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Been kind of a depressing day, and so tonight I went looking for a song that could bring a smile to my face.  The first couple didn’t succeed, but as soon as I hit “Play” on this one, I felt that ol’ familiar  smile creeping in and found myself (silently) singing this to Oliver the Cat who was in my lap at the time!  So … here ya go, folks … I hope it puts a smile on your face like it did mine! …

As if I didn’t already have enough to keep me busy, when our friend rawgod asked me if I would be interested in collaborating on a new blog all about animals and their stories, I didn’t hesitate.  We think it will be fun, we hope it will be read & enjoyed and that you guys will contribute with your own stories of your furry family members!  Take just a minute to read rawgod’s launch post, and…

♫ Cracklin’ Rosie ♫

Well, since I played Neil Diamond the first three nights of this week, I guess we might as well make it officially Neil Diamond Week here at Filosofa’s Word!  Today, by the way, in case you hadn’t looked at the calendar, is the first of December, meaning our friend Clive will be starting his Advent Calendar of daily Christmas-themed tunes, but I refuse to start playing Christmas songs this soon! …

Marina Ovsyannikova — Say Her Name!

The first I heard of Marina Ovsyannikova was in a post by our friend, rawgod.  My curiosity piqued, I went in search of more information.  In the world of courageous people, Ms. Ovsyannikova stands out, is at the top of my list.  What did she do? She was an editor/producer at Russia’s state television Channel One.  Yesterday evening, in the midst of the nightly live news (propaganda) program, she…

A View From North Of The Border

Last week I did a post based on Charles M. Blow’s column titled “Welcome to Jim Crow 2.0” about the history of racism in this nation and how, with the current wave of voter suppression laws targeting mainly Blacks, this nation seems to have made a U-turn and is heading back to the days of slavery, of segregation, of “separate but equal”, of “sit in the back of the bus”, of racist horror. My post…

On June 14th 2017 I wrote a post about Michael Bloomberg.   It was actually a ‘good people’ post.  Here are a few of the things I said about Bloomberg, some two-and-a-half years ago …

Many outside the New York area may not be aware of how much good Bloomberg does, but over his lifetime he has given away more than $4.3 billion!

I have always had rather a soft spot for Mr. Bloomberg, knew he was a…

♫ Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer – Redux ♫

I don’t play many Christmas songs, but this year I had a couple of special requests from special friends that I’m going to try to honour.  I actually played this one on Christmas Eve last year.  By special request, I am replaying this one this year for Gail, friend of our friend, rawgod!  Enjoy, Gail … I’m working on the other one!

Some years I find myself singing Christmas songs … rarely carols…

America In The Eyes Of The World — A Guest Post By rawgod

Last month I started a project called Coexist, and I asked for guest posts from readers outside the United States to give us their view of the U.S. as it stands today, and also how our recent behaviour has affected their own country.  I received and published several excellent contributions from David, Gary, and Colette in the UK, and John in Canada.  At the time, rawgod expressed an interest in…