In FUTURES: the Ronettes are singing 'Be My Baby'. I LOVE the Ronettes. They were THE Girl Group of the 60's, and with Phil Spector being their producer (and husband to lead singer Ronnie) (thus 'The Ronettes'), those three women got all the studio attention they needed to be their best, and get the work out to fans like me. I'm so glad. They were wonderful, and Spector's 'Wall of Sound' was a great, great innovation in recording effects.

There is one album, a sampler, which is titled something like 'Phil Spector's Greatest Hits'. Yeh, I think that's it's name.

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I was listening to NPR a few days ago... might've been 'Fresh Air'...and it was about THAT era of music making. The 'Cookies' (who did a favorite of mine, the hit 'Chains') were the demo group for ALL the work being written by people like Carol King. In fact, 'Little Eva' (who did another fave of mine from that period, 'The Locomotion'), was King's babysitter at the studio!

I love learning things like that.

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Part of what I've come to realize is not only is nostalgia okay (when it doesn't RULE your decision making), but we ALL play a part in other's nostalgia. My role is obvious. I supply OBJECTS of people's pasts, but not their memories. However, memories do not end in your 'Past'. Your 'Now' will soon be your Past. Your 'Future' will become your 'Now'... slipping quickly into your Past. It never stops.

Each day, we move through the world, not necessarily 'interacting' with others, but affecting the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual landscape that we all use.

A murderer doesn't have to kill YOUR family member, for your sense of safety and trust to be wounded or killed. A sloppy driver, within your 'space' for only a split second, can cause the stress that alters you - potentially for the rest of your life - but more often, the smaller but still significant remainder of your day. An insensitive family member can hurt the Home - for an hour, a day, or here on out.

You CARRY the stress to the next person, and like a virus, it's passed along - unless you're very conscious of your dis-ease, and take the necessary precautions. Sometimes we don't 'carry' it to someone, we shove it down another's throat... then deny it. We are ALL responsible for the day EACH of us will create for ALL of us.

I am NOT talking 'Have a Nice Day' platitudes (although I don't know of anyone ever HURT by them), but those larger events that - WITHOUT A DOUBT - insert - INTRUDE - into the lives of others. How you drive, the look you might give someone while standing in a line, responding to a person in the service industry, or bringing your 'work home with you'. THOSE are the moments with which we create the day...for everyone.

Something to keep in mind...