Where Are You?
It would’ve been my old man’s 83rd birthday today. At 9am*** precisely he’d have rung either me, or one of my two siblings, and in his engaging Leeds accent thanked […]
Guess Who Sighs His Lullabies
In his 1965 refrain Summer Wind, Frank Sinatra sang of a seemingly season long breeze which blew in from the sea – Presumably, the Pacific Ocean on the US’s west […]
A Trilby & Smoke Rings
The falling leaves Drift by the window The autumn leaves Of red and gold……… Those inaugural words of Frank Sinatra’s lament Autumn Leaves resonate around my neurological corridors this morning. Despite […]
Snail on a Whale
Today’s a day of executive decisions. To start with, I need to put some thought into the look and feel of my website writesaidfred.org , as I currently can’t settle […]
Rainbow’s, I’m Inclined to Pursue
“Call me irresponsible. Call me unreliable. Throw in undependable too…..” Words penned by Jimmy Van Heusen in the 1962 song Call Me Irresponsible, which seem to perfectly sum up the […]
Moonlight In Vermont
In the Suessdorf/Blackburn song ‘Moonlight in Vermont’, the writers paint a picture of the New England state as a hypnotising, romantic, snow covered location with Alpine forest lined highways and […]
Francis Albert’s 100th Anniversary
I’m a bit late to the party with this, but I didn’t want to let the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birth pass without a tribute to ‘Old Blue Eyes’. […]
What’s A Delaware Boy?
Yesterday, Karen excitedly advised me that she’d received an email, from Ticketmaster, advising tickets for singer Adele’s 2016 tour go on sale next week. I haven’t seen her so giddy […]