aloha everyone, i've been enjoying all the posts this last month or so (i
joined the list first week sept.) and plenty mahalos to all who sent their
warm greetings. i feel like i know some of you in a way, i guess when i
read and see the name i kind of imagine what you look like , always
stunning how far off i can be, i imagined rush limbaugh looked like tommy
lasorta....way off. i'm sure i don't look anything like my name..... call
me crazy but maybe the need for some imaginary visual reference is
something one would talk to an analyst about....if i had one i might talk
about it, but i don't so i'm content being a little twisted, in a good way
(no more ifs or ands or buts, oh no) otherwise i think i'm perfectly sane
most of the time....in my first post i recalled seeing joni in concert at
the waikiki shell in 1969 but after going thru the discography portion of
the home page and trying to remember the music that night i now think it
was in 1971, when i feel sure i'll submit my best guess to the performances
part of the home page. big yellow taxi was on the radio already , she sang
'keep your pineapples just give me the birds and the bees please' and how
perfect the timing of paving paradise was then. many, including me, bailed
to the outer islands looking for our gardens...best move i made in my life
yet. there's so much info at joni.com i've yet to see (partly because of
this old macintosh) thank you wally b. i wandered the archives to find
more of him.........this post i wept,
do not stand at my grave and weep,
i am not there, i do not sleep,
i am a thousand winds that blow,
i am the diamond glints on snow,
i am the sunlight on ripened grain,
i am the gentle autumn rain.
when you awaken in the mornings hush,
i am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight,
i am the soft star that shines at night.
do not stand at my grave and cry,
i am not there,i did not die
ok i've wiped my tears, i guess i'm a weeper.... a twisted weeper! ( sounds
like something elmer fudd would say) sorry..ok reality check....on to my
idea,,, if it has been done, thought about, tried and failed or just
uninteresting please , your input is greatly welcomed.....*!! a map of the
world with a pin for us all. i think it would be so interesting to see
where we are on the planet....could it be called the 'worldwide map of
jimdles online'? and if this is a new idea could it be the 'worldwide map
of jimdles online, new idea'...... acronym;wwmojoni ??? am i going too far?
not far enough? the concept of the world map pins came to me while
shopping for my kids school supplies, in that section of the store was a
map displayed, i thought of people i know and where they were, where i was
born, places i've been, familiar places everyones heard of, where i might
one day want to adventure, i guess just spinning a dream there in front of
that map i realized what a recluse i am, but i'm a happy recluse, slightly
twisted...in a good way...the joni factor?? needless to say i bought the
map. it's still in the tube, it unfurls to three feet high by five feet
long and i remember that where i live is in the center of the world (or
just slightly left).....and BTW while looking for my old boots i came
across an atlas from the 70's looking like it was a throwaway and it's well
detailed as far as small towns, i found mine and thats pretty small so
between that old atlas and that big world map i'm sure i can get close to
any location, if anyone wants to play, i'm here... simply an email with
your town or the nearest one if your way in the sticks i'll pin you up.....
just a little about me briefly so you can do your visualization if you
wish, i'm a woodworker, age 46, live on kauai, my wife is an artist, we've
two kids, aimee is 16 going on 30, cory is 13 going somewhere, we're not
quite sure where yet, but he's been playing my guitars for the past few
years and he's happy....main thing. my dogs name is 'bug', i call all of
our cats 'pooch' (in retrospect i could have named them all 'eat') my
computer literacy i would grade as 'c minor' ..... i'm told i can count and
spell good, but i still have difficulty speaking to people with whom i'm
not familiar. i am the silent one hiding in the corner at the art openings.
i can play 'just like this train' in my sleep and beer drink most under the
table..... very well, now i shall find the world tube and dedicate a
section of a wall in my shop forever to be 'WWMOJONI' unless someone has a
more fun/creative/meaningful name for the world, love and peace to all,
dean french
