I don’t know who puts up the Christmas lights at your house, but in my family, as soon as I was able, it was always me, pretty much by default.
I was greatly encouraged and deeply inspired in 2017 after having read a musical message from Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame, announcing on HuffPost that the folk song protest of days gone by is anything but muted. As a matter of fact, it’s very much alive.
The moment I heard the song, I knew that the summer of 1967 in my hometown of San Francisco would be unlike that of any other.
It was April. I was in Portland at the time, finishing up my junior year in college. Scott McKenzie came over my car radio singing, “If you’re goin’ to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, summertime will be a love-in there.”
Saturday April 13 is Record Store Day, in honor of all the independent retail stores like Boo Boo Records and Cheap Thrills in San Luis Obispo that still sell vinyl LPs and 45s. It’s a day near and dear to my heart . . .