October 8, 2015 | My Desultory Blog

Music: Another day, another song. All for You – Sister Hazel

RichC | October 8, 2015

The warm autumn weather has me traveling this week in my ‘82 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbodiesel as the temperatures and humidity are perfect for windows down driving. With this car comes the option of connecting my iPhone to the car radio by bluetooth and streaming Pandora or a few of the songs I have on […]

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