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March Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in March
March may have been the month with the most books that I stopped reading. I put down quite a few books that did not make my March reading list. For whatever reason, a majority of the books I started reading never resonated with me. What I ended up with in my March reading list was…
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Friday Five – Thinking and reading, The present hour, Learn from experience
Music of the Week Trombone Shorty, aka Troy Andrews, is a trombone player and producer from New Orleans. Andrews also plays drums, organ, and tuba. Andrews has toured with his band, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, since 2009. Whenever I’m in the mood for upbeat jazz, Andrew’s music comes to the rescue. Some of my…
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Friday Five – A true friend, The right giant, Reputation you deserve
Music of the Week The Soul Rebels are an eight-piece brass band out of New Orleans fusing soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock, and pop. The band consists of Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss (percussionists), Julian Gosin and Marcus Hubbard (trumpet), Corey Peyton and Paul Robertson (trombonist), Erion Williams (saxophonist), and Manuel Perkins Jr. (sousaphonist). My…
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Friday Five – Optimists write history, Momentum is everything, The long game, Making others successful, Spend and have
Music of the Week Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a jazz band founded in New Orleans by tuba player Allan Jaffe in the early 1960s. The band derives its name from Preservation Hall (such a cool venue) in the French Quarter. Band members include Charlie Gabriel, Walter Harris, Ben Jaffe, Ronell Johnson, Branden Lewis, Clint…
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February Reading List: 4 Best Books I Read in February 2025
I put down more books than I can count this past month. That led to a February reading list of only high-quality books that I plan to re-read. Putting down books is one of my reading goals this year. In addition, I have a goal to read at least one book per month. The books…
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