Monday, April 13, 2026

Easter Improv: Part 1 of 2

from husband Bill, April 13, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this video of myself improvising on my digital piano on Easter Sunday. (length: 4 minutes, 26 seconds) ... My piano is at my mom's home nearby.

I like to sit at my digital piano and just start playing whatever is in my head at that time. I make it up as I go along. This is my method with all of my piano improvisations.

Easter Piano Improv: Part 1 of 2 (April 5, 2026)

https://youtu.be/M-VEo6x9FeI?si=5Ei4esI6Qfkiv2gL




PB&J

From husband Bill, April 13, 2026

I had the urge for a retro sandwich that I enjoyed many times when I was a young kid in the 1960s into the 1970s: Skippy creamy peanut butter and Welch's concord grape jelly on white Wonder bread. (Many thanks go to my wonderful wife for making it for me. Many thanks go to my terrific mom for making it many times for me during past decades.)





Today Is ...

from husband Bill, April 13, 2026

I do like peach cobbler, but I prefer it with chocolate ice cream, as I do with fruit pies (peach, apple, cherry, blueberry ...).

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

I play several games of Words With Friends on my phone. If you want to play, my username is Wsantos3434.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

He's on the $2 bill.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026











Sunday, April 12, 2026

Yanks Lost Again

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026




Baked Rigatoni

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

This afternoon, my wonderful wife made this for dinner: baked Rigatoni with tomato sauce, Ricotta cheese, and pieces of pork, topped with a five-cheese Italian blend (Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Asiago, and Romano), and then baked. It's quite good. My wife made the big pan for us and the smaller pan for my mom who lives nearby.

My maternal grandmother would put pork chops (with the bone) in her homemade tomato sauce. I enjoyed it over pasta when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s.




Today Is ...

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

I am not a fan of American cheese, so I prefer my grilled cheese sandwiches made with brie, cheddar, provolone, or Swiss. I like American cheese on McDonald's cheeseburgers.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

I have been to Colorado twice: once to go skiing in the mid-1980s and once to cover the opening of a sodium bicarbonate solution mine in the mid-1990s, when I was a reporter, writer, editor, and later a researcher for a weekly, international magazine based on the financial and technical aspects of the chemical industry. I worked there from 1992 to 1996 in New York City (Manhattan). I made the mistake of wearing black patent-leather shoes while taking a tour of the facility. My shoes were totally covered with white powder. 

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

While I don't really like the taste of licorice, I somewhat like the tastes of Anisette and Sambuca.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

I grew up as an only child. I was blessed with a stepsister in the early 1980s, when I was in my early 20s, and she was a young teenager. I have since lost touch with her.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

I used to occasionally fly kites at the beach when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s, growing up on Long Island, New York. My preference was and still is the box kite.

Many thanks go to my mom for getting our kite up on that blustery day at the beach in the 1960s, when my dad and I didn't have success.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026

I used to love going to record stores.

from husband Bill, April 12, 2026
















Childhood Candy

From Yesterday

MilkShake

Atomic Fire Ball

Red Hots
Bazooka Bubble Gum
Zotz
Choco'Lite
Bonomo Turkish Taffy
Tootsie Roll Pops
Sky Bar
Pop Rocks
Joyva Jelly Rings

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026

I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel an impromptu video displaying my favorite candy that I enjoyed when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. (length 2 minutes, 31 seconds) ... I am sure that I have forgotten many. (The background piano music behind the candy photos is me, playing one of my older improvisations on my digital piano.)

My Favorite Childhood Candy: '60s & '70s (April 11, 2026)

https://youtu.be/If4kRcWbyUo?si=UOOt-JRM0pVkuJNM




Saturday, April 11, 2026

Today Is ...

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026

I still have my father's small case of eight-track tapes from the 1970s. I also have his tape player, but I don't think it works anymore. I will have to try it, if I ever get it out of storage.

Mystery: My dad passed away in 1997, so I will never know exactly why he had an eight-track tape by Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin). That seems so out of character for him, considering he liked to listen to James Last, Joni James, and Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026

I definitely like cheese fondue. I haven't had it in many years. I also like beef fondue and chocolate fondue.

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026

My dad spent a short time aboard a U.S. Navy submarine in the late 1950s. He served 22 years in the Navy, retiring at the rank of Commander. Of course, as a Beatles fan, I need to mention their song and movie "Yellow Submarine." When I was a kid, I liked the submarine ride at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026

I had pet dogs when I was a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. I also had pet chameleons in the 1970s. I even had pet mice in the 1980s, when I was in my 20s. I don't have any pets now. I did have a cat as a roommate.

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026

I like the barbershop quartet episode of "I Love Lucy."

from husband Bill, April 11, 2026











Friday, April 10, 2026

Pfänder Mountain

from husband Bill, April 10, 2026

Today is the 21st anniversary of the day I proposed marriage to my wonderful wife Debbie in Austria at 11 a.m. Central European Time on April 10, 2005. I love her with all of my heart and always will.
Here are two short videos of Pfänder mountain in Bregenz, Austria, where I proposed marriage. You can see four countries from that location: Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Germany. The winter video best depicts how it was for us on that day. The summer video shows more of the mountain.

Winter

https://youtu.be/nncapeaoUYY?si=VvbCGXASoI09rQC7

Summer

https://youtu.be/fV3ET4CivAM?si=vdgzcTT8VOoEYCBb




Easter Improv: Part 1 of 2

from husband Bill, April 13, 2026 I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel this video of myself improvising on my digital piano on Eas...