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Seasonal Self-Control

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It is not easy being good this time of year.

Marlene’s Montana Huckleberry Bars — yet another excuse to eat chocolate.

Marlene’s Montana Huckleberry Bars trivia: These delicious bars were once employed to help gain a national art store’s sponsorship for our PBS series. Once you take a bite, “resistance is futile.”

Lucky Guy

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Today, I begin my 42nd year of marriage to this beautiful woman. It doesn’t seem possible that we got married so many years ago (or that she could put up with me for so long).

In a vast universe, how did I ever find my perfect mate?

I’m a lucky guy.

Steely Doobie Missileman

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An outstanding, more recent (2016) live rendition of the old Steely Dan song, Rikki Don’t Lose That Number. This has not been a favorite song of mine, but this ensemble makes it sound so good. Surprisingly, the lead singer here is not Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, but is rather Kipp Lennon of the band Venice (who may sound more like Fagen than Fagen).

Even more interesting, I learned that the lead guitarist on this video is Jeffrey “Skunk” Baxter of Steely Dan and Doobie Brothers fame. Unbeknownst to me, he went on to become a high-level missile defense advisor to the Pentagon. Wow! Talk about a multitasker!

Holiday Pops

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Watching the simulcast of the Missoula Symphony Holiday Pops concert.

It’s not so much that we’re cultured, it’s more that it’s orchestra music we recognize (hence, “pop”). That, and we got a free pass because our daughter and son-in-law are with the Missoula Symphony.