Tag Archives: Paul McCartney

The Long and Winding Road

Posted on April 23, 2024 by mitchteemley

Image by Ricardo Alfaro My Real Memoir The future I’d planned as a teenager was gone: my almost-famous band had disintegrated, my high school celebrity was yellowing in a scrapbook, and my first “I love you” was fading in a … Continue reading →

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It’s Getting Better All the Time

Posted on April 26, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Isabella and Zsa Fischer (unsplash.com) Thought for the Week “I’ve got to admit it’s getting better, a little better all the time. (Echo: It can’t get no worse.)” ~Getting Better Although the lyrics to the classic Beatles’ song … Continue reading →

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The Fifth Beatle

Posted on July 5, 2019 by mitchteemley

Sixty years ago, Johnny and the Moondogs changed their name to The Beatles (good call). I first heard them 15 years later, when they exploded onto the American airwaves. But it wouldn’t have happened without the Fifth Beatle. It seems … Continue reading →

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Notes to Self at the Beginning of 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by mitchteemley

I’m still alive. What unfinished work is keeping me here? Focus on that! “I’ve got to admit it’s getting better, oh, so much better all the time (it can’t get much worse).” ~Paul McCartney “The beginnings and endings of all … Continue reading →

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