Assorted Ramblings

OK, so what have I been up to? Not a whole lot. Time is a blur and half the time I don't know where it's gone.

Been listening to a lot of different music lately. The remastered Beatles albums are amazing. It's like they're right there in the room with you.

Also been listening to a lot of music I used to think was "wicked" or at least "rebellious" in my younger days and so didn't listen to it. Things like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Grand Funk Railroad, Santana, Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, etc. I missed so much because of my uptight desire to "be good."

I've also been getting reacquainted with Elton John's music. For years I couldn't listen to it because it reminded me of my old girlfriend, and it made me depressed for various other reasons too. I find that I'm able to listen to it again without that happening. It's like being reunited with an old friend.

Speaking of old friends, I've also been listening to a lot of jazz, and just today I was listening to Airto Moreira's album, Fingers. An old friend named Jan turned me on to him years ago, and I remember trying to learn to play a song from that album on the guitar when I visited her in Rapid City, SD. Haven't heard from Jan in years, sadly.

I remember I wanted to be more than friends with her at first but she wasn't interested in me that way. Still, we could talk to each other about anything, and she was my best friend. After a while I figured out that I mainly wanted to be more than friends because I got along better with her than I ever had with any of my "girlfriends." I also figured out we were better off as friends because we were so much alike that if we'd been "romantic" we'd have driven each other crazy! I think I found her address on line a couple of years ago and wrote to her but never heard anything back.

I lost touch with most of my old friends from The Way, which is a drag because pretty much everyone I was friends with for most of my adult life I knew from The Way. So most of my life is limited to memories now because of that. The one exception is Melodie, whom I am amazed is still with me. She has remained at my side through everything, no matter how difficult I may have been. I don't know what's wrong with her! WHAT WAS SHE THINKING???

Oh well... Life goes on (Ob-la-di, ob-la-da!)