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KH Obit revised

Broadway composer and conductor Keith Herrmann passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at the age of 69. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Georgia, and son A.J. Mr. Herrmann was the composer of the Broadway musical Romance/Romance for which he received a Tony nomination and won an Outer Critics Circle Award. The show, which received a total of five Tony nominations (including Best Musical Score and Best Show) has enjoyed many productions around the world including London's West End, Australia, Japan, and Korea. Mr. Herrmann was previously represented as a composer, vocal arranger, and musical supervisor of Onward Victoria that ran on both on and off-Broadway. A longtime Broadway resident, he was the musical conductor of Cats and performed on its Grammy Award-winning original cast album as pianist and synthesist. Other credits include his work as conductor of Whoopee! and The Magic Show. In addition, Mr. Herrmann wrote numerous jingles, television scores, and original musical material for a variety of performers. He scored the ABC-TV After School Special Taking a Stand which resulted in an Emmy Award for its creators and Romance/Romance for the A&E Network for which he received a Telly Award. He was also represented on the Tri-Star animated holiday video Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night. Off-Broadway Mr. Herrmann served as composer and co-producer of the cult favorite Prom Queens Unchained. A musical of Mr. Herrmann's titled Suspect had a sold-out run at the NY International Fringe Festival and The Homework Machine, enjoyed a sold-out world premiere at the Boston Children's Theatre. He recently completed an original musical with collaborator Barry Harman titled Incredible High. He was a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and the American Federation of Musicians.

 

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Life must go on, I forget just why...

I’m not sure why, but for the first time in years (I mean YEARS), I actually feel happy.  I don’t know what has happened.  I don’t know why my 20 year depression has lifted.  I’m not understanding this at all.

But I’m not complaining.  Not in the least.  I’ve been weaning myself off my 2nd antidepressant, Pristiq, and by the end of March, I will no longer be taking that at all.  Maybe it’s my partial retirement or maybe it’s that $1MM in the bank.  I just don’t know.

I’m getting older.  I’m fatter and less fit.  I hurt more.  I have less energy.  But I feel happiness for the first time in decades.  I wish I could explain it.  But for the time being, I’m just going to enjoy it.

I’m excited about life for the first time since I can’t remember when.  I’m looking forward to tomorrow, not wishing that I won’t wake up.  My house is a mess.  My life is a mess.  But I’m happy.

Now watch, I’ll probably die in my sleep tonight.  If I don’t, I will add to this tomorrow.

I’m adding a note here that I did not, in fact, die in my sleep.  However, as punishment for my bad thoughts, I had an impossible time falling asleep and was still awake at 6am, even after taking 2 Xanax!

So, today MPL had to wake me at NOON! And I felt like I’d been run over by a snowblower.  But now that I’m up with half a cup of coffee in my gullet (as well as a slice of yesternight’s pizza, I’m recovering both my energy and good spirits.

And the above photo was taken by me a few days ago as all four fuzzball’s were conglomerated together on the deck, in the sun waiting for the snow to melt.

Who am I?  Or rather, who is this?

Flat Pond Dam - An Important Update

This blog is so busy with the flow of views and comments and demands for more and newer information that I feel, some days, that I may go quite mad. And Flat Pond, in particular, is top of the list of viewers who want to know “why”.

So, I felt an update was necessary today, particularly due to the excessive precipitation we have been enduring these last several days.  So, whilst out to get my 13,000 daily steps, I visited the holy site and reflected upon just what the “why” of Flat Pond is and how that “why” continues to wend its way thru my life and the life of countless others and where the "why" is leading us and when it will all end or not end.

The spillway pipe continues to swallow down gallons of fresh water each minute.  Clearly the where is answered here and therefore needs no further discussion.

And Flat Pond exhibits its own special majesty it is abundantly clear what the how is or was.

The motion of the flow is simply mesmerizing.  Nothing satisfies us more, in our later years, than a healthy flow.  This answers better than any other the what of the matter.

And no self respecting retrospective of FPD would be complete without a view of Rick's Tree in perspective.  And if we were to chop down Rick's Tree to read the rings, we would know so well the when of Flat Pond Dam.

I hope this clears up all the questions posed in the comments section of this blog but please feel free to keep the queries coming...

Finally!!

I broke down today and finally rented a storage space for $75/mo. I unloaded the truck directly into Unit 13. That's thirteen, for good luck. It was with great relief that I was able to offload one load to the new space.

7 hours and holding...

MPL's gallbladderectomy has been successful but we can't leave till he pees.

Fire pit frenzy

Sand bags?

So, there is a hurricane headed this way. Could that explain why they have been filling sandbags all day long?

What a vacation this is turning out to be!!

Coastal Flooding

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My beach “look”...

Getting lots of sun tho' today is rainy and much cooler. Off to the beach in a few minutes.

Deluge!

We went to the boardwalk to do some shopping and monstrous black clouds growled in from the West. We wisely headed over to grab the bus just as the skies let loose their furious downpour.

We took the bus as far north as it runs (145th Street) and the street flooding was tremendous.

By the time our return trip got us to 36th Street, the rain had abated enough for us to make it back to the room without getting drenched.

Rain Date

So after taking yesterday as a day off for both my son drenched skin as well as my slightly blistered feet, I got up early and was at the waters edge by 6 AM. However, I should have checked the weather report before I venture down as we are facing a few hours of rain and storms.

Me and the sunrise

I wasn't even sure if we would still be here in Ocean City today. Yesterday Michael was a very very ill and had to be rushed to the hospital by ambulance. We never got a clear diagnosis of what was causing his severe abdominal pain but it ranges from possible gallstones to a bowel obstruction. Whatever it is or was it pretty much ate up all of yesterday.

We did make it back to the room late last night after about six hours in the ER. He was doing much better when I went to bed around 10 PM last night and as it is only 6:30 in the morning he has not gotten up yet.

So I'm enjoying another nice sunrise on the beach wondering what will happen next.

150 FEET of buffet!

Wow!

Today on Assateague Island...

Mr. Munch...

...is my first mooch of the day. It's only 7:07am and it is already roasting hot. Water is deliciously warm. So far I have the plage all to myself, save for a few rotund wanderers and Mr. Munch, of course.

Doing the beach thing...

First morning

I was up and on the beach by 6:11 AM. Already took a dunk in the surf. Now I'm watching the rising Sun. It's already 75°!

At the beach...

We made it to the beach. I'm about to go to the surf.