On Flights Of Fancy Are Lyrics Born

Sometimes, my posts, and the lyrics I post in them, are drawn completely from my imagination. Sometimes, my posts and the corresponding lyrics are drawn from experience. And sometimes, those posts and their lyrics are drawn from my proclivity to mix imagination and experience. Such is the case with today's post, although it is probably…

Turning Childhood Memories Into Song

When I was young, we lived for a few years in the Micheltorena (pronounced Mitchell Torena) district of Los Angeles. I used to walk down 177 steps (the Micheltorena stairs) and cross over Sunset Boulevard every day at the age of five to go to kindergarten at Micheltorena Elementary (and climb those same 177 steps…