
The Thoughts On Life Blog – From Where I Sit, are Richard’s written thoughts, looking at life from a retired point of view. He talks about how things have changed, both for the good and bad, since he was a younger man and how he sees things going forward in the future. Topics include music, songwriting, finance, technology, and as the title says, thoughts on life. He writes a blog post twice per month.
Recent Blog Posts

Long Train Running 50 Years Ago
Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary Concert I recently watched the Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary concert recorded at Radio City Music Hall. Michael McDonald joined them and

The Soundtrack Of Your Life – The Songs Of Your Life
From Chords to Songs After you can play a few chords, and have learned a number of easy ukulele songs, you will start to think

Where Will Your Ukulele Take You This Year ?
After starting the Mission Ukulele Circle in Mission, BC, a member who was a long time player, asked me to go to an ukulele educational

2022 Year In Review
2022 Covid After almost two years of covid restrictions, wearing masks and staying distant, we had weathered the worst of the covid pandemic. We did

Do you Get Value For Your Money ?
Life Backed By Computers When I got my first desktop computer back in the mid 1980’s, I thought life would be more accurate, because things

Video Transfer iPhone To Laptop
Windows and DOS I remember years ago as desktop computers were gaining popularity, the two titans, Microsoft and Apple computers would not talk to one

My Most Viewed YouTube Video
12,000 Video Views My original song, Birthday 65 is my most watched YouTube video with over 12000 views ! You never know when you post

Cataract Surgery
Happens To Someone Else Over the years, I have had people tell me about their cataract surgery. When you are young, I thought I will

Fake Famous
Fake Famous I have been posting my music on YouTube and Facebook for a few years now, with very limited success. A few months ago,

Reliving Music Memories
I have been listening to music and making music since I was age 11, when I started playing drums. As we get older, we relive

Your Most Important Decision
I have spent time thinking about – What is the best career for me. I did not think of it as My Most Important Decision, but in retrospect I think it is.

Ukrainian Family In Canada
Ukrainian Background I am of Ukrainian background. From my father’s side of the family, there are Polish and Ukrainian ancestors in the family. I took

Digital Worldwide Money
My First Job I remember my first job as a kid, was delivering the Star Weekly magazine. It was a weekly magazine, and I earned

My Diabetic Experience
I have been diabetic for over 20 years. Looking back on it, I found in the early years, information from different sources could be contradictory.
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The phrase is simple and the words are few,
but behind them is a whole lot of appreciation.
Thank You’s from the Mission Ukulele Circle
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