One of my favorite songs is Both Sides, Now , in particular by Judy Collins, who made the original recording in 1968. What I did not know is that it was written by Canadian Joni Mitchell , ( click on that and you will see her singing this song, with appearances by Mary Travers and Mama Cass ), who I best remember as a somewhat mousey folk-type singer of Big Yellow Taxi in the early 70's when I was co-directing Earth 2020, a summer course for teachers at the University of Hawaii. This song was released in 1970, and the B-side was Woodstock . But you wonder, didn't Woodstock, the concert, occur in 1969? And wasn't that song sung during that Music and Arts Festival by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young ? What happened was that Graham Nash was then her boyfriend who asked her to write something commemorating the event. She was supposed to perform Woodstock at the site, but had scheduling conflicts, so the group insert...
New SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for PLANET EARTH AND HUMANITY: This blog site derives from the original version of Planet Earth & Humanity, but will be more WE than ME. The coverage will remain similar, but perhaps these postings will seem to come from a parallel universe, or maybe even Purgatory. But truth and reality will prevail, with dashes of whimsy and levity to help make your day.