I want to wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the great mother’s out there. The number of faithful and wonderful mothers I could list here would probably keep me busy until next Mother’s Day.
I will give a shout out to some of those whom I have already wished a Happy Mother’s Day in person.
My Mom. Happy Mother’s Day to you. I thank you for all you have done. You went above the call of duty many times. I am grateful and blessed.
My Mother-in Law. Thank you for being a kind soul. Thank you most of all for giving us your daughter.
My sister. You are a wonderful parent to your children. Keep up the good work.
My wife. You are simply the best.
WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS…
With an apologetic nod to Shel Silverstein, I found where the sidewalk ends last weekend. It is on Charlestown Road in New Albany North of the Meijer store.
The sidewalk keeps going in the other direction.
Just down from this spot, if you keep walking in the direction of the sidewalk, is a eating establishment I have become quite fond of. Though I refrained from entering the doors of the place, or going through the drive-thru, I took this picture. Do they even have a drive-up? I don’t know. I guess not. You do go in and make your own.
Can’t help it. I have a weakness for the place. Guess I can help it. I did not go in last week. Hope they never build on of these in the county I live in. If they did it would be like Norm Peterson making his way into Cheers. Everyone would know my name.
I have always had a fascination of looking into the sun beneath a tree. I know exactly what I was thinking when I looked up to the sun when I took this picture. One day I will share it with you. I mentioned this moment in a post I wrote last week around this time. It was a significant place in time for me. I found an answer. I was given an answer.
The Moody Blues had to move their concert tonight from the snowy and picturesque venue that is Red Rocks Amphitheater outside Denver into the old relic of an indoor arena…the Denver Coliseum. My research tells me the last time The Moody Blues played at the Denver Coliseum was December 11, 1970. Talk about back to the future.
I made mention lately of John Lodge’s new solo effort.
I listened to it a few times this past week going up and down the road to work and back. It only clocks in at about a half an hour with just eight songs. I have enjoyed it. The songs are very diverse. He sings from the heart. He is a true rock and roller. Speaking of which, when I think of how John is going to be 70 later this year, I think about the old television promo that ran on the Louisville market promoting WRKA radio. They mentioned The Moody Blues and their slogan over thirty years ago was “A Station for those between Rock (and Rolling) and Rocking (as in the rocking chair). They were trying to appeal to a mature audience. We had no way of believing a group could still be plugging into amps and cranking up the volume 50 years after they started. I suppose the attitude was driven by the fact that if the Beatles only had a “live” life of less than ten years, no one else could survive that long either. It had never happened before. That is one of the things I never forget when I see The Moodies today. The are truly music history. They opened for The Beatles.
John Lodge’s 1977 album Natural Avenue.
I like this record too. I have come to the point where I do skip a couple because I have had my fill of them. My greatest criticism of this is that I have always thought the cover of this thing was dreadful. The pic of him is bad. The worn out “YES”- like Roger Dean sleeve work does not work for me. I was delighted when John re-released this with an extra song not included on the original CD about twenty years ago..
This was much better.
Speaking of better… if any of you are under the weather right now, I feel your pain. Medical pros call it sinusitis and bronchitis. I call it I can’t breathe! Thank God for medication and the fact that I can procure some when I am in need.
That is speaking the rights!
Danny Johnson