To thine own self be true

Eating Costco cookies at the big outdoor 3rd b-day party at Jackie Parker Park.

“Having a dog is like having a child for the rest of your life.”
–Karen Davies

“Having a dog is like having a close friend for the rest of your life.”
–Richard Davies

Absolutely incredible sharp alto sax sound by a master at the Yardbird Suite Sunday evening. His world-class diverse quartet consisted of a Japanese-American string bassist, a famous white pianist (who did a transcendent featured solo and whom he won a Grammy with), and a (likewise) black Julliard drummer vet whom Herring always wanted to play with.

What a beautiful evening in the nicely-renovated AC’d Yardbird Suite enjoying vino and popcorn with my daughter who bought the tix as a Father’s Day gift! Simply outstanding: the venue, the band, the music. As good as it gets with Herring & co. playing a number of styles including bop, swing, funk, ballad, and other forms.

Herring will be sending me (shipping covered by him) an autographed copy of his latest CD (he ran out of them before the Edmonton show). He is and has been the best sax player on the scene for some time now.

The Roads Not Taken–all the different jobs and careers I might have had
A World of Ideas and Books–the role these have had in making my adult life and sensibility
My U Courses–what marked me intellectually before a long teaching and writing career
A Lack of Focus and Discipline–1967-1969
A Life of Music–from 45s, top 40 radio to operetta singing, folk clubs, bars, songwriting, schools, and my guitars
The Poet I Am–revisiting how language and literature reached a peak for me
The Importance in Structure in My Teaching Years
A Natural-Born Performer–a performer sensibility

As in 1966-67. Paul McCartney’s latest video online May 21-22, 2018. (Available on YouTube and CBC–runs about 30 mins.) McCa carpools it singing along with Beatles songs on the radio around Liverpool, stopping at Penny Lane, his childhood home, making music on the way to an impromptu live gig at a pub he and the lads used to perform at. Warm, fun, insightful, interesting nostalgia. Best thing to appear on the Internet in a long time. Enjoy!

stinking of pot smoke. Imagine that the country is going to become one massive ubiquitous doobie. Thank you Justin.

BTW/ Has the world gotten crazier or what?
Two former female Koko caretakers were once fired for refusing to bare their breasts to the gorilla who loved nipples, which led to a lawsuit.

Watching the tv commercial today as the ‘perfect good’ mother carelessly sprays Febreze on her kids’ clothes, their bedding and pillows, around dogs, willy-nilly on rugs, and on towels families put their faces into. Madness and very dangerous for ordinary folks to exposing themselves to all these endangering chemicals. Eliminates odors and people, too.

Taylor Hall, winner of the Hart Trophy.
One of the few guys who has ever wanted to stay in and play for Edmonton.
Ah, but Chiarelli knows so much. To wit, the albatross around the neck contract of his buddy Lucic.