Andrew ShieldsSep 1, 2024
Songs about turning or being 64 or 22 or 18 or 16 – but none about turning or being 60? #111Words #WhenImSixtyFour #TheBeatles #22 #TaylorSwift #ImEighteen #AliceCooper #YoureSixteen #TheShermanBrothers #JohnnyBurnette #Music #Songwriting https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/09/songs-about-turning-or-being-64-or-22.html
Songs about turning or being 64 or 22 or 18 or 16 – but none about turning or being 60?

A friend who turned 64 shortly before I turned 60 responded to my congratulations with "When I'm Sixty-Four", by The Beatles ("Sgt. Pepper's...

Andrew ShieldsMar 10, 2023
Train of thought triggered by a boy singing as he got off the bus. #111Words #PublicTransportation #ChimChimCheree #MaryPoppins #JohnColtrane #MyFavoriteThings #TheSoundOfMusic #RodgersAndHammerstein #TheShermanBrothers #ChittyChittyBangBang #IanFleming #TrulyScrumptious #EarWorms https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/03/train-of-thought-triggered-by-boy.html
Train of thought triggered by a boy singing as he got off the bus

On the bus, I overheard a mother and her son talking English on his way to kindergarten. As they were getting off, he sung the refrain of "C...