Blue skies here today, in the 60s. A chilly wind this evening. The moon was awfully pretty tonight.

Went out to dinner with a dear friend. It was our first time in a new restaurant (in an old historic building). My salmon was great, served with a tasty orange squash and English split pea soup. She had mahi mahi which looked good. There was supposed to be live music starting at 7. A local guy playing alt.country/folk, but he was just setting up by the time we left at 8:15. We ended up walking through downtown (2nd Saturday Art Hop was tonight which featured local artists in various shops and restaurants--this happens every 2nd Sat of the month). We ended up a bar and grill called The Post Office and watched an older guy play acoustic guitar and singing blues, a solo act. Very good. I was designated driver and Beth had some wine. Went home before 10.

Great video! I saw the Tokens last year; they put on a great show.

Mary

That was fun, thanks a lot. Where have melodies like this gone?
Grey in grey and a cold wind here. Yesterday it was wet and grey and a cold wind. As it is befitting for a old couple, stayed in, played a couple of chess games, watched a local PBS show and read, a bit more exitment and it would get dangerous, LOL.

We didn't get to see the beautiful moon either. Alternating snowing and raining. Rather cold here today and supposed to be a cold week. Another good week for cooking and making bread.

I love that song. Thanks for the link. Kids love it too, especially babies. I have known several over the years whose parents played it for them as the childs favorite song. Gets those little ones wiggling and bopping. Fun. Thanks.

In the twenties early morning, in the upper sixties late afternoon. We call it "false spring". Kick up the wood-stove early, and bank the fire for the day, kick it up again after dark.
The sunny afternoons are so tempting, I have a lot of outdoor stuff to do, so much gets taken care of.
Mornings are for organizing things indoors, for baking bread, watering house-plants and cleaning the fish-tank.
It is a pleasant interlude and I hope it will be followed by lots of rain, we need it.

It's gotten colder here, but not as cold as it's going to get this week. However, it's clear as clear can be today, so I'm going to be looking forward to a bright shining moon tonight.

I thought about you this morning Michael,and Wanda. Hey...where is wanda anyway? There was an article in the paper about healthy people and it said that the unhealthiest people in the country lived in Alabama. I think the healthiest were in Connecticut and a couple of other states.

We're supposed to get snow this week. Honest to gosh snow, so that means we won't (until Thursday afternoon when I have to be in the 'boro by 2:30. Ugh). I can handle getting to work and back, but another couple of counties is just a little too hard to do. I have one course on Monday nights, Tue/Thurs midday, and one correspondence, should keep it interesting. I checked into refinancing the house to absorb the debt and buy time on selling it, but the house would appraise 12% too low. :( Maybe that would change after working on all remaining projects except the kitchen, in a handful of months (and the market getting more upbeat, Nashville is less affected than many markets). Not doing the kitchen would save me thousands. Here's to hoping! Cracked crabs followed by movie watching yesterday.

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is my all time favorite song, always cheering me up. Additionally makes me think of Tracy Ullman and a skit she did when she got everyone at the bus stop singing it, but pickpocketed them at the same time. They left happy to start their day so well singing such a joyful song, too funny!

The moon was awesome last night - a big, bright globe in the sky. The Lion Sleeps Tonight is a nice song, but on a moonlit night like last night I'm always reminded of Cat Stevens singing "Moon Shadow."

I really don't know what to think or say about that particular poll. I don't like labels like that. Not everyone in Alabama is unhealthy. Do Alabamians have more health problems than other? Maybe, maybe not.

Andie,
Do you mean this one? from Teaser and the FireCat

I need to dig around in the shoe boxes and see iffin I can come up with a picture or two. In the mid 70's I was the perfect little hippie kid. Hair, bell bottoms, and all that....

Yep, that's the one. And until I moved out to the country I never really experienced the phenomena because of all the light pollution in the city. But now, every time there's a bright full moon, I find that song racing through my head.