TEEVEE

I'M LISTENING TO MUSIC AND CDS TO CALM AND IMPROVE MIND.

I'M GOING TO PLAY BACH NEXT, ITS A VERY SPIRITUALLY INSPIRING MUSIC.

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD CONCERT ORCHESTRA    OR IT DOESN'T WORK.

THIS IS DONE BY THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC.

ONCE WE HAD A STREET  BLOCK PARTY WHERE WE CLOSED A DOWNTOWN STREET AND EVERYONE CAME TO CELEBRATE. ONE GUY NAMED  RAY    WHO ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC AND PLAYED A GUITAR , ON THIS OCCASION HE HAD A GUITAR AND A HARMONICA AND TWO CYMBALS BETWEEN HIS KNEES AND WAS PLAYING BOB DYLAN MUSIC        ONE OF OUR FRIENDS DUBBED HIM THE "SUTTERTOWN PHILHARMONICA"  IT WAS  FUNNY. AND RAY WAS PLAYING HIS HEART OUT TRULY BELIEVING HE WAS GREAT AND FOR THE TIMES AND THE PLACE HE WAS.

HE WAS ONE OF MANY OF OUR  COMPATRIOTS WHO HUNG OUT AT THE OLD WEATHERSTONE COFFEEHOUSE RUN BY LEE PAGE. MANY TIMES WE HAD SUCH A FAMILY FEELING FOR THIS PLACE THAT I MISS IT A LOT.

I STILL TREASURE THE  PHOTO ALBUM I HAVE FROM THOSE DAYS.

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER COFFEEHOUSE LIKE THAT ONE AGAIN UNLESS DAD AND I START ONE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY OR MONEY FOR SUCH AN ENDEAVOR.

BUT IT LIVES IN MY MIND   AND HEART ALWAYS.

WE STILL HEAR FROM BILL WHO MARRIED AND LIVES IN WASHINGTON STATE WITH HIS RICH LAWYER WIFE HE FINALLY TIED THE KNOT GOOD FOR HIM, HE SENDS US A CHRISTMAS LETTER   DESCRIBING HIS YEARLY ACTIVITIES .

I REMEMBER OUR LAST DOINGS WITH BILL WE HIRED HIM TO REMODEL OUR BATHROOM  FOR 2500 DOLLARS AND HE CAME AND TILED AROUND THE TUB AND PUT DOWN A VERY INEXPENSIVE  LINOLEUM ON THE FLOOR AND USED UP ALL THE MONEY AND DISAPPEARED   SO WE HIRED ANOTHER YOUNG MAN TO FINISH THE JOB AND WORK ON THE TERMITE PROBLEM WE HAD.

BILL AT THAT TIME WAS RUNNING AFTER SOME GUYS WIFE HE WAS HOT FOR AND HIS MIND WAS SO OCCUPIED BY THAT SEXUAL DELIGHT HE FORGOT OUR CONTRACT AND ONE DAY HE APPEARED AND WAS READY TOWORK WE TOLD HIM WE HAD HIRED ANOTHER TO COMPLETE THE JOB AND HE  WAS ASTOUNDED!!

HE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD DO THAT. WELL WE NEEDED THE BATHROOM TO BE RECONNECTED AND   READY FOR USE WE ONLY HAD THE ONE BATHROOM  I WONDERED WHAT IN THE WORLD HE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO DO?  GO CA CA IN THE ALLEY? BATHE AT THE NEIGHBORS OR WITH A GARDEN HOSE?

HA HAH  DAD AND I FELT SO SUCCESSFUL TO HAVE HANDLED IT WITH SUCH APLOMB AND NOT ALLOW ANOTHER ONE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US. EVEN THOUGH HE USED UP ALL THAT MONEY, WE STILL CAME OUT AHEAD.

 AND HE EVENTUALLY DIDN'T GET THAT GIRL.  POOR SAP WASTED  HIS TIME FOR NAUGHT.

SHE WAS A HOE ANYWAY'S.