for the pitch. Winding up, I thought that some chin music would back him off the plate—which happened to be my lucky, well-oiled and broken-in little league catcher’s mitt. However, by design, the shuttlecock had its own particular … Continue reading Badminton Baseball, My Brother and Me by Gavin Lakin – Post 33
In Between What Might Have Been and What Has Come to Pass – Post 32 by Gavin Lakin
Time. The word begs for sagacious commentary, but like most of you I'm exasperated, exhausted, spent. Therefore, music and lyrics will speak for me. As 2018 closes down for good, travel back over forty years ago to my '70s playlist to wash out all the bitter tastes of a most desultory year. Times were not … Continue reading In Between What Might Have Been and What Has Come to Pass – Post 32 by Gavin Lakin
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