It's Opening Day For Mariners

Big expectations for our Seattle Mariners as the 2026 MLB season gets underway tonight (March 26th, 2026).

Spring 2026

Our tree in the front yard is in bloom. One of my favorite things to photograph.

Grease Is The Word

 We enjoyed the musical Grease last night (March 24th, 2026) at the Village Theater in Issaquah.  While the iconic theme song from which I created the headline for this post, was not performed in the production.  All of the other iconic songs were.  

Even though it was the first night it played there, everything went smoothly.  

Of course, we remember the movie of the 70s, starring John Travolta and the late Olivia Newton-John, which featured an almost cartoonish look at 50s teenagers.  Of course, beneath the silliness, it featured serious things that made the teenage years difficult, like acceptance, lost love, and conformity. 

The play preceded the movie and started on Broadway in 1972.

Grease will play at the Village until May 3rd. 

More On Possible NBA Expansion

 

NBA Votes To Explore Expansion! Sonics Return Clears First Hurdle

 The wording seems less than convincing, but I believe the reality is that NBA is returning to the area. 

The NBA has voted to explore the possibility of expanding into Seattle and Las Vegas.  The Seattle Sonics left in 2008, after being sold a few years earlier to a group from Oklahoma City.

Live Music In Issaquah 2

 The Brian Nay Band with the Genesis classic, "That's All". 

Live Music In Issaquah

We got together with friends Marjie and Rick and enjoyed listening to The Brian Nay Band at Vino Bella in Issaquah.  

This was after a great meal at the Sunset Grill. 

The Famous CBS Radio News Jingle

 

CBS News Radio To Shut Down

 Say it ain't so, Joe! Sources say the radio news division at CBS, long a news source for the country will shut down on May 22nd of this year (2026). 

 Perhaps, the most prestigious news source over the years, it featured such luminaries as Edward R. Murrow (who went to what was then Washington State College), Douglas Edwards, and Walter Cronkite. 

I remember, in my childhood, hearing news reports on the hour on KUJ in Walla Walla,until it stopped network news in the late 70s.  More recently, KIRO, here in the Seattle area, where one of its reporters, Heather Bosch, was elevated to work nationally for the network.

The radio news department at the Columbia Broadcast System began in 1927.

 

Elk In Cannon Beach

From our trip to the coast, earlier this month.  Elk grazing in Cannon Beach.  

Tom Jones And Janis Joplin

We forget that TV in the 60s could be electrifying.  We remember Janis Joplin as an underground artist, usually, but here she is on network TV.  ABC, which marketed to a younger crowd then the two other networks, carried This Is Tom Jones.  

This duet with Jones and Joplin is widely considered the best act of the series