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Saturday 9

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  Soldier Welcome to  Saturday: 9 . What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme! Saturday 9: Soldier (2016) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it  here . Memorial Day is a federal holiday that honors men and women who served and died in the United States Armed Forces. We want to make sure that message is not lost this weekend. 1) Are you a veteran? Are there veterans in your family? Do you know anyone who is active military? We are grateful and want to hear about it. My father served in the Army in WW II.  He was proud of his service.  When he died, at age 88, thevArmyvsent representat...
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Feline Friday

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Duchess, Queen of the Couch Shadow likes many perches
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#Skywatchfriday — clouds gathering for a storm

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  #skywatchfriday
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Yoga!

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 So, about ten years ago, I signed up for a yoga class, part of the adult education program offered by my school district.  I took that class, loved it.  Took a class at the public library, loved it.  Took a class at the JCC, loved it. AND THEN … I stopped taking yoga.  Partially because of my bad knees, I suppose. And partially because of a change in my schedule when I went back to commuting into the city.  And partially because …well, I lost interest in physical fitness, I guess. But I’ve been working out lately, and realized doing yoga to a YouTube video just wasn’t cutting it.  So I signed up for a yoga class offered by the parks department, And it felt like coming home,
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Sunday afternoon

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  Ever hear of a  ridable miniature railway?   It’ s a large scale, usually ground-level railway  that hauls passengers using locomotives  that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel  or gas  engines, live steam  or electric motors). A friend of ours belongs to the  Long Island Live Steamers . Here’s a video that explains what they do. We went out to Yaphank Sunday afternoon, rode some of the trains and had a picnic lunch.  Lots of fun. We stopped at a local deli to pick up lunch.  Nearby was the Yaphank Garage.  It’s a historical site, not open to the public, but … And next store was another historical site. We may have to go back and do some more exploring.
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Music Monday

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 Last month we had the pleasure of attending a Tommy James concert. Here are some of his best, I found some fan video from the night we saw him.  It’s an acoustic version of one of his hits.  Before I play it … You know about his  connection to organized crime .  He wrote a book about it.  The book is going to become   a movie.  Jane’s told that story at the show, then told us this song will be used in the credits. I’m waiting for that movie, I’m sure it will be interesting.
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Ramblings again

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 Well, the Long Island Railroad workers went on strike Saturday morning,  Thousands of riders  lost their transportation into the city. Fortunately I don’t rely on the railroad these days, The timing was awful — the Mets and Yankees are playing a Subway Series at Citi Field.  A lot of Mets fans use the railroad to get to the ballpark.The Mets arranged for shuttle buses for the Long Island fans … although, to be honest, it’s probably Yankees fans on those shuttles…the Mets can’t win for losing … This was the fourth time in history the LIRR experienced a strike — the other strikes were in 1980 (coinciding with a NYC Transit strike),  1987 and 1994.   The 1980 strike didn’t affect me, I was away at college.  The 1994 strike didn’t affect me, I was living in Queens and taking the subway to work,  But in January 1987 I was living on Long Island and commuting to Manhattan, a regular rider of the LIRR.  So, for the duration of the strike — 11 days —...
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