Blog Notes – Is It Possible To See It All

What’s Up Next – Some Notes – December 10, 2021

It’s Friday, and a good week it was. Just a reminder, we are looking for contributors to the blog. We are planning on expansion in the new year and it is your opportunity to get in on the ground floor. Do you like music, sports, food, beverages, travel or just like to write, then we have a place for you as a weekly, monthly, daily or your schedule contributor. Reply to this post or email me at johnlorieh@gmail.com.

Now a look at the next week. The weekend will see some musical posts on random bands (Sylvia Tyson is up next) and we continue with our countdown of Canada’s top 100 rock songs.Starting Monday, we will have another Saturday special recipe. We have a new post from Dean and Laynni, who are on their way home from Cyprus as I write. Safe travels. Our interview with Maddisun will be up during the week, we had a nice conversation on the 9th.

If you are an active musical artist and would consent to an interview, please contact me at johnlorieh@gmail.com and we can have a chat.Have a great weekend all.

What’s Up Next – Some Notes – December 4, 2021

First a tip, don’t expect to fit in writing when you are a 10-day vacation at a beach, in Mexico, in November, when you live in Canada. Having said that, I apologize profusely if you were missing us. We will work hard over the next while to maintain our flow of information and entertainment.So, what is up. Let’s see. We have 2 interviews going up, one with a Cranbrook, B.C. indie artist, Maddisun and another with long time indie artist from Toronto, now in Los Angeles, Betty Moon.

We have a new Saturday night recipe for you, from Mazatlán of course. There will be a new article from our happy wanderers, Dean and Laynni. There will also be a new random Canadian band, and likely a couple of Canadian hits from our Canadian Top 100 of all time.I also hope to add a new feature this week, which will chronicle pieces of musical history. I am still looking to finalize a format as it is a big topic. It may (or may not) incorporate birthdays, remembrances, and a look back at historical album releases. Kind of memory jogger of things past.

We are continuing our search for contributors as well. If you are interested in writing, I would love to hear from you. Drop me a line at johnlorieh@gmail.com if you have the itch to write. The musical history articles may be just what you’re looking for to get the juices flowing. Hope to hear from you.

A Note To My Followers

Been a long time since I’ve been on here. figured I’d pop in and drop this here as it seems people still drop by. Actually thinking of adding this to my group of current blogs. I miss a lot of people that were here with me.

Good morning friends. I recently took on an editor position with an internet radio station and will be administering their various columns on their social media sites and their online magazine. We have an opportunity available for people to contribute columns and posts to these sites, which includes the online magazine. This would be on a volunteer basis, fully attributed and linked to your site. This should increase your readership and assist you if you have monetized your site.

We are looking at a true online magazine which will be separate from the station, Kat Power Hits Radio, and has complete freedom to post about any topic that meets our editorial standards. Travel, short stories, poetry, humor, current events, you name it, we’ll look at it.

If this interests you, please contact me at: johnlorieh@gmail.com

JohnLoriEh

Good Day

Been on another hiatus, nice to see you all. Lori and I have had a very busy summer. During our vacations, we decided to work together on a new project, incorporating a variety of social media platforms. The gist of this idea is to chronicle our journey towards retirement. We’ve been working towards this goal for about 10 years now and have made many left, right and 180 degree turns. We have come up with many plans that cover both our economics and our wish list, while discarding some, expanding on others andrevisiting many. There have been many twists and turns, but we always move ahead and grow in the process. We plan to chronicle our journey from this point on and take a look backwards on how we got to where we are today. We look forward to your comments and help in helping us figure out what to do next. At the same time, we hope that we can help you in your journey in some small way.

Here are the links to the various sites.

JohnLoriEh on WordPress

JohnLoriEh on Facebook

JohnLoriEh on YouTube

This site will continue, with the variety of posts that I’ve become accustomed to placing here. So if that is what you enjoy, that will not change. The same goes for its sister site, The Real Canadian Music Blog. If you are interested though, I have posted the links to our new project below. And, if you are wondering, JohnLoriEh is the name of our 1979 25 foot O’Day sailboat that we have docked on Kootenay Lake in the Canadian Rockies. You will see a fair bit of our adventures in that setting. Here is a glimpse of that. Hope to see you on the new site.

40 Incredible Secret Places Most Travelers Don’t Know About. The Last One Blew Me Away…

Palácio Nacional de Sintra (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hi everyone. Been a real busy month, and it is only getting busier. Off to Candle Lake this weekend, back for a few days, then off to Kaslo. Also planning our next big adventure. In case you missed me, i have popped up a quick link for you, showcasing some amazing places. I am 1 for 40, Sintra being the one. If the other 39 are anything as incredible as Sintra, then they are very worthy to visit.

40 Incredible Secret Places Most Travelers Don’t Know About. The Last One Blew Me Away….

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Shameless Self Promotion Post

A bit of a change in the place. Some may have noticed that the music appears to have gone away. I played with a music blog in the past and have decided to resurrect it. The reason, continuity. I get carried away with the tunes and lose what I wanted to see here. What is that you ask? Simply put, my other passion is seeing places, as in travel. I also love general stuff as well, such as funny things, general events and the such. When I get crazy on the music, I tend to lose my train of thought and ignore my intentions for this place.

If you like the music, you can follow me here. Same amount of posting, just more organized.

The Real Canadian Music Blog

And while I am shamelessly plugging, don’t forget to hit the Facebook Like thing-me in the sidebar, on either blog.

Blog Note

Once again, I am taking the trip to my old home town, Winnipeg. The moment I have dreaded is close to arriving and I am on my way to be there for the sadness that will be coming. In light of this, I will be posting on a minimal basis, if at all.

See you soon!

Daily Prompt: Goals

This prompt from WordPress “Daily Prompt: Goals” dropped into my email the other day. This one got me thinking. When I started this blog, I had an idea to create a personal storehouse to help Lori and I remember our various adventures and share them with our friends in some way. I held to this for a while and then, miracle of miracles, people started reading about these adventures, people I didn’t know. I soon realized that WordPress is a very large community, filled with people with the same general idea, that being, I have something to share with the world. I started following blogs, getting involved in comments and, all the while watching my blog grow. As it grew, I began to dabble in other areas of my interests, music, sports and opinion. I eventually came to a crossroads in that I felt I was losing focus on my original thought for this blog. I even went so far as to create 3 other blogs, splitting my interests in 4. This did not work, we don’t get paid for this, and 4 blogs was like a full-time job. I folded up 2 of them and went to a music blog and the original. I figured out again that it was far too much work and folded up the music blog as well. Now I am what I am, and feeling pretty good about it.

I still have the urge to track back a bit and concentrate on the travel side more, but, I really love my music as well. No matter what I end up doing, I do know on thing. I can’t see me quitting. This is way too much fun.

Rock on my WordPress friends, and never miss an opportunity to go somewhere.

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Awards Awards Awards

Catastrophic Findings recently passed on the Sunshine Award to me. I have followed this blog for several years and now more about Moomins than I ever thought possible. As usual, these awards come with rules and things to do. First was link to the post that nominated me. See that italicized, red lettered name at the beginning? That is the link. Hit it and visit a great blog.

Second, I have to answer a bunch of questions. So here we go.

1. Who is your favourite philosopher?

Me.

2. What is your favourite number?

3. What is your favourite animal?

Bautista

4. What are your Facebook and Twitter URLs?

Twitter is @joebeans2002

5. What is your favourite time of day?

Anytime can be, but I am partial to suppertime.

6. What was your favourite vacation?

The next one

7. What is your favourite physical activity?

It was hockey, now it’s really not much. Unless sailing is physical, then we will go with sailing.

8. What is your favourite non-alcoholic drink?

Drinks come without alcohol???? Whodda thunk that?

9. What is your favourite flower?

Robin Hood

10. What is your passion?

Currently sailing, but that could change at any moment.

There, part 2, check. Part 3 is where I lose it. Rather than pass this on, I will bestow it upon the first 10 people that hit the like button. A bit lazy perhaps, but practical.

Thanks again Catastrophic, I appreciate it.

Is It Possible To See It All Is Two

That’s right, this blog is now officially into its terrible twos. Thanks to all the people on here who make it so interesting and fun to keep showing up day by day. I look forward to engaging people on here and like to think many of us have made a connection through this exercise. I don’t profess to be a writer in the sense of a traditional blogger, merely someone who enjoys putting stuff out there that I like and hoping to enjoy a few minutes of pleasant conversation. Once again, a big thanks to all the people who visit. It’s a great community.\