OR ELSE!!!!!!!!

Hey, we got above freezing today.  Kind of a slow start to the day but when I headed outside I was encouraged by the crunchy snow underfoot.  It would have been a good day to make a Snowman but after careful thought, I decided at my age a Snowangel would be much easier.  So, with that in mind, I abandoned the Snowangel thought and we headed for Goderich.

Another basic routine run with coffee to go at McD's and a harbor run.  A&W for a Double Buddy Burger and some fries for a change.  Stopped at the Dollar Store, Zehr's Supermarket, and of course, Walmart.  From there it was off for home.  Another winter's day behind me.  Oh that Groundhog better come through with the right prediction on Tuesday, OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Al's Music Box:)) Wedding Bell Blues is a song written and recorded by Laura Nyro in 1966. The best known version was a number one hit for the 5th Dimension in 1969.  The lyrics are written from the perspective of a woman whose boyfriend has not yet proposed to her, and who wonders, "am I ever gonna see my wedding day?" The song carries dual themes of adoring love and frustrated lament.  The title subsequently became a popular phrase in American pop culture.  Nyro wrote "Wedding Bell Blues" at the age of 18 as a "mini-suite". The lyrics were inspired by an affair that actor and nightclub owner Bill Carter had in the 1950s with singer Helen Merrill, the mother of Nyro's good friend Alan Merrill. The song originally featured several dramatic rhythmic changes—a trait Nyro explored on future albums. It was recorded in 1966 for Verve Folkways on her debut album More Than a New Discovery. Arranger Herb Bernstein did not allow Nyro to record her original arrangement, which led to the artist more or less disowning the entire album.  As released by Nyro, the song is similar in content and arrangement to the later 5th Dimension version, albeit with a somewhat more soulful vocal line. Nyro's recording was released as a single in September 1966 and remained on Billboard's "Bubbling" Under chart for several for several weeks, peaking at No. 103. The 5th Dimension had already found hits with Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Sweet Blindness" during 1968. When recording tracks for their upcoming album The Age of Aquarius, producer Bones Howe suggested recording another Nyro song.  Fifth Dimension member Marilyn McCoo was then engaged to another member of the group, Billy Davis Jr., though they had not decided on an actual wedding date when the album was released in May 1969 . The first single released ahead of the album, "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", was a tremendous hit, while the success of the second single, Workin On a Groovy Think", was much more modest. When a disc jockey in San Diego began playing "Wedding Bell Blues" from the album, Soul City Records saw the song's potential, and in September 1969 it was released as a single.  "Wedding Bell Blues" quickly soared to No. 1 on the U.S. pop singles chart, spending three weeks there in November, 1969 and made one of the group's somewhat rare appearances on the U.S. R&B singles chart, where it peaked at No. 23.  It was the group's second of five #1 songs on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. It became a platinum record.  In 1969 television appearances, McCoo sang lead vocal parts of the song to Davis, who would then respond with quizzical looks. The rest of the 5th Dimension's early hits had featured more ensemble singing, and McCoo's prominent vocal and stage role on "Wedding Bell Blues" might have led to her being more featured in the group's early 1970s productions.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( God created the mule, and told him, "You are mule. You will work constantly from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years."  The mule answered, "To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please, give me no more than 20."And it was so.  Then God created the dog, and told him, "You are dog. You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of Man, to whom you will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live for 25 years." The dog responded, "Lord, to live 25 years as a dog like that is too much. Please, no more than 10 years."  And it was so.  God then created the monkey, and told him, "You are monkey. You shall swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall live for 20 years."The monkey responded, "Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the world is too much. Please, Lord, give me no than 10 years."  And it was so.  Finally, God created Man and told him, "You are Man, the only rational being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and live for 20 years."  The man responded, "Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too little. Please, Lord; give me the 20 years the mule refused, the 15 years the dog refused, and the 10 years the monkey rejected."  And so God made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 20 years like a mule working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to have children and live 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the leftovers after they empty the pantry; then, in his old age, to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren.  And it is so..........

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 IN THE MULE MOUNTAINS NORTH OF BISBEE ARIZONA

 THE NORTH END OF BISBEE CAN BE SEEN AT THE FAR END OF THAT ROAD AND THE HIGHWAY LEADING OUT OF THE PHOTO GOES TO TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA 23 MILES AWAY

 READING A TRAIL BROCHURE ON A WALK AT THE SAN PEDRO HOUSE RIPARIAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA ALONG THE BANKS OF THE SAN PEDRO RIVER EAST OF SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA

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