The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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10,000

Sometime around 2:30 this afternoon, November 30, 2012, The Year of Tony Bennett got its 10,000th page load.

This blog was created on June 10, 2012; since that time, pages in this blog have been viewed over 10000 times by our wonderful visitors. We cannot begin to express our enormous gratitude to those of you who somehow discovered us and come back to visit, leave comments and offer encouragement.

All of us are bound by our love for the music of Tony Bennett; I can’t think of a better and finer group of people to create a blog for. We are sincerely grateful to each and every visitor.

Just for kicks, you can click here to read the very first post.

Thanks!

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Thanksgiving at The Year Of Tony Bennett

The Year of Tony Bennett is grateful for many things this year.

I am grateful to our wonderful visitors. We’ve had visitors from every state in the union (except Vermont, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana) and the District of Columbia. We’ve had visitors from every continent, except Antarctica. Update: Welcome to our new reader from Minot, ND! Another update: Welcome to our new reader from Gillette, Wyoming! Yet another update: Welcome to our new reader from Burlington, Vermont!

I am grateful to the friends I’ve made who read the blog and offer their support. Tony Bennett fans are a great group of people.

I am grateful to WordPress for the technology that made it possible for me to create this blog.

I am grateful to Woo Themes for their design and their excellent support.

I am grateful to my colleagues at my day job. They support me in this endeavor every day and I could not do this without their understanding, encouragement and patience. Especially Pete, who listens to my ramblings during the day when I say things like “OMG … I just got a hit from Iran!”

I am grateful to Mr. Tony Bennett, who not only inspires me, but millions of people all over the world. By his example, he shows us truth and beauty in every thing he does as a performer, artist, author and humanitarian. He is a beacon of light in this world and I am very thankful that there are people like him who share and give so much to everyone.

I am profoundly grateful to my friend and co-blogger Lesley, who has shared this journey with me every step of the way. She is the one person in the world that I can call on the phone and say “You know, I’ve been listening to the Ellington album and I heard something in Sophisticated Lady that really blew me away …” and we can talk about that for hours. And have.

Have a wonderful day, everyone! And thank you. Very much.

Suzanne

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National Novel Writing Month

Every November, the great folks at The Office of Letters and Light sponsor National Novel Writing Month, or nanowrimo.

During nanowrimo, authors sign up to write 50,000 words for their novel. It’s not about editing and rewriting; it’s about getting out that first draft.

There’s a novel I’ve been kicking around in my head for a few months, and so I’ve signed up for nanowrimo. All I can say is that it’s going to be a hell of a month.

I’ll still be tending the blog, choosing and writing about songs of the day and selecting quotes of the day. However, please be patient if I don’t answer questions as quickly as I normally do.

Please wish me luck! I’ll keep you posted on my progress! You can learn more about this (insane) project at www.nanowrimo.org.

 

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A Note From Work

One my co-workers mentioned to me today that his wife mentioned a new Tony Bennett album had come out called Viva Duets. He said he told her that “Oh, I’ve known about that for months.  Suzanne’s been writing about it in her blog.”

Thanks, Pete!