Thursday night – Antidilluvian

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Antidilluvian…  it means ‘after the flood’.. and that’s where we are today..

It was a long, long day.. many frustrations. One  bright spot was a late afternoon meeting at the Echo center. That was a chance to see the lake at record high levels.. I’d heard about the trouble it’s been causing.. but it’s another thing entirely to see it..

 

You can tell where the water has receeeded by the massive piles of driftwood.. It’s everywhere !

The ferry docs are submerged.. so much that the ferries can’t run..

The ECHO parking lot was more like a pool !

Call me an anarchist.. but I love it when the weather takes over.. It’s a nice reminder that we’re not the most powerful thing on earth..

 

OK.. gotta go sleep off this day…

night all, night Sam

-me

 

 

Wednesday night – a certain age

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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..

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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 ?

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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