https://youtu.be/11D6AVD3gAI Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day Plenty of sunshine headin' my way Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay! Mister Bluebird's on my shoulder It's the truth, it's "actch'll" Everything is "satisfactch'll" Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay Wonderful feeling, wonderful day! Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, oh, my, what a wonderful day Plenty of sunshine headin' my way Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay! Mister … Continue reading Exclamation of Happiness

December 12, 2012 Boyd and Nicholas, Inc. Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters is a collection of poems written as epitaphs. In the below Albert Schirding feels that he and his life are not worthy given the success of his children. Jonas Keene drives himself into the grave in his sorrow that none of … Continue reading Which Would You Choose to Be?

Terrific Home Care Industry Insights from Boyd and Nicholas BY KEN ACCARDI DEC 9, 2009 One of the information sources I've found both useful and enjoyable is the weekly email blast from the Home Care Consulting firm Boyd and Nicholas, managed by Tom Boyd and Tom Nicholas. I met these guys for the first time … Continue reading Terrific Home Care Industry Insights

I have never been to a Veterans Day Parade until 2019. The North Bay Veterans Day Parade in Petaluma CA is the largest Veterans Day Parade in Northern California. While I am a veteran (1966-69) and have lived in Petaluma (since 1988) and close by since I got out of the service, I have never … Continue reading Veterans Day Parade

https://youtu.be/bS3O5zg290k The beat goes on, the beat goes on Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain La de da de de, la de da de da Charleston was once the rage, uh huh History has turned the page, uh huh The mini skirts, the current thing, uh huh Teenybopper is our newborn king, uh … Continue reading The Beat Goes On

https://youtu.be/eJlN9jdQFSc God's Gonna Cut You Down You can run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Sooner or later God'll cut you down Sooner or later God'll cut you down Go tell that long tongue liar Go and tell that midnight rider Tell the rambler, … Continue reading God’s Gonna Cut You Down

March 6, 2012 / Boyd & Nicholas Two true tales of olden times. 1. In 1989 I left the Medicare intermediary, Blue Cross of California (BCC), to become a consultant for Brecker, Brewster, Grove & Associates, a home health care business consulting firm.   About then a hospital in Sacramento hired a former intermediary auditor (from … Continue reading I was the Innocent BOYD

June 26, 2012 / Boyd & Nicholas Since 1973 I have been an often beaten and frustrated member of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) http://www.uschess.org. I am a “Fischer Baby” as the USCF went from 30,000 members to 100,000 members in 72-73 thanks to Bobby Fischer , the greatest player of all times and … Continue reading Chessnut

https://youtu.be/GKSRyLdjsPA Uh-oh, running out of breath, but I Oh, I, I got stamina Uh-oh, running now, I close my eyes Well, oh, I got stamina And uh-oh, I see another mountain to climb But I, I, I got stamina Uh-oh, I need another lover, be mine Cause I, I, I got stamina Don't give up, … Continue reading The Greatest

https://youtu.be/QopSSVj9Pyg My Heart Will Go On Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you That is how I know you go on Far across the distance And spaces between us You have come to show you go on Near, far, wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on Once … Continue reading My Heart Will Go On