After an aborted show in Beaumont, where the manager of the place double booked and Ed Starkey and I wasted gas and time driving over there and then darn near killed ourselves with bad food at a waffle house on the way back, I left Houston for Georgetown, Texas. None the worse for the wear, having made some new friends, and with a little money in my pocket.
Georgetown is just north of Austin, a handsome town with a quaint square and well kept shops and houses. My buddy Rick Dinsmore…
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Added by David Vidal on March 10, 2010 at 4:39pm —
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Those of you in Philly probably knew or heard of Dan Kleiman. He was an amazing keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He was in a group called Siora, with Phyllis Chapell as the vocalist.
He had recently been given a commission to compose a choral piece to be performed at the Vatican. Many commissions were coming to him.
He also played on and arranged my CD and the Christmas song I had posted here.
I could go on and on....but Dan passed away on Feb 22nd....one day before…
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Added by Sherry Somach on March 11, 2010 at 10:00am —
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I can see clearly
Just what we are together.
Glasses for my heart.
Added by Jami Ward on March 10, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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The next night was at a different restaurant. Same chain. If you can get a couple of money gigs in a row, it will start to foster the illusion that you are actually making a real living. Hey, you will be... for a couple of nights. Kenneth booked the next weekend as well, at the same places. And a show at the Taqueria el Patron in between.
"The Tock", as it is known, is a local family owned humble yet nice eatery in a Houston strip mall where the plans of Flyin' Dog Records, with whom I…
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Added by David Vidal on March 9, 2010 at 9:41pm —
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Changed some things around.
It looks different in here.
Rearranged my heart.
Added by Jami Ward on March 9, 2010 at 10:49pm —
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Where do I go now?
Where did everybody go?
Adrift in the fog.
Added by Jami Ward on March 8, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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When my middle child-a mama’s girl- started kindergarten, she clung to my waist like lichen on stone. The separation for us was painful, me leaving her, crocodile tears in her eyes, a little waif dressed in tiny jeans and a yellow shirt sprinkled with daisies. I’d done my best to prepare her. She’d been…
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Added by Dorraine Darden on March 8, 2010 at 1:20pm —
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Texas is a big state. I know that's stating the obvious. But seriously. It is. Though it's not that tall. Having grown up in the Rocky Mountains, I assure you Texas is not very tall relative to some of its neighbors. But it has tremendous girth. And one tends to feel a bit swallowed up by it.
West Texas has some mountains. Lots of dirt, too. Cattle ranches and such. After a good long while, you pass through that region of girth, and enter the hill country part. Gently rolling hills,…
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Added by David Vidal on March 1, 2010 at 11:40pm —
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I left but came back
Not knowing where else to go
Without my compass.
Added by Jami Ward on March 4, 2010 at 7:00am —
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Last night, the full moon appeared like a flamboyant floodlight. It seemed to echo, "Is anyone alive down there...down there...down there? It is I, floodlight moon." It appeared close but was actually 238,857 miles away! Our eyes can play tricks on us.
Even so, they are rich visual collectors. Two blue, brown, hazel or green mini artists, taking in life portraits, freeze framing them into memory… Continue
Added by Dorraine Darden on March 1, 2010 at 6:04pm —
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Buds and bugs break out.
Sun, rain and warmer weather.
Spring is almost here!
Added by Jami Ward on February 28, 2010 at 10:30pm —
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I was born in Gallup, New Mexico. A coal mining town. A railroad town. The two go hand in hand.
Historically, Gallup was a community of hard working, hard drinking immigrants who lived right next to the huge Navajo Reservation. It was built because of the huge coal reserves there, and named for the paymaster, whose last name was Gallup. People would say "I'm going to Gallup" when it was time to get paid. The name stuck. Bobby Troupe mentioned the town in his famous song, "Route 66". I…
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Added by David Vidal on February 28, 2010 at 8:22pm —
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I recently returned to California from a month long jaunt through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. And then back through New Mexico and Arizona. A big loop that took me out of the Los Angeles area on Interstate 10 and returned me via Interstate 40. All this in an '83 Toyota van (the very first year Toyota made vans for the American market) with 188,000 plus miles on the odometer. Of course, the odometer stopped working years ago.
When we speak of…
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Added by David Vidal on February 26, 2010 at 2:28pm —
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Hurry! Hurry! Rush!
Finish that and then do this!
What? No coffee break?
Added by Jami Ward on February 25, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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She chases, I fall.
Tumbling down together
We fall into love.
Added by Jami Ward on February 24, 2010 at 11:36pm —
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To me, being in a wild world with so many sights, sounds, odors, tastes and textures is a little like walking down dusty paths of a renaissance festival and being bombarded with the scent of apple dumplings and roasted turkey legs while my ears buzz with pan flutes and tambourines, all as I’m…
Added by Dorraine Darden on February 24, 2010 at 9:30am —
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Unknown dark beckons.
Mysterious adventures?
Nope - new BlackBerry.
Added by Jami Ward on February 22, 2010 at 9:31pm —
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This started as gibberish just for fun. Turned out to be satirical.
Enjoy...I hope
The Mad Hater's Tea Party
Would you like to come to my tea party?
I’m serving folderol and mashed malarkey
Heaps of frippery and frothy flummery
Do you think that this is dumb of me?
There’ll be lots of frivolity at my tea party
Sliced and diced on beds of triviality
Petty petit fours and arguing S’mores
And nobody doesn’t like Sarah Lee…oops, I…
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Added by Sherry Somach on February 21, 2010 at 11:40pm —
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Scrubbing kitchen floors,
Changing sheets, doing the wash -
NOT domestic bliss.
Added by Jami Ward on February 20, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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Added by Steen Krause on February 19, 2010 at 7:30pm —
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