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Month: November 2023

Happy Thanksgiving 2023!

BrianWilkins.org
November 23, 2023

My pasta salad is bomb.

Be thankful for every moment with someone you love, even if it’s only one moment, one memory.

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Rita Coolidge: 44 years ago today, “I’d Rather Leave When I’m in Love” debuted at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100

BrianWilkins.org
November 17, 2023

I was too young to remember this song when it first came out. The first memory of it was circa 1981. My family was hanging out with another family out in Conrad, Iowa. I believe our dads worked together at the pork packing plant. These family friends were VERY country! But it was always so fun going to their house and vice versa.

Our parents were all drunk that night. We (the kids) were either outside playing with the chickens, hogs, etc.; or inside taking sips of beer we stole from the adults. At some point, our parents and a few other people were dancing to a slow song that never left my head. It was Rita Coolidge. read more

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