On The Fly

In this episode, Our Town . . . Like millions from the  Baby Boom  generation, I grew up in a vibrant small Midwestern town with a population of ~1,300. While listening to music on Spotify, I was recently emotionally moved by the 2007 Grammy Award-winning song  Our Town  written for the Disney Movie -  Cars. Lyrics & Music  by Randy Newman and sung by James Taylor. In my imagination, I'm transported back in time. With tears welling up in my eyes, I can see all the storefront businesses on  our  town square, which surrounded a Bandstand on Main Street. In those days,  Our Town had three grocery stores, two cafes', two hardware stores, a National Bank, a Ben Franklin Store, Movie Theater, a Tastee Freeze, Drug Store with a Soda Fountain, a Furniture Store, Men's Clothing Store, Marshalls Plumbing & Heating, Tavern, Insurance offices, Wilma's Pool Hall, Doctors Office, a Newspaper Printer, Post Office, Library, two Barbershops, a Ford De...