Music brings extra sweetness to my life. For around two years now I’ve been working on my vinyl record collection. Spinning vinyl is my favorite way to experience music. It’s a joy to watch the black or red or split colored or orange or any other color record make its journey around the turntable. Like planet earth itself the record goes around and around.

I connect with a song’s lyrics in a strong manner. Some groups through the years I stopped listening to because the songs were flooded with messages of hopelessness or despair. A dear friend of mine once told me she’d figured out what type of music I like. She said, “You like happy music.” In response to her revelation she gave me the most excellent of presents in the form of a Herman’s Hermits record. I was and am thoroughly thankful for this gift I’ve spun many…