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Thanksgiving
And I am very grateful for my life.
Thirty-seven years ago I went with a bunch of my friends to Madison Square Garden to see Elton John. Midway through the concert, out comes John Lennon and they do "Lucy in the Sky," "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," and the greatest-ever version of "Saw Her Standing There." It apparently was the last live performance of Lennon's life.
I was with a very sweet girl named Dorothy. I wrote in my diary that night that it had been the best night of my life so far, and that I knew there would be many more to come. That's held true.
I spent today--and every day of the past twelve years--with the love of my life, Sandra, and every day gets better.
Great songs I listened to today:
"The Boxer" by Paul Simon
In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains
"The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze . . ." by Gilbert and Sullivan
Observe his flame,
that placid dame,
the moon's celestial highness;
There's not a trace
upon her face
of diffidence or shyness
"Lillian" by Ian Fitzgerald
She danced like the only one who heard the song . . .
"I Was Glad" by the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir of London. Had the pleasure of seeing them live during Evensong last summer.
"Idiot Wind." Dylan.
There’s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin’ out of a boxcar door
You didn’t know it, you didn’t think it could be done, in the final end he won the war
After losin’ every battle
Thirty-seven years ago I went with a bunch of my friends to Madison Square Garden to see Elton John. Midway through the concert, out comes John Lennon and they do "Lucy in the Sky," "Whatever Gets You Through the Night," and the greatest-ever version of "Saw Her Standing There." It apparently was the last live performance of Lennon's life.
I was with a very sweet girl named Dorothy. I wrote in my diary that night that it had been the best night of my life so far, and that I knew there would be many more to come. That's held true.
I spent today--and every day of the past twelve years--with the love of my life, Sandra, and every day gets better.
Great songs I listened to today:
"The Boxer" by Paul Simon
In the clearing stands a boxer,
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains
"The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze . . ." by Gilbert and Sullivan
Observe his flame,
that placid dame,
the moon's celestial highness;
There's not a trace
upon her face
of diffidence or shyness
"Lillian" by Ian Fitzgerald
She danced like the only one who heard the song . . .
"I Was Glad" by the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir of London. Had the pleasure of seeing them live during Evensong last summer.
"Idiot Wind." Dylan.
There’s a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin’ out of a boxcar door
You didn’t know it, you didn’t think it could be done, in the final end he won the war
After losin’ every battle
