The music-blog world can be a surprisingly small one. We develop relationships with people solely through our keyboards and a shared interest in our ongoing conversation. We may never meet in the real world, but our virtual relationships feel a lot like real-world relationships nevertheless. So I was quite sorry to learn this morning that one of the regular commenters around here, Scraps, who is also a fellow contributor at Popdose, suffered a stroke last week. Many of the signs are good, but it’s likely that he has a long recovery period ahead, and like many writers, he’ll have to find his way through it without health insurance. More details and a way for you to help are here.

Coming tomorrow and all this week:  More random October days, on which we should all be grateful to the people who see us through, wherever they are and however we know them.

“Be Thankful for What You Got”/William DeVaughn (buy it here)