Wednesday night – a certain age

Just back from more live music !.. About 11AM. my friend Gary called to tell me he had an extra ticket to see David Crosby and Graham Nash tonight at the Flynn..   why not !?!? .. Live music is my best therapy..

 

I came downtown after seeing about half of Gabe’s LAX game.. and got there just a few minutes after my friends saw avid Crosby sitting on Church street playing guitar..

 

The theater was packed with people.. many of who I knew and nearly all.. ‘of a certain age’   It was nice to be in a crowd where I had about the average amount and color of hair..

The concert was really good.. These guys have been playing together for 40 year !!!.. they still obviously loved doing it.. and still sounded fantastic.

I have to admit, I’ve never been  much of a fan of their music .. ..  Most Of the  CSNY stuff I like  is usually Steve Stills or Neal Young.. the darker stuff I guess. but I really appreciate their musicianship.. especially their harmonies.. and all of that was really great .  I also really admire Crosby for his advocacy for organ donation (thanks !) . He is a liver transplant recipient..  and often talks about that and organ donations in interviews. .. I gave one of the roadies a samstone to give to him.. hope he gets it.

They did awesome versions of ‘wooden ships’, ‘almost cut my hair’ , ‘song before I go’.. they also did their poppy signature songs.. like ‘our house’.. ‘Guinevere’, ‘teach your children’.. which brought great memories and had the crowds standing

Last time I heard these guys was about 30 years ago.. I felt I could reach back in time and see myself at that earlier show.. If I could have really done that.. what would I have said ?

Maybe something like “teach your children well”

nite all, nite sam

-me

Tuesday afternoon – sound track..

Sound track of my day:

7 AM .. Grateful dead.. still buzzing from last nights concert

8AM Phillip glass, mindless repetitive minimilist as I shuffle through meetings

9AM Wager.. Die Valkerie.. because my freind Bob mentioned it.. and it felt like ‘Apocolypse Now’ at work

11AM Soem big beethoven orchesteral work.. all the moving parts of a huge company

1 PM Country western.. insert your favorite song about your job… here

4pM Exodus  – 4PM meetign in local bar !

7PM last meetign of day.. chopin.. feelign peaceful.. bloging form my car in the parking lot

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

Monday night – where does the time go ?

1 AM and just returning from a Dark Star Orchestra concert at higher ground. Dark Star is my favorite Grateful Dead  cover band.. As I stood there listening they played one of my all time favorite songs: “Uncle John’s band’ ..   a line form there ‘where does the time go”.. struck me as the theme for my day/week/month/year/life…    This morning, on my run,  i was marveling at how many times I’d run the snaking path down by the river in the last 30 years.. Today at work.. I was amazed (and I admit dismayed) as I plied through old emails in search of a bit o info.. I came across so many things I’ve been working in the past year that are only slightly further along than they were a year ago.. how can time pass so quickly  ??? .. Then Tonight .. watching Gabe play a very good LAX game.. I was thinking back to how many years we’ve watched or boys out on the field.. then … to dinner (marcos’) .. an old favorite haunt.. How many sandwiches there ?? How long it’s been !

At the music venue I ran into a friend.. now a woman.. whom I knew as a baby.. That’s what I was thinking about as I watched a room of gray (or no) haired hippies dancing and bobbing to music that was old when I was a kid..

Where does the time go… ?

it’s all right here…

nite all, nite sam

-me

Sunday night – Mothers day !

Happy mothers day all you moms out there.. I know it’s one of those hallmark greeting card inspired holidays.. but we like telling Diane. Judy and Marcia.. and all the other moms  how much we love them .. (We do !!!!)

We started the day with a run.. then all the kids woke up.. around  10..

We made  a big breakfast of fruit crepes…

 

and of course, sam was there in spirit.  Like on every holiday, we light one of sams lanterns to honor him and invite him into our day.   Many folks have asked me how days like mothers and fathers day feel to us now.. well.. honestly.. they’re like every other day.. a mix of happiness and sadness… really no different except on days like this.. everyone else remembers .. and we appreciate their thoguths today.. as we appreciate them every day..

 

Then it was outside for gifts.. as in all years in recent history.. Diane likes plants for mothers day.. The soil is warm enough to work .. the last frost is either past.. or nearly past.. time to plant !

this year we got diane a bunch of annuals and a hyacinth.. We planted it along with a samstone to make it grow..

we also cleared the front garden as well as the  the strawberry and raspberry patches

in the end we were outsid enearly all day with our hands in the dirt.. it was a great way to celebrate mothers day !