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Good morning, my friend! Mondays can be “Ewwww.”
Or…Mondays can be a great day to start new things. In either case, the right #music helps! Take along the World #Classical Network (on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9, or network affiliate WSCS 90.9 in NH!) And join me from 6-10am. Let’s Go! 🎶
Charlie Brown says: Well I did it. I’m out of bed and made it to my chair. There’s no stopping me now!
November 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our wkly#respite in #mygarden. Despite overnight frost, some blooms hold on. #Pansies, #calibrachoa, #roses &… #forsythia!! What makes some stronger? Obviously, they’re World #Classical Network listeners. (On free iHeart app/stream WCRI 95.9)🎶❤️
November 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! For #ThrowbackThursday, a few pics from my birthday. Mentioned to hubs wks ago how I missed my fave arcade game, skee ball. He found a place! I played 1-hr nonstop. Felt 5 yrs old again (instead of 29!) Have fun today: join me 6-10am on World #Classical Network/WCRI 95.9!
The skee ball game at Apex in Marlboro is called “Ice Ball.” Three games, no waiting! The Apex in Marlboro also had bowling, a ropes course, bumper cars, tons of arcade games… and Halloween decorations! My first time there…
November 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Today is both #StressAwarenessDay & #NationalCandyDay. Whatever you relate to today…there’s music for that! Musical stress relief and sweet 🎶 treats are both on the World #Classical Network! (On free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9) Please join me 6-10am, and stay all day! 🎶❤️
Thought this selfie photo of what I look like first thing in the morning was a good one to represent Stress Awareness Day. Me emptying out my purse. (Photo by Vinicius Amano, on Unsplash)
November 4, 2026 at 10:51 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! I think #Tuesday can be just as tough as Monday so just make it easy on yourself. Do the best you can, and do it with the best musical accompaniment: the World #Classical Network (download it from the free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9.) Join me there from 6-10am! 🎶❤️
Meme shows a music conductor reading instructions from his podium. The sign says: “Wave the stick until the music stops, then turn around and bow.”
November 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! If you ever had such a crazy-busy weekend that you related to Lucy…(and time change counts, too!) today is your day to tune in to the best #music anywhere on the #radio: the World #Classical Network on the free iPhone app, or streaming WCRI 95.9! Join me from 6-10 am 🎶❤️
Lucy and her friend and neighbor Ethel are in Lucy’s kitchen. Lucy tells her to “Keep pouring, Ethel, It’s Monday!”
November 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our wkly #respite in #mygarden. Dress warmly…this early the plants are decorated in #frost. Then, a few minutes in sun, they’re unfazed. All good! ❤️ Now, indoors for great music (& cake)! World #Classical Network (on free iHeart app/WCRI 95.9)🎶
Frost on the leaves. Frost on the Japanese maple. Frost on the sedum. By the time I walked over to the roses, the sun was melting the frost. As Elsa sings in “Frozen,” my roses laugh at Jack Frost, singing, “…cold never bothered me anyway…!”
October 30, 2026 at 10:43 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! It’s #NationalChocolateDay! Happy holiday to all who celebrate! Sharing with you a tapestry of a cacao harvest I bought in a Rio, Brazil art gallery! Enjoy your chocolate with musical accompaniment from the World Classical Network! (on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9) 🍫😋
“Cacao Harvest” tapestry of needlepoint and beadwork, purchased in Rio, Brazil, July 1996. Artist “D’Amore.” Willy Wonka says “Too much chocolate? I don’t understand.” “If Chocolate is the answer, who cares what the question is?”
October 28, 2026 at 10:10 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Have gone on long walks 2 days in a row (while listening to World #Classical Network on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9, perfect soundtrack!🎶) I hope these photos capture a little of why I love #NewEngland! Come visit! We’ll have #pumpkin #pie, #applecrisp & warm #cider🥰
Just by the side of the road! So many stone walls decorated with “gourdeous” color! Just missed the 2 swans that floated by (while I was looking for my phone…🙄) Just look up…
October 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Inviting you to our weekly #respite in #mygarden! So much beauty just walking under my #backyard #trees. I wish that view for you, too.❤️Starting a new #: #JustLookUp! (While listening to the World #Classical Network on free iHeart app/WCRI 95.9 stream)🎶🍂🍃🍁🎶
All four photos are of trees in my backyard and side property border. #JustLookUp!
October 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Another chilly start to the day! Have you turned on the heat yet, or are you doing “the New England thing” and holding out for as long as you can? Either way, grab a #coffee #soup and…chill…with me! 6-10 AM on the World #Classical Network on iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9 🎶☕️
Felt board says “Soup of the day: Coffee!”
October 22, 2026 at 10:20 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! I passed by this gourd-looking group who said they all listen to the World #Classical Network (free iHeart app/WCRI 95.9 stream) for gourd vibes! #WednesdayWisdom: they know their stuff. Be ahead of the carve, join me from 6-10AM. (It’s where all the cool kids hang out…) 🎶🎃🆒
A popular in-demand group of fall influencers who are devoted listeners to the World Classical Network. They wanted me to pass along their #1 hack: listen to World Classical Network. “Best in Glow!”
October 21, 2026 at 10:15 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! We had our first #frost over the wkend. Some critter (Gary?🐿️Kevin?Ernie?🐇) had made tracks coming over the lawn. Gave me a great idea for #MondayMotivation: let’s make tracks to World #Classical Network (free iHeart app/WCRI 95.9 stream) for Beethoven, Butterworth, Vivaldi!🎶
My lawn as morning sun reflects on overnight frost. Some critter made tracks in the frost as it scurried over. Not sure if it was Gary the Squirrel, Kevin the Chipmunk, or Ernie the Rabbit. Tracks were definitely not made by the 2 dozen neighborhood turkeys as they’re not this uniform.
October 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! Time for our weekly #respite in #mygarden ‘coz I luv you to the core! Gathered the last #apples. They were core-geous! Stay for #pie (w/World #Classical Network on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9 for musical accompaniment), take home a jar of preserves!🍎🎶
From ground looking up about 18 feet, one of very few remaining apples I couldn’t reach. Here’s another apple, about 20-feet high. I could hear it mocking me. Backyard apples magically turned into pie, with my homemade blackberry jam as glaze. I made a sweet cookie-like Italian crostata crust. I prefer it to plain pie crust.
October 16, 2026 at 10:24 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! My phone, keeper of my 63,665 photos, has died. It had been gasping for breath these last few weeks, and there had been signs of hope, but, alas, now gone forever. Must shop today but 'til then, let's enjoy low blood pressure music on the World #Classical Network! WCRI 95.9🎶
October 15, 2026 at 10:07 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Sharing part-2 of our Saturday Cape day. Just had to stop in #Falmouth for its annual #scarecrow contest & spooky #Halloween decorations. See descrips below. Nothing scary on air today-just musical uplifts at World #Classical Network (on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9)🎶
Some stores decorated around the trees on the sidewalks in front of their businesses. This mermaid has a tail made of shells and crown of starfish. Her friend, a crab, sits near her on the bench. The Falmouth Village Association’s skeleton crew at the park on the main drag. The big guy’s eyes blink. Others have eyes that flash light. Most businesses on the main street and several organizations, too, participated! The Pickle Jar Kitchen (a b’fast & lunch cafe) decorated a huge pickle scarecrow…holding a pickle.
October 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
psteacherlori.bsky.social
Thanks for letting us know! I was listening to WCRI and was wondering why I wasn't hearing your voice. I switched and heard you!🥰
October 13, 2026 at 2:05 PM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Whether or not you have the #Monday holiday off there’s always great #music to accompany you at the World #Classical Network! Just download the free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9! Join me from 6-10am! 🎶
A rooster is staring at you. The photo caption says “Wake up! Good morning!”
October 12, 2026 at 10:09 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Or you can stream either the home base from their website (classical959.com) or our affiliate WSCS 90.9 (classicalwscs.org) in New Hampshire!
Classical 95.9 WCRI – The Classical Station for Rhode Island
BalletRI - In Motion Oct. 23-25 & Nov. 06
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October 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Happy #FriYay! I invite you to our weekly #respite in #mygarden. The Kousa #dogwood berries are ripe and my experiment with #dahlias keep on keepin’ on. We’ll sit and enjoy great 🎶 on the World Classical Network free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9)! Join me from 6-10am.
Kousa dogwood berries close-up. This whole Kousa dogwood is covered! The inside pulp of the “berries” are said to be edible, with a taste reminiscent of mango or apricot. Never tried it. I’m pretty sure this is the “Polka” dahlia, but I accidentally threw away the info & growing instructions. Regardless, it looks happy in my front border collection.
October 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM
machadolac.bsky.social
There was a great discussion about this during the plenary session “Research Security & Integrity” at this year’s #WCRI, which REACH magazine covered in Issue 4: www.sci-integrity.com/reach/the-9t...
The 9th World Conference on Research Integrity | Science Integrity
www.sci-integrity.com
October 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Now back to our regularly scheduled month!
~Draconid Meteor Shower: early tonight & tomorrow!
~Hunter’s Moon: Oct. 25/26.
~Candy: mine.
~Music: only the Best on the World Classical Network (on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9, RI, or WSCS 90.9, NH)
Join me from 6-10am!🎶
Cool facts about my favorite month: there are 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, a meteor shower, a full moon (Hunter’s Moon), Halloween on a Saturday (won’t happen again until 2037), Clocks fall back on Halloween. I have a bag of sweet jelly pumpkins, and identical-looking sour jelly pumpkins. We like both so sometimes I mix them.
October 8, 2026 at 10:12 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Just adding another photo of what’s known as “holiday creep” to our collection. (If you haven’t heard, it’s when decorations show up in stores months before).🎄 I promise, no “Jingle Bells” today, just great music on WCN (on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9!) Join me 6-10!
Store display out last week that shows characters from a holiday TV special, the 1964 Rankin-Bass version of “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
October 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! Family outing at #TopsfieldFair, “America’s oldest agricultural fair.” You can zip through exhibits in 2 hours, or make it a full day by trying carnival games and rides. No “Farmer in the Dell,” but great musical accompaniment wherever you go today @ WCN/streaming WCRI 95.9!
Welcome sign says “America’s Oldest- Founded 1818.” Although touted as an agricultural fair, (show animals to fruits & vegetables), there is also a Midway with carnival games, rides and foods. In the poultry barn is a temp-controlled incubator. We watched this little baby peck its way out of its shell! Pretty sure I knew him in high school. Heaviest pumpkin, 1st Place, is 2,598 pounds! Nearby sign says the 1984 winning pumpkin was “only” 433 pounds! (I stood there calculating how many potential pies…)
October 6, 2026 at 10:16 AM
lauraclassical.bsky.social
Good morning, my friend! I hope you had a great weekend?! I did, (but more on that tomorrow)! Ready to have the best #Monday? Easy peasy: Just listen to the World #Classical Network on free iHeart app/streaming WCRI 95.9! Join me & my pals #Mozart, #Bach, #Haydn and more from 6 to 10!
Sign says “Today will be the best Monday of the week.”
October 5, 2026 at 9:58 AM