12 Sep 2022 Music apples, autumn, celebration, cider, election, fall, fall vibes, Gregory Abbott, gregoryabbott, guestbook, Music, polls, resilience, rnb, sweet, thanks, touching base 1

…… extra special fall vibes

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Gregory has his knee on a chair next to a cafe in the evening

Welcome to the fall.

Touching bases and wondering how you are.

Feel free to drop me a line in the guestbook.

It has been an extra special few months in both the country and the world. We have discovered heat waves and floods, lost many who are dear to us, COVID continues to mutate and we head yet again to the polls to see what the future brings. Throughout it all… just remember we are resilient. We’ve been through tough times before. With some introspection and balance we can weather this storm too.

Summer reunions… and now a change of seasons…. why not enjoy some music while you’re here?

Remember to make time for yourself. Enjoy the little things. And while we are in the midst of unprecedented troubles, do not forget to see the beauty around you as well like the autumn leaves and their colors. It’s my hope that my music helps lift your hearts a little. I have been busy with new songs… rest assured I’ll be releasing them soon. Interesting things have happened… which is always the material for interesting songs.

“The heat of autumn is different from the heat of summer. One ripens apples, the other turns them to cider.”

~Jane Hirshfield

bags of apples ready to bake pies of make cider

To put you in the mood of fall, my staff here looked up a recipe for cider pretty close to the way my Abbott family does it. Oh! and my favorite apple? the tart and crisp ones!

(thank you https://www.thespruceeats.com/) for allowing us to share.

May the “cider” this fall of 2022 remain sweet.

Happy Fall Ya’ll

Stay safe… stay vaccinated.

It isn’t that they can’t see the solution, it is that they can’t see the problem.

~ Gilbert K Chesterton

a wood walking bridge in the forest with the trees changing color

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

~ William R. Alger

yellow autumn and greed spruce trees with grey mountains and blue sky in the background

As always, I am Musically Yours,

Gregory🙏🏽🎶

4 Jul 2022 Music, Thoughts 4thofjuly, celebration, Gregory Abbott, independenceday, story 1

4th of July – An Independence story

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4th of July and what it means to me

4th of July – Independence Day

Ellis Island: A few years ago I was contacted by the administration at Ellis Island and offered the opportunity to represent the Abbott clan in the United States…with my name embossed in bronze on the memorial wall outside the main building. What an honor… and what a lovely immigrant story, is that of the Abbott family, of whose members I am very proud.

In the main building’s lobby there is a copy of the ship’s manifest, the ship my father sailed on from Antigua. He was one and a half, and his mother had $49 in her pocket. There is even a picture of the actual ship which brought them.

Immigration has been the life blood of the US and my family’s history demonstrates that. My father, born poor in St. John’s Antigua, was from a large family, thirteen strong. They came to this country to better thing’s for themselves, their children, grand children, etc. And that is exactly what they did. The Abbott’s have gone on to successful careers in law, medicine, entertainment, etc.

Ever since the original thirteen colonies declared independence from Great Britain, the US has grown into a powerful country as a result of immigration from all around the world, a process which continues to this day.

Happy 4th of July

Gregory