This edition of The Week That Was is brought to you by Newport menthol cigarettes. Newport tastes fresher, tastes better than any other menthol cigarette!

Thanks to everyone for your condolences on the passing of our cat, Molly. We’ve promised ourselves not to entertain the idea of getting another cat for at least a year, but already we’re feeling the withdrawal symptoms. Mary said it best: we’ve always had a cat, and it feels funny not to have one now. But we’ll manage. How good we are about waiting a full year is another question…
Right now, our circadian rhythms are off because it’s Time Change Sunday, and we’ve "sprung forward" one hour.
Hope everyone’s planning on joining this year’s Blogging From A To Z April Challenge. Theme reveal starts today, and I think I have a good one. Look for my theme reveal this week. The actual signup for the Challenge comes in two weeks, on March 26. If you’re going to do the theme reveal, make sure you also sign up.
And that’s all I have for now, so let’s move to


- Song Lyric Sunday: Carl Perkins With NRBQ, “Boppin’ The Blues” (Song Lyric Sunday, Song of the Day)
- The Coming In Like A Lion Week That Was (The Week That Was)

- Song of the Day: Wes Montgomery Trio, “Fried Pies” (Song of the Day)
- MMMM: JohnFest! (Monday’s Music Moves Me)
- Share Your World for 3/6/23 (Share Your World)

- Song of the Day: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, “San Antonio Rose” (Song of the Day)
- Top Ten Tuesday: KOIL (1290 AM, Omaha NE), 3/13/59 (Top Ten Tuesday)

- Song of the Day: Dick Hyman Trio, “Moritat (from The Threepenny Opera)” (Song of the Day)
- A Little Dramatic, But I Sympathize #1LinerWeds (General)
- BATTLE OF THE BANDS: “Solitary Man” Results (Battle of the Bands)

- Song of the Day: Keely Smith, “One Less Bell To Answer” (Song of the Day)
- Writer’s Workshop: Prose About Purple (Writer’s Workshop)

- Song of the Day: Carrie Underwood, “Cowboy Casanova” (Song of the Day)
- Five For Friday: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (Five For Friday)
- Song of the Day EXTRA: RIP Jerry Samuels (Song of the Day)

- Song of the Day: Bobby Lyle, “Poinciana” (Song of the Day)
- The Nest Is Empty #socs (Stream of Consciousness Saturday)

Thanks to
- AJ Blythe
- Alana
- Arlee Bird
- Barbara
- Bee
- Beth
- Birgit
- Bluebird
- Cathy
- Claire
- Dan Antion
- Debbie D.
- Deborah Drucker
- Di
- Diedre
- Don Ostertag
- Ed Thierbach
- Eugenia
- Fandango
- J-Dub
- Jeanne
- Jim
- JoAnna
- John W. Howell
- Kat
- Kaye Spencer
- Kip
- Lynn
- Maggie
- Marie
- Max
- Patrick
- Patty
- Paula Light
- Randy
- Ruth
- Sadje
- Shelley
- Stephen T. McCarthy
- The Sicilian Storyteller
- Under the mask..
- Wayne
- Willow
- Anybody I missed
- Everybody who left a “like”
And that does it for this edition of The Week That Was.

I’ve had a busy weekend so I’m reading this now and I’m going backward. Those cig commercials are amazing…” air conditions the smoke”..really!? I’m so sorry about your Molly. That sucks
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Thanks…. Cats are strange: they’ll seem fine until it’s almost too late…
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Great blog week, John.
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Thanks!
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Can’t wait for your theme reveal.
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Sometime this week….
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