I have enjoyed both the video bar that Kevin put on the blog several weeks ago and Dick Gaughan's songs that Brian posted. I wish I had the expertise to do the same thing. I'd share Landon's and my favorite Raffi tunes!!! :-)
Kristin, Thanks for the St. Patty's Day wishes. The card sure brightened up the blog.
Brian, Thank you so much for the link to last.fm site. That is a brilliant system to deliver music. I spent 10 hours at my desk today developing orders and turning them in. It took just about two minutes to go to the site and register. After that you simply select an artist and the site sends one your way and then continues to spin song after song in that genre. Try it! You'll love it.
When watching the evening news today, I saw an image of coal barges lined up at the docks at the USS Mon Valley Steel Plant. Of course the news segment was about the White House blocking the sale of USS to Nippon Steel. My mind wandered to to dad's career at the Robena Prep Plant. I didn't think that it was still in operation but I searched for more information. I found that the Robena deep mines closed in 1983, but plant continued to operate until 2017 processing coal from surface mining for Consol Mining. It seems that reclamation of the site began many years before 2017, most likely mandated by local concerns about environmental damage from seepage from the three large slurry ponds and other surface contamination. Dad took me out one Sunday afternoon to inspect the dikes and berms around the ponds. We had to hop into one of the big company trucks to traverse the dirt roads around the site. I read a couple of articles about the ongoing l...
It's always nice to end the work week with a visit from Hillary Clinton! On Friday, Madam Secretary Clinton came over to USAID to give a speech. What's even better is that I was able to shake her hand!
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Dick Gaughan Song for Ireland
I dig this guy's voice!
Here's another by this guy (it's English but what the heck).
The last.fm site has a lot of music. You have to see if it fits your style.
Brian, Thank you so much for the link to last.fm site. That is a brilliant system to deliver music. I spent 10 hours at my desk today developing orders and turning them in. It took just about two minutes to go to the site and register. After that you simply select an artist and the site sends one your way and then continues to spin song after song in that genre. Try it! You'll love it.