Yarrrr!!!

I may have found the solution to my problem of on-and-off blurred visions: an eye patch (yarrrr!!) for all activities requiring close focusing (such as blogging, music editing, reading sheet music, reading words).  In short, anything that has me squinting.

So far, it's doing the trick.

What complicates the issue is that blurred vision is the chief symptom of astigmatism, but this is blurred vision  that's happening in addition to the astigmatism.  Eye strain seems to be the cause.

My 55-year-old eyes aren't as versatile and quick to adjust as they used to be.  Kind of like the rest of me....

Yarrrrrr!!!!


Lee

The Song Singers, Ric Harper, Hillside Four, more!

Ripped from 78s and 45s in my collection. The Song Singers, Ric Harper, more!

PLAYLIST

Hello, Hello!--Main Street String Band, 1952 (Bluebird 30-0005)
Golden Slippers--Same
Rockin' the Ark--Johnny Arcesi w. Nelson Riddle Orch., 1953.  (Kem 2728)
Mr. Sandman--The Song Singers
I'm a Sixty Minute Rocket Man--Ric Harper, 1951.  (Abbey 3028)
Joogie-Boogie Joint--Ric Harper--Same.
Two Hearts--Bob Vance, 1955.  (Big 4 Hits 140)
Come on-a My House--Elliott Everett Orch., w. vocal refrain (Music Club Hit Tunes 2)
Come on to My House--Jean Ryan (JEB 5005)
I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts--Jimmy Livingston O., 1949. (Varsity 233)
Lover--Mimi Martel w. Hal Lomen Orch. (Tops 140)
Pagan Love Song--Charley Gray (Choice 843)
Just Because--Charley Gray--Same.
The Man I Love --The Troubadours, Dir. Nat Shilkret, 1928, (Victor 21233)


Lee

I get my new glasses today....

I hope that corrected vision follows.  Seems that my astigmatism had shifted (is that the word?) 10 degrees in the space of two weeks, thanks no doubt to blood-sugar fluctuation.  Meanwhile, I've been experiencing on-and-off blurry vision, which seems to be a symptom of dry eye.

Did I mention I'm having lots of fun?  Anyway, I will update after I've received the new (as in, newest) spectacles.

Meanwhile, the dry (but extended) sarcasm continues at Pontifications.  Warning: graphic language from the person I quote.

Wish my eyes luck.

Lee

1914 polka by the Wiener Burgerkapelle

If the "14710" in the dead wax is the matrix number, then this is from 1914.  It certainly looks and sounds 1914-ish.

"Wiener Burgerkapelle," as closely as I'm able to guess, refers to a Viennese castle (?) orchestra.  Or maybe it's literally a "burger" orchestra, one which performed at fast food cafes.  The label says "German Orchestra," so I don't know about the Viennese part.  Thanks for the help, you say?  Sure!

Just call on me when you need a German translator.

Anyway, a really excellent polka performance here--much feeling and bounce.  As in, much polka feeling.  Anymore, more and more, I think that what we regard as the typical polka sound is German in origin.

To the polka: Fruhlingstag--Polka


Lee