October 8, 2020

The longest journey in life!

I heard this attention-grabbing phrase recently, uttered by an inspirational speaker saying these words on my car radio just after starting the…

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September 24, 2020

Another Radio Anniversary!

Here in 2020, as historians and radio aficionados celebrate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of radio “broadcasting” … I want to…

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September 10, 2020

Erik’s Rail Photo Album!

For years my longtime friend, Erik Lindgren, who lives in Arvada, Colordo … has been roaming the Mountain West with his camera…

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August 27, 2020

A Beautiful Music Radio Birthday!

On August 26, 2002, XM Satellite Radio management responded to subscriber demand by launching several new music channels … including The Village,…

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July 30, 2020

Two Cities … Two Great Stations!

What I wrote about in my previous Musings was really the prelude to the focus of this Musings … the publishing of…

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July 16, 2020

From New York City to the Nation!

If you know my story at all, having been following these Musings for any length of time or have read my Memoir…

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June 18, 2020

Dolly Parton, a Book, and a Train!

Originally published May 3, 2018 When I read that Dollywood re-opened this week ––after being delayed by many weeks due to the…

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May 21, 2020

Radio had just celebrated its 25th birthday!

Did you read the above ad closely? Did you know Arthur Godfrey was on WABC? Yes, he was … as this is…

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May 7, 2020

Last Days of World War Two – Part One …

As we remember and celebrate on this, the 75th anniversary of what we call V-E Day, the ending of the Second World…

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April 23, 2020

Lighthouses of Maine …

Are you like me and so many others who find lighthouses so interesting and attractive and a thing of beauty? Today they…

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Diesel - Alco H-H
April 9, 2020

Diesel Locomotives … the early years!

This is one of the earliest “diesel” locomotives to go into regular production and was first offered way back in 1931 by…

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March 26, 2020

Where’s Greenland? What’s “Thule?”

It was May 1959 when my Military Air Transport Service plane touched down at Thule Air Force Base in northwestern Greenland! Not…

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