Interviewer: Are women in this country going to be better off… uh, with President Reagan in office?
Alan Alda: [laughter] No. (x)
Betty Harris - Cry to Me (1963)
Unhappy with her recording of the Solomon Burke classic, Betty insisted that Bert Berns allow her to record another version “her way” - slower and even more tortured. Betty was right. Classic soul.
Virginia Wildlife; vol. 46, no. 7. July, 1985. Illustration by John W. Taylor.
Nearer to You.
This song was a nice compliment to cruising along with the windows down on this balmy January day.
SIGH
Betty Harris - Nearer to You (1967)
B-side to I’m Evil Tonight (strange combination), this marvelous tune was written and produced by Allen Toussaint.
Every little thing I do, I’m just trying to get closer to you

A bird rests on the head of a white-tailed deer roaming free in San Jose Villanueva, El Salvador.
Photograph: Marvin Recinos/AFP/Getty Images
Space Tokusatsu Series: Captain Ultra ✭ 1967 ✭ キャプテンウルトラ

Beer with Lemon - Tom Marioni , 2017
American , b. 1937 -
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching , 45.7 x 38.1 cm. 18.0 x 15.0 in.
Adolf Kaufmann - The white sheep (n.d.)
Six Frogs and Toads (c. 1878-1917) - Theo van Hoytema
Winter above Lake Tahoe, 1984
Mickey Crisp