NEWS FROM ABROAD WAS encouraging, but living conditions were becoming more difficult. American canned goods, clothing and medicines had disappeared early in 1942. Now, by late 1943, we were rationed on rice, lard, sugar, matches and
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“In a restaurant, I can’t sit with my back to the door. Not sure if I’m OCD, but I excel at organizational skills. Slightly claustrophobic, not crazy about heights. Love martinis but one is enough. Tend to be opinionated at times but good at reigning it in. Love long-legged women, clueless about cars, love trucks. I read several dozen books a year, cook every night, and am uncomfortable if music isn’t playing. Don’t like scat singing or modulation, jazz is my preferred music, and my favorite colors are black and dark blue. Have no problem eating on my own in a restaurant, have to have a dog, and hate clowns and circuses. I’d never heard a Pink Floyd album until 2015, Penderecki’s “Polish Requiem” can make me cry, love trains, and am a confirmed sushi snob. I’ve never wanted to be anyone else, but if I had to choose I’d be Michael Caine.”
― Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
― Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
“The lies we tell ourselves are often stronger than the truth. They worm their way into our hearts and our minds until they are all we see”
― The Christmas Tree Farm
― The Christmas Tree Farm
“If you want to get out of the ghetto, you can’t keep living like the ghetto.”
― I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
― I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
“Just because the statistics say we’re likely to fail doesn’t mean that it has to be true for us.”
― I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
― I Beat The Odds: From Homelessness, to The Blind Side, and Beyond
“One of its greatest attributes was the night manager, Steve Rowland. Steve became like an extra wheel in our touring party due not only to his sublime affability, but his prowess in making over-padded bills go away and seeing that anyone in our tribe knew how to find anyone else at any given time. This latter quality got him christened “Reuters” by Elton, a man who felt everyone needed a sobriquet. Rod Stewart was Phyllis, Freddie Mercury was Melina as in Mercouri, and I for unknown reasons was briefly christened Mavis!”
― Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
― Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
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