tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post7549035400801973005..comments2024-03-12T07:52:53.101-07:00Comments on AGING GAYLY : "DEAL" WITH ITAging Gaylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886888900957765438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post-48862998695091168992012-08-02T08:25:37.694-07:002012-08-02T08:25:37.694-07:00Hard to believe, but The Carpenters' first hit...Hard to believe, but The Carpenters' first hit, "(They Long To Be) Close To You", was #1 forty-two years ago today. So long ago, yet it feels like Only Yesterday.Aging Gaylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886888900957765438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post-9958612399305815082012-08-02T08:24:17.558-07:002012-08-02T08:24:17.558-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aging Gaylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886888900957765438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857795538755708479.post-65090593773703033392012-08-01T20:43:29.489-07:002012-08-01T20:43:29.489-07:00Nicely done, RG. Such sweet pathos.
I love the s...Nicely done, RG. Such sweet pathos.<br /><br />I love the symbolism of the game of solitaire and the deck of cards. And I'm relieved you're not where the fortysomething woman is. <br /><br />I'm a HUGE fan of Karen Carpenter's, too. And I remember exactly where I was when I heard she'd died.<br /><br />I'd just gotten into my car, at the beginning of my lunch break from the Capri Centre branch of CIBC in Kelowna. As I put the car into reverse, so I could get home to eat, the announcer on the radio said Karen was dead. <br /><br />I was stunned. So young. Such an incredible voice. So much left to give us. <br /><br />I couldn't believe I'd never hear a new Karen Carpenter song again. (Actually, I did, when her brother, Richard, completed some of the music Karen had been working before her death and released it on CD.) <br /><br />How lucky we were to have Karen for as long as we did. How much I miss her, too. What a gift she had and was to us.Rick Modienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157314737543591048noreply@blogger.com