It's amazing that when I'm down in the dumps, a lister (or in this case two
JMDLers) can lift my spirits right up.
I had the unpleasant experience of having to put my 6 year old Yorkie, Maxine
to rest on Friday. Although it was in her best interest, it's been really
hard on me these past few days.
On Saturday, I get a package in the mail from Holland. It seems that our
wonderful John van Tiel had read my rave comments of Lydia Van Dam who did an
entire album of Joni songs. I have all of Mr. Muller's covers CD's, and he's
put most of her songs on the collection. Still I wanted an entire album of
Lydia. I've never heard anyone sing Joni songs the way this woman does.
Each time I commented on one of Lydia's covers, Bob would say how the CD is
almost impossible to get. Little did I know, that my favorite Dutchman
(Uncle John) put the word out in Holland. He contacted fellow JMDLer Monica
(also from Holland) to see if she could find Lydia's "Both Sides Now."
Monica managed to find this out of print CD and mailed it to me. Lydia
captures Joni's songs in such a soulful jazz style. The amazing thing is
that I didn't ask John or Monica to search Amsterdam and the rest of Holland
for this CD. I didn't send an SASE, beg, bargain, or plead. They just read
some of my comments on the JMDL, and did the rest. This is one of the
reasons why I love this community so much. This was sent to me because they
have such BIG HEARTS.
Thank you Holland for having such wonderful and caring people as John and
Monica.
Many hugs to you all!
Jimmy
