from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
I decided to visually enhance one of my older piano improvisations from October 22, 2019, and upload it onto my YouTube channel. (length: 3 minutes, 1 second)
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.
Piano Improv from Oct. 22, 2019: visually enhanced (June 5, 2026)
https://youtu.be/o8q9zDLfbS4?si=hVZTuY0DIas04qsN
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
I like those Krispy Creme vanilla custard-filled or vanilla frosting-filled doughnuts with the chocolate glaze on top. I also like Tim Hortons vanilla custard-filled donuts with the maple glaze on top.
Dunkin' Donuts
Krispy Creme Doughnuts
Notice the spelling difference. When I was a journalist (1982-2017), this was just one of thousands of bits of information that I needed to know, just in case. (It came up once.)
Oh yeah !!! I also like Krapfen, which are Austrian jelly donuts popular during the days before and on Fasching (Mardi Gras).
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
I have restarted my life many, MANY times due to many changes throughout my life: many educational facilities, many jobs, many religions, many living locations, many medical issues, many interests, however, just a couple of women.
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
I like ketchup on hot dogs, scrambled eggs, and omelets, but for french fries, I prefer traditional mayonnaise and sometimes tartar sauce.
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
I used to eat veggie burgers when I used to be a vegetarian. I occasionally still do.
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
I somewhat like gingerbread. I do like crystallized ginger and ginger-honey-lemon tea.
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026
from husband Bill, June 4, 2026
DISCLAIMER: I have considered myself to be an armchair anthropologist for many decades. I have a strong interest in regard to how people interact with each other. That's one of the many reasons why I became a journalist (1982 to 2017). Perhaps, I solidified my interest in anthropology when I took two university courses titled "Interpersonal Communications I and II" in the early 1980s, when I was in my early 20s.
Today is a day to honor "old maids," also known as spinsters (older, sometimes younger, women who never married nor have children). The number of old maids has increased in recent years and continues to increase rapidly. A recent scientific study determined that by 2030, at least 55 percent of women here in the United States are expected to be unmarried and childless.
Women who wait until their 30s because they are concentrating on their careers instead of marrying and starting families in their 20s are sadly discovering that men their own age actually prefer women who are younger than them, mainly for reasons of stronger fertility and less "baggage." It really is quite an interesting trend.
I recently read that financial investors are now focusing more on wine companies and cat food producers. It sounds like a joke, but it's true.
Also, I played the card game Old Maid when I was a young kid in the 1960s.
from husband Bill, June 4, 2026
I enjoy almost all kinds of cheeses, but I would say that my favorite cheese is Leyden, a semisoft, mild Dutch cheese that contains whole cumin seeds and whole caraway seeds. Of course, I like the basic Italian cheeses: Ricotta, Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, and Gorgonzola. I also like a stinky Blue Cheese and an extra sharp orange Cheddar. ... and don't forget a sturdy Emmentaler.
from husband Bill, June 4, 2026
I enjoyed the occasional cognac, but I haven't imbibed in quite a while.
from husband Bill, June 4, 2026
from husband Bill, June 3, 2026
I created and uploaded onto my YouTube channel a very short video of a real quote by an AI version of Marilyn Monroe. (26 seconds)
her real quote by an ai version of marilyn monroe (June 3, 2026)
https://youtube.com/shorts/NbarRHLcV3k?si=cAGPwDxmPDUM_UF2
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
In the mid-1990s, on one of my seven journeys from the United States, where I live, to Austria to visit my many Austrian cousins, I discovered this song. My cousin played it from a CD while I was at his home for dinner. He had his son burn me a copy. I have absolutely loved this song for decades. While I have studied the German language, I never bothered to translate this song into English.
Move to today (June 2, 2026). I was watching a YouTube video about favorite German songs from recent decades. This song was mentioned, so I decided to search for the music video. (I haven't listened to it in quite a while.) I found the video, which I have never seen until today. It has English subtitles. (They use the word "pong" in the translation instead of "stench.")
I now know what that song is about, and, I'll tell you, I am rather shocked. The song is (basically) about a man with poor hygiene who tells a woman that if she doesn't accept him (with his bad hygiene), he will wave her goodbye because there is a prostitute by a lamp post on the street where he lives. He mentioned that even though he stinks, his character is good.
WOW !!! My mind is blown. That is certainly NOT what I expected, but now I know. Actually, I kind of like the song more now.
Here is the link to the music video for the 1995 song "Mief (Nimm mich jetzt, auch wenn ich stinke)" by the German comedy musical duo Die Doofen. The title means "Stench (Take Me Now, Even If I Stink)" by the group The Stupid Ones or The Stupids.
https://youtu.be/gyrMA-pu6y8?si=A_fqGtmjLtaexDNt
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
On this date, June 2, in 1967, The Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released in the United States. For many decades, I thought it was released on June 1, 1967. I found out fairly recently that it was released on June 2, 1967.
Through research, I discovered that the June 1-June 2 discrepancy may possibly be due to a difference in time zones. I will leave it up to you to decide the actual date of release.
"Pepper" was scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 1967, but a leak caused an earlier release on May 26, 1967.
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
I remember well my dad's good friend Don's turquoise-and-white VW bus from the 1960s and 1970s. Our car now is a 2008 black VW Rabbit. I purchased it new in November 2008, and it still has low mileage.(Before that, I had a white VW Jetta.)
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
I do like Rocky Road ice cream and Rocky Road fudge.
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
Yeah, rotisserie chicken is OK, but I prefer basic fried chicken, extra crispy.
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
I'm half Italian, as well as Austrian, Swiss, and Portuguese.
from husband Bill, June 2, 2026
from husband Bill, June 5, 2026 I decided to visually enhance one of my older piano improvisations from October 22, 2019, and upload it ont...
