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Wish for the New Millennium:
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy, and enough money to buy gifts!!

Thought for 2009:  
"One is not old until regrets take the place of dreams" - John Barrymore

 

June - This was a huge month!  It began with the removal of the cherry laurel that I have been hating for years and some purchases for the house that I will enjoy for years.  There was also birthday drinks with Chris Sylvia and sunsets on the beach with the gang and a fun evening playing Cranium at Amy's - all of which would have been enough for a normal month, but the last 2 weeks of June were also my vacation and the visit of My Friend Lena! IMG_1552.JPG (277095 bytes)  She came with a friend, Sophie, someone I didn't know but who proved to be very nice.  We managed to fill a short number of days with a fairly large amount of fun despite some very strange weather.  We began with the Mid-summer Solstice party which was a mix of my oldest  friends and a large part of the Herd I run with now.  Lena obliged me by leading the Swedish Mid summer dances though I later learned that after doing the leading for the whole town of Jokkmokk for some years, she had been looking forward to getting away from the job.  Still, this was a very different ambiance from Jokkmokk and she seemed to be having fun with it as you can see.

May 224.jpg (122550 bytes)  May 202.jpg (228469 bytes) May 215.jpg (442213 bytes)  May 221.jpg (320182 bytes)  Once we had recovered from the party, we made a visit to the Hunts in hopes of sailing but bad weather kept us off the water and we contented ourselves with a nature walk and a real Mexican dinner at Alverez Family Restaurant.  The next two days the girls belonged to Richard, who took them canoeing.  I took Mister Knightly to the beach (which he loves) and just relaxed around the house while they were gone.  There were dinners out and dinners in and we ate and ate well.  We did Monday beach therapy twice and got some nice weather for both and one fairly beautiful sunset. There were lots of sunsets and some good beach time all through the visit. May 059.jpg (190585 bytes) May 032.jpg (143172 bytes)  May 251.jpg (589241 bytes) We also went to brunch with Tim and Randy and we girls got to wear hats! May 149.jpg (910466 bytes)  I attempted to show Lena a bit of what the life I live is like but felt constrained by feeling I should be entertaining to Sophie - so I only subjected them to a few movies and neither of my favorite bars - I am hoping Lena will come back again by herself so we can have a real visit, or maybe when I next go there, but I also think it was good that she did not travel alone this time and that she had someone with whom to speak Swedish from time to time.

The entire visit was over too soon!  

May - the Merry Month of May - I began it with a business conference in Orlando.  I had fun and did some good business as well which is all that can be said in these situations.  The night following my return, Tim, Randy & I went to see Spinal Tap - Unwigged & Unplugged which was a great concert and a fun eveningMay  On the next Sunday I went to Ocala to see my old friend Sean LaRoche who is dying in a Hospice.  May 017.jpg (258200 bytes)  It was sad to see him so sick and thin, but his wit is still with him and we had a great visit - I also saw Dave Marsden who I knew slightly in the 70's - he was also in town to see Sean.

The following weekend was another super fun event called Tropical Heat Wave - 32 bands and 6 stages at the Cuban Club in TampaMay 010.jpg (307731 bytes) It was the weekend of Ed's birthday so we celebrated that too.May 022.jpg (283045 bytes) I got quite drunk and danced all night by myself and with several strangers.  I really had a fabulous time! Memorial Day Weekend I took it easy, worked around the house, went to the movies and had a calm but wonderful time with myself.  this was good because the last weekend of the month was both the May Babies party and Jacob Hunt's graduation party.  Hard to believe Jacob has gone from this Jacob.jpg (200234 bytes) To May 091.jpg (249435 bytes) but as you can see, though the angle has changed, I still look at him the same way!  Geri came in to spend the night on the 31st and we sat up debating the issues of the day until the month ended.  Another great May!

April - The jewel in the crown of spring in Florida!  I didn't have to put the A/C on - the mornings and evenings have been pleasantly cool and the days bright & sunny.  The downside is almost no rain.  I began the Month with Lysistrata at American Stage on April Fools Day with Sydni - a silly old Greek play with a great premise.  This was followed by the annual Easter Egg Coloring Party (the 17th Year)

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I had a hat so there was nothing to do but wear it for Easter!  Tim, Randy, Ed and I went to the Columbia at the Pier.

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My girlfriend, Diane came for a visit and we had as much fun as we could cram into a weekend and managed to see the Main Sail Arts Show in the process.

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The next week I had Lunch with Mary Lou, Dinner with Jack, Bill and Nancy and went to see Donna The Buffalo with the Hunts.  And as if that wasn't enough, the month ended with a trip to scenic Pella Iowa to speak at the Oracle Manufacturing Summit!
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March - Well, Folks, another fun filled month has ended - It began with lunch with Mary Lou, Tim and I and was quickly followed by Julie's Birthday/Salsa Dancing Party.  This was a very fun event with Fernando attempting to teach us Gringos to move our feet and shake our shoulders at the same time - most of us flunked this lesson.Mar09-12.JPG (223049 bytes) Mar09-9.JPG (274489 bytes) Mar09-5.JPG (278188 bytes)
                                                             Gringos attempt the Salsa

No sooner did I recover from that party than it was time for the Wearin' of the Green Party at Cindy's - photos exist but mostly of people I didn't even know... Armed with my hangover I took Mary Lou to the Museum of Fine Arts to see Art in Bloom and Tim's arrangement Mar09-13.JPG (256349 bytes)

Dion flew in for a visit - I think she had fun but it's so hard to know - she went to a wedding with her friend BC and out to dinner with Tim & Randy - we did some thrift shopping but didn't find anything that was cool (unless you count socks)  - I think she liked the pool and hot tub.  Mar09-6.JPG (257695 bytes)  Mar09-2.jpg (287078 bytes)

The day Dion flew away was also the Renaissance Fair - perhaps my favorite of the spring events!  We had Sheri & Jaeden with us so I wasn't the only kid - but if I didn't have the most fun I would be surprised. Mar09-15.jpg (84649 bytes) Mar09-11.JPG (214726 bytes) Mar09-14.JPG (247874 bytes) Mar09-10.JPG (421128 bytes)

Beach therapy on Monday nights continues - it is warming up - we celebrated Doug's birthday and we commemorated the passing of Cindy's Dad

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February - This month could easily be subtitled "A Walk Down Memory Lane" because I reconnected with so many people from the past.  This walk is being facilitated by Facebook where I now find myself spending a bunch of time.  It all began on February 4th when I went to see James Lee Stanley perform at a house concert in Tampa.  I went to High School with Jim and had briefly represented him as an agent at the Blade Agency in the '80s.  I found him on Facebook.  At the concert were three more people for Maury HS, none of whom I actually recalled, but then there isn't too much of HS that I do remember... now I am in touch with several more HS alumni - whose names I recall, but little more.

Next came a wonderful Christmas gift from Tim & Randy - a trip to the Mchaffey Theater to see a show called Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy, a very exotic blend of juggling, contortion and a variety of balancing and trapeze skills with fantasy costuming and some vocals... I loved the four Asian contortionists the best!

The following week it was time for my Christmas gift to the herd - another trip to Mchaffey, this time to see 1964 - The Tribute.  I was able to invite 14 people to join me and I make Wayne's World into a little bistro prior to the show for a quick pre-show supper.  It all worked out great.  We ate to the tunes of the Beatles and got our heads in the right place for the show, then we sang all the songs along with the band and boy were they perfectly in character.

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I only made it to the beach for sunset therapy once in February and while the sun did his best, the beach was cold

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Some friends from the dog park came to dinner and I ate my first veal - as I made osso bucco for Mari and Jack - later Jack and I enjoyed a roaring fire and got caught up on friends far and wide.

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The whole of February was also filled with non photographed events such as Saturday coffee with Aleth, an overnight visit from the Kails, a movie with Chris Sylvia as well as two more Tampa house concerts - Mic Maloney and Paul Geremia... and a pre-birthday dinner with Julie that ended up at Taste for Wine with Amy & Carol.  And every day, a trip with my love, Mister Knightly to the dog part - here he is showing off his jumping skills

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January - The year began well with a great party at Sandra's.
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The next event was a performance of CATS! - Tim and I went - I had never seen it before and was completely delighted by it, especially the big dance right before the intermission.  The following week was my birthday.  The guys said they wanted to take me to dinner, but when we got to the restaurant, there were a dozen more friends there to join us, so it was a party!
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Two days later, the big party for America took place, the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States!  I am going to wait at least 60 days before I comment on how I think he is doing... but my own private joke these days is:  Why aren't Democrats more in favor of tax cuts (like Republicans)?  Because they don't plan to pay them anyway.

The next big party was the Super Bowl party here at Grasshopper Bungalow.  Baby molly kept trying to use the remote, she is probably going to be a techie like her Dad!  
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Between parties I got to spend time with my girlfriends - Julie and I had dinner and Aleth, Bridgitte and I went to the movies, Sandra and I also went to a movie and I went to several movies by myself... as a result, I have seen almost all of the movies nominated for Academy Awards (only 2 more to go).  Here are my Oscar picks:  Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire - Best actor, Sean Penn in Milk, - Best Actress, Kate Winslett for The Reader - Best Supporting Actress, Melissa Tormei in The Wrestler - Best Supporting Actor, Heath Ledger in Batman, The Dark Knight.  



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Photo Album

 If you haven't already seen the photos of my Trip to Sweden at Mid summer 07 or Amsterdam 06 or the wine country of France 05 or my Millennium trip to Sweden or my 2002 trip to Scotland, you can see most of them in Places We Like.  

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Las Tres Amigas - The Thompson Street Tootsies
Want to see the ravages of time?  Here are Dion, Mary and I at Christmas (1998) and Easter(1974)!

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Sandie, Chris & Susan in Las Vegas                                                Randy, Tim & Ed
     
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    Travel (including camping)
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    Dancing (Swing )
    Walking 
    Swimming (both kinds)
    Fishing (especially at night)

 

Life is Grand!

Mister Knightly and I wake each day with smiles on our faces. We strive to be happy without doing harm to anyone else in the process. This isn't very deep stuff, I know, but that's our philosophy and we're sticking to it! We hope you are enjoying your life. Send us an email and let us know what you think. As my dear friend Richard likes to quote,

"May the long-time sun shine upon you,
all love surround you
and the clear light within you, guide your way home"

                                          - The Incredible String Band

 

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