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  1. The bit that you skip #235: Don Henley – The Boys of Summer

    My writing is cyclical. There are years where I can write daily, and quite a bit too. Other years, the well runs dry. Sometimes I go back and edit all the dross I create, others, I simply can’t muster enough courage to read what I write.

    Once I finished a second novel for a Nanowrimo, I felt depleted. It was physically taxing, as the (still unfinished PhD) work took most of my day, so I had to write late at night. It was emotionally draining, because it helped get a lot of shit out of my head.

    I still had Sloucher coverage to do the years after, but I still wanted to flex the creative writing muscles instead of science by day, music journalism by night.

    So I started doing physical zines and either give away or sell for cheap, while still keeping enough earnings for at least all materials be paid for. Out of several short stories, I managed to get a small novella about a dude and five decades of his life. Starts in the 70s, finishes in the 2020s. One particular chapter is focused about his childhood crush getting married and the conversation they have a few days before her marriage (to someone else).

    One of the topics is breakup songs and she asks him to cite five break up songs. One of them is Don Henley’s Boys of Summer, a song I’ve loved since I first heard it as a kid. I based that episode on a conversation I had with a friend (Lili) at The Wick at Both Ends, in Sheffield. She was getting married soon and she was leaving Sheffield for Monterrey, where she was from. So she had a month to do all the things she couldn’t during her intense course. We went to concerts, to Club60, and walking.

    Anyways, that night, at The Wick at Both Ends, we were having cocktails and talking about life in general. She was a week or so from leaving, and she loved England, so the conversation was a little gloomy. She was wearing her engagement ring, and we ordered this fancy drink, lilac in colour. When the glasses arrived, fake plastic wedding rings adorned both our drinks. We laughed, because they probably thought we were marrying each other.

    I took the ring and held it for a moment. Just earlier that year I had to return one to a shop in Sheffield, as I’d broken up with someone I thought I was going to marry. I took a bit of loss in money due to exchange rates (I paid with a Mexican credit card) and Lili sighed.

    “There’ll be someone else” she said, then raised her glass. I clinked and we proceed to get with the drinking.

    Boys of Summer wasn’t a particularly well-loved track in England due to the Eagles notorious bad reputation and ego. Still, the Eagles never stopped being popular-ish here in Mexico and I’m sure I’ve heard their music in public transport as much as I’ve heard The Doors, but never as much as The Beatles.

    That particular novella I wrote with Boys of Summer as a running theme is a piece of writing I actually enjoy re-reading. My dad was quite happy with it, and one friend from the music scene remarked that he didn’t think I had it in me to write like that. I’ll take it as a compliment!

    I think that looking back and forward from Boys of Summer is what always had me. There’s a strong nostalgia and yearning in the song, but still a certain amount of affirmation there, hidden between the beautiful synth line and the occasional smattering of guitar.

    -Sam J. Valdés López

    https://youtu.be/6RUIeX6UCT8?si=2d7XldjfBa83Qgf5

    #BreakUp #BuildingThePerfectBeast #DonHenley #EngagementRing #life #music #Review #Reviews #TheBoysOfSummer #TheEagles #writing
  2. Aryna Sabalenka’s Fiancé Georgios Frangulis Says It Was ‘Not Easy’ to Find Such a Massive Stone for 12-Carat Engagement Ring

    NEED TO KNOW Aryna Sabalenka gave a behind-the-scenes look at how fiancé Georgios Frangulis found her 12-carat engagement…
    #Tennis #ArynaSabalenka #engagementring #frangulis #georgiosfrangulis
    europesays.com/tennis/40672/

  3. Taylor Swift Shows Off New Ring Stack Alongside Travis Kelce at JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Wedding

    The Gist Taylor Swift showed off her new ring stack at JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk’s wedding on…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NFL #engagementring #JuJuSmith-Schuster #KansasCityChiefs #LauraKruk #LauraTaylor #Sports #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce
    newsbeep.com/us/764320/

  4. Taylor Swift Shows Off New Ring Stack Alongside Travis Kelce at JuJu Smith-Schuster’s Wedding

    The Gist Taylor Swift showed off her new ring stack at JuJu Smith-Schuster and Laura Kruk’s wedding on…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #NFL #engagementring #JuJuSmith-Schuster #KansasCityChiefs #LauraKruk #LauraTaylor #Sports #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce
    newsbeep.com/us/764320/

  5. Aryna Sabalenka’s Fiancé Georgios Frangulis Says It Was ‘Not Easy’ to Find Such a Massive Stone for 12-Carat Engagement Ring

    NEED TO KNOW Aryna Sabalenka gave a behind-the-scenes look at how fiancé Georgios Frangulis found her 12-carat engagement…
    #Tennis #ArynaSabalenka #engagementring #frangulis #georgiosfrangulis
    europesays.com/tennis/37621/

  6. NFL Star Amon-Ra St. Brown Engaged to Longtime Love Brooklyn Adams After Romantic Yacht Proposal

    NEED TO KNOW Amon-Ra St. Brown and Brooklyn Adams announced their engagement on Instagram on Tuesday, July 7…
    #NewsBeep #News #NFL #Amon-RaSt.Brown #AU #Australia #BrooklynAdams #DetroitLions #engagementring #sports #St.Brown #whiteroses
    newsbeep.com/au/786846/

  7. NFL Star Amon-Ra St. Brown Engaged to Longtime Love Brooklyn Adams After Romantic Yacht Proposal

    NEED TO KNOW Amon-Ra St. Brown and Brooklyn Adams announced their engagement on Instagram on Tuesday, July 7…
    #NewsBeep #News #NFL #Amon-RaSt.Brown #AU #Australia #BrooklynAdams #DetroitLions #engagementring #sports #St.Brown #whiteroses
    newsbeep.com/au/786846/

  8. All About Harriet Sperling’s Engagement Ring and Its Surprising Royal Connection

    The Gist Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling announced their engagement in August 2025. After dating for two years,…
    #RoyalFamilies #Royal #Royals #Europe #Europa #EU #BadmintonHorseTrials #engagementring #HarrietSperling #PeterPhillips #queenelizabethii #royal #RoyalFamily #royals
    europesays.com/2980204/

  9. Stacey Solomon jets out the country for break after defending Joe Swash marriage

    Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash have been together for a decade but have faced questions about their marriage…
    #NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #BBC #Britain'sGotTalent #Engagementring #Familyholidays #GB #I'mACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere #jewellery #JoeSwash #love #Marriage #Realityshows #StaceySolomon #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/516777/