I’m learning to play the guitar, again. I have tried, before, several times, and I could never quite master it. I have a great guitar instructor. She actually has given me faith in myself that I can learn this time. I am able to tune my guitar, now, which, to me, is amazing. Tuning a guitar has always been something that I thought that I would never be able to do. My dad told me, over and over, that “we” have no musical talent. I will never be a rock star, but I will be able to serenade my dogs on the carport. I will imagine them to be loving fans who dig my tunes!
When I was young, and drunk, I smashed several guitars in blackouts. The “Oh Fuck,” of it when I woke up in the morning to find my axe shattered was severely depressing. Guitars were not all that I smashed drunk, but I am not going to get into all that, now. I was taught that, “We will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it.”
Life is good today. I am learning chords, some of which I am going to put to my poetry, and I am learning two songs: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” by Bob Dylan, and “Sittin’ on the Dock of The Bay,” by Otis Redding. My progress in learning these two great songs is slow, but sure. I am learning to do something that I was told that I couldn’t do. I am doing something that I thought that I couldn’t do. The chords G D A and C are becoming familiar to my once imbecilic fingers. Maybe I will be a rock star, one day. Ha. Some dreams are hard to let go of.
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My friend, Bill Brown posted this on his, “Arrest the Federales,” Facebook page, in connection with an article about pot being good for Alzheimer's:
"Marijuana is baaadddd.... mmmmmkay?"
My response:
Polluted waters, and air, is bad. The way they raise meat, and kill it is bad. Pesticides on our fruit, and vegetables is bad. The intentional shrinking of the middle class is bad. Many, many corporations are bad. The erosion of The American People's rights is bad. Telling us that they are invading foreign countries in the name of "freedom" is bad. Most politicians are bad. Toking and getting silly, sleepy, or artistic is not bad. There must be a reason beyond its effect on humans behavior that keeps it illegal. Life is good. Let's enjoy the day!!--K
PS: We have a family history of Alzheimer's. I watched a friend's father die of Alzheimer's, over a three year period. It was not a pretty thing. I have asked people to shoot me in the head if I get it. Pot can save me, huh??!!!
Check out Bill Brown's, "Arrest the Federales" page here:
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