Three Beautiful Things 09-21-2025: Debbie Will Soon Be in Kellogg, Ahh! Here Comes Fall, Bon Scott and Bagpipes and Everyday Dancers

1. Debbie and her nieces and a nephew put their heads together and planned a family get together in northern Illinois in late October. Debbie decided she'd travel to Chicago for this get together from Spokane. 

Do you see what's coming? 

Yes, that's right: Debbie is going to come to Kellogg for about three weeks before she goes to enjoy family in Illinois.

Big news! 

I'll pick Debbie up at the Spokane airport shortly before noon this coming Saturday. 

2. Two things are working really well for me as we move from summer to fall. 

First of all, there are many more cooler temperatures in each 24 hour period and second of all, this cooling down is helped by the decreasing number of hours of daylight. 

Just like yesterday, I took advantage of this cooling down and the cloudy day and walked. I drove up to the medical center, parked, and walked for about twenty minutes up to the high school and back toward the Camry on the high school trail.

I need to build up my wind, but I was very happy with my steady gait and with the strength in my legs. 

3. I was enjoying video clips of WNBA playoff action and somehow I stumbled on a video I discovered in the last year. it's a favorite.  My stumble was a thrilling surprise. 

The video features AC/DC playing "It's A Long Way To The Top" live on an Australian television show called "Bandstand" in 1976. 

I love that Bon Scott was alive in 1976 and his vocal performance on this video is superb. 

I love that Bon Scott adds to the rockin' drive of this great song by playing the bagpipes. It's awesome. 

I love that the producers of this program evidently invited women from the audience to dance on stage.

They aren't flashy. They look like they could have been recruited out any one of the many classes I taught at Lane Community College. I loved this. 

The whole scene on stage is great. I mean I love watching videos of AC/DC performing in huge arenas with head banging fans wearing AC/DC merchandise and putting devil horns on their heads and flashing hand signs that are not comprehensible to me, but this video predates all of that. AC/DC is emerging. This video is a superb record of what they looked and sounded like as they were climbing their own long way to the top. 

Here's a link to the video:

AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top LIVE On TV 1976