17 January 2010 Listen to the birds on the hotwire sing!

17 January 2010 Listen to the birds on the hotwire sing!


We had an enjoyable evening out in the thriving city of Jonesborough, TN last night.

We had sandwiches of Cuban pork with mojito onions, Manchego cheese, and cilantro on Cuban bread, press grilled and served with an excellent side of black beans and rice. The Dining Room has an impressive menu but we can never seem to get past the sandwich menu to the full meals. Our sandwiches left us well satisfied and with no residual hunger even after the dance.

We did not dance but sat as gatekeepers and took admission money, reminded members that their membership in the Historic Jonesborough Dance Society; proffered name tags, and listened to the music. Gloria tried to talk with everyone who showed up and managed to speak to most of them. We renewed our membership as well.

The drive home was rainy but otherwise uneventful. Since our last evening out the TDOT has put yellow reflectors along the center line of TN 107. Those really helped last night.

Today brought rain and cold, running turkeys. The flock has been here three times today. There was a bit of sunshine around 1130 but it did not prevent us receiving 0.58 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. The rain has finally removed nearly all the snow except for the pile between the back deck and the pool. Ice axes, earth movers, and blasting gel may be in order.

It has been a slow day, a pleasure to the senses. Walking out about 1100, the air had a spring-like feel. We’ve dined well today; waffles, eggs, and bacon for breakfast, steak au poivre – a new recipe – for dinner. There was enough leftover beef to make a very satisfying dinner later in the week.

There’s another award program on television tonight that I have no interest in watching. If performers and celebrities want my attention and approval they can pay me directly. Then, I’ll be happy write them a letter of recommendation of help them pimp their latest project. But I have no desire to waste my time watching them appear on talk shows or award shows telling me how wonderful they are.

Listened to The Grateful Dead, 30 November 1973 at the Fox Theater in St. Louis MO this afternoon. Excellent show with two jams that turn out to lead into a rare but lovely riff known to Dead Heads as “Mind Left Body Jam.” Four descending chords played as a riff 14 times by the band, never the same way twice. The slide or finger picked lead by Garcia could be one of the most plaintive, evocative jams they ever played. I very much enjoy hearing the copies I have collected. Time to close and do some serious reading. “Said, Thank you, for a real good time!”