my 2010 concert plan... in progress

soooo, went to see willie nelson at the house of blues, NOLA, in january... father-in-law died and then our home burnt to the ground shortly after... great concert... nasty memories associated with it. so i decided to set upon a concert 'redeaux' to replace my fave concert t-shirts lost in the fire... it's my 'in your face' to the devastation that has come with this year... asked for a mulligan... haven't received it yet... so i'm going to have a good time till the reset button is hit.

tom and i saw jimmy buffett at the woodlands in may... great concert and no nasty memories... now Ranger and i are leaving on a trip to biloxi to see frampton .... the thought of the beach and the oil spill .... i just hope there is a way and (the gov't uses it) to minimize the damage... 

the photos and vid that i have seen are heart-wrenching... on the plus side, a friend that moved to the area a while back got in touch with me and we are having dinner on friday... i have missed heather, it will be so good to hug her once again.

[if any of you are in the area, ping me on facebook, i'll buy ya a coffee.]

anyway, have jackson browne scheduled in august along with crosby, stills, and nash... after that? who knows.

sweet lord what a year this has been.

january was full of unexpected uh-ohs .... shortly after the new year my father-in-law fell ... he seemed to be alright and refused to go to the ER ... by the time he got medical care it was too late ... he went into a coma and 10 days later died.



we buried him on saturday, 23 jan 2010. Tom and i celebrated our 30th anniversary on the 26th and on the 27th our home burnt down ... a total loss and an investigation yielded no definitive conclusion as to the origin of the fire ...

i am now sitting in my room at my daughter's home ... thankfully she lived next door and it's not a big adjustment for Ranger...

though without a fence he did get into a fight with another dog ... there is a leash law in Wesson, but most ignore it, and the "dog catcher" wants the police to do his job for him ...

anyway ... got the paperwork filed and waiting for the insurance higher-ups to sign-off on the money so we may begin anew.

may the next 11 months be uneventful and dull.