Adventures in Words

  https://youtu.be/HJm-RpPk16M Thanks to all who have shared encouragement for  Chain Link Zen . Your thoughts are much appreciated! Sales are brisk – I think we sold one yesterday, or maybe it was Monday. But this blog isn't about that. This morning, this YouTube video appeared on my computer. It must have been linked to something, but I have no idea what, or from where, or why. It's an hour-long video of a concert Peter Paul and Mary did on BBC in 1965.  It's in black and white, no frills, in front of a studio audience seated on risers. The sound is crystalline, the camerawork and editing unexpectedly superb. While I'm not, as a rule, given to fanboy behavior, I'm sharing it motivated by the question, is it just me, or is this the greatest concert/film ever? It's close, that's for sure. Despite occasional lapses into dorky humor – a staple of hootenannies and folk concerts of the era – the songs have the power to stop time. And that's even before they

                                                                                Lisa Kristofferson photo Me: How you feelin' these days? Him: Old. I got a visit Friday from old friends, Kris Kristofferson, his wife Lisa and their son Jody. They were in Arizona for a Valentine's Day wedding in Scottsdale, and for visits with their Salvadoran daughters in Tucson. Kris and Lisa raised a bunch of kids out in Hana, and now have full schedules catching up with them all over the Mainland. Jody, their second oldest, was a champion wrestler at Hana High before turning professional for years. A gentle giant, he's a good guy to have around for all sorts of reasons. Some of Kris's fans are in their twilight years now, but Jody's still got the ink tattoo on his back from the little old lady who attacked him with a ballpoint pen, trying to get at her idol. At 86 the man himself still has the aura. Superstardom is a heavy cape to wear, especially for a triple threat in several occ

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