On Music

Just for One Day

Remembering David Bowie and other Heroes

Photo by Vladimir Proskurovskiy on Unsplash

My friend Jimbo and I used to exchange Christmas presents when we were adolescent boys and college mates together and hundreds of miles apart. I can remember these gifts he gave me:

A copy of Ray Bradbury’s story collection, The October Country (October was/is my favorite month), which included a tale…