Which are your favorites?

What is more universal than a song by The Beatles? If you’re a Baby Boomer like me, Beatles’ music is in your blood, your brain, and practically your DNA. If you belong to a later generation, you likely grew up hearing your parents or grandparents singing it to you, humming it in the shower, or tuning into the Beatles satellite station during family road trips.

There are plenty of other artists my generation loves—The Stones, Zeppelin, Neil Diamond—but The Beatles, both as a group and as solo artists, reign supreme. This got me thinking about how my blog posts mirror Beatles’ songs.

My recent posts have focused on personal transportation: my long-gone (and gratefully forgotten) navy blue 1972 Mercury Comet and my recent roller-coaster decision between a sedan and an SUV. The obvious soundtrack for those posts? Paul singing Drive My Car. Beep, beep!

I haven’t always been the perfect driver, and I’ve written about a traffic stop (or two… or three). Naturally, Lovely Rita the meter maid was in my head when I wrote those stories.

As for my posts about my life in medicine—from medical school to UroPartners and, ultimately, to retirement—those could easily be dedicated to Doctor Robert. Although, in fairness, John’s Dr. Robert was more into hallucinogens than healing.

Remember the early days of my blog when I wrote about Barb and me building our forever home? Like most construction projects, it was filled with setbacks—financial, material, you name it. From day one of the project until we moved in with only a temporary occupancy permit, our builders were constantly Fixing a Hole.

Sometimes, I write nostalgically about growing up on Chicago’s North Side in East Rogers Park. I’ve written about my childhood home on Farwell, the laundromat on Lunt, and the sights and sounds of Sheridan Road. But Morse Avenue comes alive most vividly in my stories, with glimpses of Ashkenaz, the Jewel, and Charles Variety Department Store. Paul remembered his Liverpool youth with his Penny Lane. Morse Avenue tales are my Penny Lane.

And, of course, many of my posts are simply snapshots of the here and now—A Day in the Life. I love to turn you on.