I liked Aretha Franklin.
One of my favorite movie scene’s is “Blues Brothers” where Aretha and Matt “Guitar” Murphy are in the diner…it always makes me smile and “think”.
Even in a grease stained waitress uniform, Aretha was beautiful, talented, powerful, memorable…just plain awesome.
Aretha’s rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” at Obama’s inauguration was amazing. Her gospel roots shown through in this performance as well as many others. I enjoyed her sense of fashion and I appreciate her willingness to express herself in her choice of wardrobe whether or not it was well received by the Fashion Police.
She was an original and always identifiable.
“Chain of Fools” is also a favorite of mine. I have been known to dance in the kitchen, sometimes with my dog, to “Chain of Fools” until my mood lightens. It was a favorite of Muttley J Dawg. I am not making light of Muttley J or the music. On cold Colorado days and nights, when we were alone and needed a boost, I would put on the music and Muttley J and I would sing and dance. When I play it now, it brings back fond memories and a little sadness of things that are forever lost.
Aretha Franklin, will forever have my respect for what she accomplished.
The death and funeral of Aretha Franklin will always be linked with the death and funeral of John McCain. Now that I am by choice an Arizonan, John McCain’s life and death are certainly influential in my thoughts, particularly this last week.
It has been pointed out to me that the word “hero” is often overused and perhaps its meaning has been diluted, I believe that everyone that has served in the military and especially those who served in time of war are heroes and deserve our thanks and gratitude. Having been young in the 60’s and seen men my age go to Viet Nam and die or come back forever changed, I am sympathetic to what McCain endured as a POW. For me it is not necessary to question his qualifications for military service or what happened during that time. He survived. I have no desire to debate his military career or his personal life.
Thank you John McCain and all of the others who have served in the Miliary.
I also have great respect for the office of Senator. Even though politically I did not always agree with McCain, I am hopeful that his actions were from what he believed to be right and that he was sincere. Of course, no one knows that but him.
I was in downtown Phoenix Thursday, when the Air Force 2 took off and actually saw it gain altitude and leave Phoenix.
Of all the things McCain was and wasn’t, I think he appears to have been a good Dad. He admitted he had made a lot of mistakes in his life and he did seem to accept his cancer diagnosis and live out the last year of his life as he had lived the other 81 years. I admire his courage.
RIP John McCain.
My sincere sympathy to his wife and children, as they have lost a husband and a Dad, whom they loved.
Now that the week has ended and we start a new one, those of us in Arizona will follow with interest the appointee to finish out McCain’s term. This is an interesting time in Arizona politics.
As a child growing up in the South, funerals were mournful, and when I was a young child they were frightening. Sometime in the last forty years funerals changed to “Celebrations of Life” and they became joyful as family and friends remember the deceased person’s life, rather than their death.
Now, it seems, funerals have become a place to play politics. That to me is very distasteful. It makes no difference whether I agree with someone’s politics. If this is truly a time for a celebration, I would wish for a time we can lose our pettiness and agenda and celebrate what is good and what was in someone’s heart.
“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.” (Philippians 4:8)
Musings of This Old Girl 