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Aug 13 2019

IS THIS THE DAY MY MUSIC DIED?

By HumbleSky Music 7 Comments

It all started with The Beatles, Herman’s Hermits, Buffalo Springfield and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Since the sixties I’ve been an obsessive consumer of music -- first on vinyl, then cassette and for the past 30 years on CD. My selective…

Aug 14 2018

Love43

ONE SPEECH MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THESE STUDENTS

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity, Philosophy 8 Comments

The opportunity may not be as dramatic as “Speak now or forever hold your peace,” but for some students one particular class assignment may have changed their lives. For most of us our high school years are remembered, for better…

Mar 27 2018

Love47

TOWER RECORDS CLOSED ON A BITTER NOTE

By HumbleSky Music, Random/Rants 6 Comments

The memories conjured by recent death of Russ Solomon, the founder of Tower Records, were those of disappointment and despair. Not for Solomon, RIP, but for the failure of his stores. This includes the first one on the corner of…

Feb 06 2018

Love40

SACRAMENTO SWEETENS ITS PROFILE

By HumbleSky Culture, Film & TV 5 Comments

Not since the heyday of Tower Records and the Webber-era Kings has Sacramento’s profile raised to the national level achieved by the Academy Award nominated film “Lady Bird,” written and directed by Sacramento native Greta Gerwig. We can only hope…

Oct 27 2015

Love107

ALL FUN AND GAMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WORKS

By HumbleSky Random/Rants 3 Comments

It began innocently enough – all fun and games. While earning college credits as a staff photographer for the Sacramento State Hornet student newspaper in the late seventies, I wrote a letter to the media relations director of the Oakland…

Jul 07 2015

Love86

MEMORIES AND ART LIVE IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity 7 Comments

Guest essay by Tiffany Paige, Director of Artisan Mind Every one of us has a collection of stories that define our lives and make up who we are. For someone living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, those stories…

Apr 14 2015

Love120

JUST WHAT IS (OR ISN’T) ‘COMMUNITY LIVING’?

By HumbleSky Longevity One Comment

What’s in a name, anyway? The state legislature may establish a new California Department of Community Living. The proposed department, recommended by a coalition of legislators of a half-dozen senators and assemblymembers, would be housed within the Health and Human…

IS THIS THE DAY MY MUSIC DIED?

ONE SPEECH MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THESE STUDENTS

TOWER RECORDS CLOSED ON A BITTER NOTE

SACRAMENTO SWEETENS ITS PROFILE

ALL FUN AND GAMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WORKS

MEMORIES AND ART LIVE IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER

JUST WHAT IS (OR ISN’T) ‘COMMUNITY LIVING’?

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