Sitting At The Kitchen Table

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 04:18 PM

Jery you said:-

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hey, maybe it's catching. My wife has had a lousy cold for the last week, although not as debilitating as bronchitis. May you both be up and running again soon...<<<<<<<<<<

Getting viruses on the internet?? Noooooooo surely.....(laughs to himself)

Best wishes to and prayers for those who are ill.... hope you are OK for your leadership role on Friday Dierdre...
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 05:06 PM

When I'm sitting here at the kitchen table, I always cover my mouth when I sneeze.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 11 Feb 09 - 06:45 PM

That's great but it's probably what comes out of your nose that causes the problems!!!!! LOL

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: billybob
Date: 12 Feb 09 - 08:01 AM

Jerry
wishing Ruth better soon.
Deidre, the doxywhatsites seem to be working so I am back at work again this morning. I only cough when I laugh at the moment,so I am trying to keep serious.The worst part is no alcohol, no wine!!So Valentines evening may have to be postponed,( Billy, dont cancel the roses though :-) )
How wonderful that you kept all your letters Jerry. My father had a pen pal from the ninteen forties till she died a few years ago,she lived in Vermont and wrote to my father in London .They only met when she and her husband came to England about ten years ago. Dad has all her letters and she was a prolific writer,a very interesting lady. Her descriptioons of the nmountains and views from her house were amazing.She also told us all about her chi;ldhood and family.I must ask him if I can borrow them to read again.She used to write at least once a week, sometimes more often.
Wendy

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 12 Feb 09 - 08:42 AM

For many, many years, Art Thieme and I exchanged letters three or four times a week. My collection of letters is heavily titlted toward Art. I also wrote regular letters to a close friend of mine, Dennis Albrecht who was pastor of the Lutheran church I was a member of at the time. At one point, I had sixteen or so "Subscribers" who asked to receive copies of the letters. Several of those "Dear Dennis" letters also became the basis for chapters in my book, as have several stories I've posted here on the kitchen table thread.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 12 Feb 09 - 06:05 PM

I got the first copies of my book today. I started a separate thread on it.

Hallelujah!

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 09:32 AM

Hello everyone,

Wendy - glad your tablets are working, mine finally seem to be (I'm on the last day of them now, so they'd better be!). With a very hectic worklife, I've not been on here much the last few days, so can I thank everyone for their good wishes. And Mike, oh yes, I'll be in charge at Folk Club this evening - no problem!. Anyone who steps out of line will be bronched!.

Jerry, I'll pm you about getting me a copy of your book over into (almost sunny) England.

Waddon Pete - thanks for the cinnamon toast!.

Wendy - no alcohol for Valentine's Day?. It will keep on ice, you know!.

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 10:04 AM

If you're oveseas and want to get a copy of my book, it would probably be easier to do it through the webpage www.outskirtspress.com/gateofbeautiful because it's more convenient to make the payment. But, whatever...

I'm doing it both ways.

If you want an inscription in the book, you'll have to order it from me.

Glad to hear that you folks are feeling a mite better. Ruth still feels just as lousy after a week. She takes a couple of weeks to get over a cold. I'm usually up and back to normal after three or four days. You can't keep bad man down.

Yesterday, I dropped by Walmart to see my friend Sandra, the checkout clerk I wrote about in my book in the chapter The Cosmos And The Checkout Clerk. She's a very sweet person in a greatly underappreciated job. She was really excited about getting it.

Sweet to see good people getting praise.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: billybob
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 10:14 AM

Hi Jerry
great news about the book, maybe some of us over in the UK should get together and order from you so we get the autograph, you could post them to one address and then we could distribute them here.Would that save on postage?Or is it better to do this individually?

Feeling better today thanks,good old National Health Service, they said my antibiotics were very expensive.....so ,if they work, surely everyone should get them? usually they try the cheap ones first!
Wendy

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 13 Feb 09 - 10:26 AM

Whatever works best for you, Wendy. I could do it either way. It might save some money on postage but without weight a package, I have no way of knowing. I wrote the book so people coulrd read it. How that happens isn't all that important to me. Waddon Pete has ordered a book from over your way...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 14 Feb 09 - 04:26 PM

I certainly have!

As it is a little while since we talked about a song or two, could I ask you, gathered around this table, about the singing of certain songs?

I sing a wide variety of songs....mainly traditional, but with a few more modern, and I was doing a support spot at our local folk venue when a favourite song of mine was next up on my list. (actually all the songs that I sing are my favourites, but some are more favourite than others!!)

Happily I launched into it and halfway through realised that it was going to be a bit of a minefield. Why? Well, my daughter's partner's brother had recently died after a battle against cancer bravely fought, and this song just was so appropriate that I could feel the tears welling and the voice breaking! I haven't been able to sing it in public since. I know it will come back into the repertoire again in its own good time. The same thing happened when my father died. I could no longer play his "signature tune" on the piano. I can now. But with deeper meaning. I just wondered whether any of you had found the same thing happening?

I need a coffee after that, Jerry....caffeine!

However, our local folk cafe does the most evil Hot Chocolate! Beats Livigno!

Best wishes,


Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 14 Feb 09 - 05:03 PM

I'll get back with a long answer to this one, Pete. After supper. The real kitchen table is calling...

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 14 Feb 09 - 06:30 PM

On second thought, maybe it's not that good an idea to tell my story. I wrote a song just a few days before I was in a fatal accident. I had such a strong association between the accident and the song that it was several years before I could sing it. A year ago, my friend Susan Trump recorded it: May My Heart Find Rest In Thee. Maybe someday I'll be able to.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 15 Feb 09 - 12:55 PM

Pete,

I've had a similar thing happen - my choral society was rehearsing Faure Requiem in autumn 2007 when my Dad died. I was with him in the hospital and he died about 3 weeks before the concert. So, I'd sung through the piece a couple of times before the last rehearsal, this time in the church. All was going well until we got near the end and started on the passage about Lazarus rising from the dead. I folded totally and was unable to continue in the rehearsal. Somehow though, I got through the concert 2 days later. Give it time and your song will become singable again.

Changing the subject, I've been to 2 Sacred Harp / Shape Note singing workshops this weekend and throughly enjoyed them. The voice held up pretty well too. :-)

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 06:17 PM

Looks like the coffee has gone cold. Perhaps I'll make some fresh?.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 16 Feb 09 - 08:30 PM

Thanks, Deirdre:

I just had a cup of tea, but maybe coffee will keep me awake. I've been very busy these last few days, starting to promote my book. It's very time consuming, but worthwhile.

Now that my leg is healed, I'm back to my 3 and a half mile walks along the river in the morning. I really love them. It's a time for quiet reflection right now, because Ruth has a cold and can't come. There are other pleasures when she can walk with me.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 08:30 AM

Hi everyone,

Just passing through to wish you all well - I'm getting ready for a 150 mile drive northwards to Kirkby Fleetham "Winter Warmer Weekend" - a weekend of good music and craic. I'll have to leave you to your own devices for a couple of days, don't eat all the doughnuts (donuts) please - save at least one for me! ;-)

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 20 Feb 09 - 06:36 PM

So darling, save the last doughnut for me.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 04:14 AM

Hello again,

Thanks for the positive thoughts about the song. I'm sure it will come back to the repertoire, it just may take some time! I hope the Winter Warmer week-end was a great success, Deidre. It looks as though Jerry snaffled the last doughnut (donut)! There are just a few crumbs on the plate!

I find it fascinating (and reassuring) that the participants in this thread have such wide musical (and culinary) tastes. But if you could save only one of your CDs or LPs.......which one would it be.....and why?

Best wishes,

Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 07:32 AM

ok., Pete:

This is like picking your first best friend and your second best friend when you were a kid, but that's alright. I'll have to do it by category:

Folk: Old-TImey Music At Clarence Ashley's.
Jazz: Brazilliance, Vol., 2 Bud Shank and Laurindo Almeida
Classical: Concerto In E Major by Antonio Maria Giuliani

It took me thirty years of searching to finally get the Giuliani CD. I had it on casette but it didn't exist on CD for many, many years. I even had a self-proclaimed guru of classical music who worked in a music store who claimed he could find any callsical piece every recorded who looked for it without success.

I'm not sure I could pick and rock and roll, R&B, Soul music, doo wop, or gospel cd. so many of the groups and individuals I love didn't produce consistent CDs.

It weren't me what took the last doughnut, Pete. I was diagnosed with a very low level of diabetes five years ago and I haven't had a doughnut since. I wasn't me that did it, it was Katy.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 23 Feb 09 - 07:50 AM

Hello Jerry,

That Katy.....what a cookie!


I know what you mean about choosing, they are all our favourites...it's just that some are more favourite than others!

There is a radio show over here that poses the same question to guests. They choose 8 tracks and it is always fascinating to hear the one that they would choose if they could only have one of them.

I like your choices......we had this discussion last night and, of course, tastes change over the years, but my own CD choices would be:

Folk: Really tough...but would have to be "Hove to and Drifting" Bob Zentz;

Jazz: The Original Dixeland Jazz Band (Loved this since forever);

Classical: Again, really tough, but I'd choose Adagio in G Minor by Albioni/Giazotto.

Best wishes,


Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 28 Feb 09 - 03:52 PM

Coo-eeee


Anybody home?


Was that a tumbleweed I saw just now?


Surely not!


Best wishes,


Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 28 Feb 09 - 08:37 PM

Just me here, Pete: Sorry I haven't stopped by but I've been very focused on getting my book out, and now I have a stoopid cold. Never has something so inconsequential wreacked so much chavoc. But other than that, I'm doing exceptionally well over this way...

Got your mail, Peter... thanks...

Jerry (Kachoooo!)

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 01 Mar 09 - 07:46 PM

Just sitting here with a hot mug of coffee, sniffling and snurfling. My wife had a whopper of a cold that hung on for a couple of weeks, and three days after it was over some other generous soul gave me their cold. I'm trying not to pass it on. I'll have plenty of shoveling to do tomorrow. The forcast is for 10-14" of snow. I'm dreaming ofa White Easter? Somehow that doesn't have the same ring to it.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 02 Mar 09 - 02:48 AM

Turn the heating up and have a large whisky in hot milk... sweat the cold out!!!! God Bless you Jerry, Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 05:20 AM

Hello Jerry,

Sorry to hear about the cold....well, the snow came...even made it to the news over here!

I think a snow-shovelling shanty is called for! We'll all turn up to dig you out and then we can all have a cup of coffee afterwards!

Have you noticed the little ads that crop up when you click on the thread? Clearly they are having a hard time to match the title. Ads range from the bizarre to the surreal some days!

Get well soon Jerry.

Best wishes,


Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: billybob
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 07:41 AM

get well soon, Jerry,dont shoval the snow...too cold out there for someone who is unwell, play all your favourite C.ds and have a drop of something naughty in the coffee.
Wendy

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 11:31 AM

Thanks for the well wishes, all. I'm starting to feel almost human again. I just let the snow be yesterday. Ruth shovereled the front sidewalk, and that was it. I'm feeling a little better this morning, so I plugged in my electric snow blower and did just enough of the driveway so I can get my car out. And that's it. Forget the saying as easy as taking candy from a baby. A babu could take candy from me.

The nest thing about colds is that they come to pass.

Otherwise, life is wonderful... my book is moving well and most importantly, many of the people are so enthusiastic after they read it that they are buying more copies to give to friends and family. Can't do better than that.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 05:48 PM

Hi Jerry, Billy Bob, Waddon Pete.

Had a hectic couple of weeks so didn't get to stop by.

I had a great time at the KFFC Winter Warmer Weekend and then spent the last weekend with folkie friends who live about 60 miles away.

And there is more music looming this weekend too! :-)

Jerry, I hope you are continuing to recover - my cold has stuck at the "not so bad" stage but I think it's going to take a few weeks warm weather to finally shift it.

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 03 Mar 09 - 07:08 PM

Thanks Deirdre: I'm made great strides toward normalcy today. I had my six month checkup at the doctors ( the news is great, thank God,) and when I mentioned my cold, he suggested I take chicken soup. He explained the medical reasons why it works, which went right over my head. But I stopped on the way back to the house and had a bowl of chicken soup.

Cluck old hen, you cluck a lot
The next time you cluck, you're going to cluck in the pot.

My question is, what do chickens take when they have a cold?

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 10:57 AM

Or Bird Flu?!

Good news on the check up, Jerry. Keep on breathing and you'll not go far wrong :-).

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 04 Mar 09 - 07:27 PM

Thanks for all the good wishes, folks. I'm feeling much better, but now Ruth has a new cold after just being over the last one for a few days.

Speaking of good folks, I just want to share with you what is happening with my book. This being Mudcat, where religion has too often caused ugly rifts between people, it's very heartwarming to see the basic goodness and lack of judgment among my friends. That starts with all of you around the kitchen table, and I appreciate it.
In just the three weeks since my book was published, I have Muslims, Jews, atheists, agnostics and a friend who practices transcendental meditation reading it. I made no effort to sidestep my faith in the book, as I have on here. The response has been very positive, and that speaks volumes about the goodness of my friends.

Several of the people who bought the book have admitted that they don't read books. They've enjoyed mine because the chapters are only three or four pages long, and the tone conversational, not that much different than here around the kitchen table.

Many of the people who have read the book have ordered additional copies. Some have been to give to family members or friends, and some have been to give to people who are sick and shut-in. One person bought the book even though he cannot see well enough to read, and donated it to the library of the Veteran's Hospital where he lives. Another person bought an additional copy to put in the library of a retirement/nursing home complex.

All these things mean a great deal to me. They offer encouragement that despite all the stress of these days and the fear and hate-mongering that poisons this world (including that from some members of the Christian right) there is still a lot of love and goodness in this world.

It feels good when I see hard times bringing out the good in people.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 06 Mar 09 - 01:21 PM

I made a fresh pot of coffee today. It;s the first coffee I've had in three or four days. This cold stuff have really done done me in, but I'm coming back up now. I have Men's Chorus practice tomorrow morning and will be singing on Sunday, so it's not a moment too soon.
It's supposed to get well up into the 50's this weekend so we'll get rid of the last of the snow. And that's not a moment too soon, either.

How y'all doin'?

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 06 Mar 09 - 06:28 PM

Hi Jerry,

More music (listening) this weekend for me, just for a change!

I must get my act together and order a copy of your book too.

We are getting slightly warmer weather now but we still have the odd day when the temperature plummets. I'm really looking forward to getting some warm sunshine soon.

Hope Ruth gets better soon.

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: maeve
Date: 06 Mar 09 - 06:40 PM

I'm glad you are feeling better, Jerry. That's encouraging news regarding your book, too. At some point I'll beable to join the circle of folks who have bought copies to read and to give.

It's been a frustrating few days here, all involving the cast on my left arm.

Keep the conversation going, and I'll stop in again.

maeve

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 06 Mar 09 - 08:56 PM

Hey, Maeve:

I'm very sorry to hear about the cast on your left arm. Hopefully you're at least sight handed. Wha hoppen? I'm sure it must be a difficult adjustment to life with the cast making it difficult to do some things that we take for granted. Hopefully, everything will be back in perfect working order when they take the cast off.

I took Ruth out to dinner tonight at an upscale restaurant, with live music and excellent food. This has been a hard, but very blessed winter. It seems like we haven't had a stretch of more than four or five days when one or the other of us didn't have a delibitating health problem. That's something we're not used to. Part of the blessing has been that both of us haven't been down at the same time. I just wanted to celebrate us both feeling good today, with colds finally diminishing. It felt good to get out and have a really good meal.

I'm too full for the lemon pound cake, but thanks so much, anyway.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: frogprince
Date: 06 Mar 09 - 09:13 PM

We got this recipe from a good friend a couple of years ago. It's real easy to make, and a little lighter than pound cake, but good

Bernie's Almond Coffee Cake

Cream together:
Sugar 3/4 cup
Almond Paste, 8 Oz
Butter, 1 stick

Add:
3 Eggs, one at at time
1 Tbsp. Triple Sec (liquor)
1/4 Tsp. Almond extract

Add, and beat until just blended:
1/4 cup flour
1/3 tsp. baking powder

Preheat oven to 350
8" round pan
25 to 35 minutes, test for done with toothpick.

Bernie suggests serving w/ raspberry sauce, but it's great just by itself too.

(I drop in here fairly often, though I usually just find myself listening in)
                        Dean

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 07 Mar 09 - 04:05 PM

Glad to hear you are feeling better Jerry and that you were able to take Ruth out for a slap up meal.

Frogprince...that recipe sounds awesome....I'll give it a try sometime soon.

Maeve....sorry to hear about the cast on your arm. I hope everything works itself out successfully.

Shameless plug...if you haven't bought Jerry's book yet....put it on your to do list for the coming week!

A question for you, Jerry. What was the first song you wrote that you still sing today?

Best wishes,


Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 07 Mar 09 - 10:56 PM

As requested, written around 1962:

Drunkard's Last Advice

I came back home on a Saturday night
I opened the door and I turned on the light
There stood the old lady with a rolling pin
She says You're drunk and you can't come in
Oh come on honey, it's late, I said
It's three o'clock, I want to go to bed
And if you be nice and you let me in
I swear to God I'll never drink again

About that time I was a 'gettin' sore
I grabbed the handle, gave a tug on the door
I sent the old lady flying with a spin
And I walked through the door with a great big grin
Now get in the kitchen and get there fast
The next word you say is going to be your last
And the next time you try to kick me around
I'm going to put you underground

She was standing in the kitchen, didn't say a word
About that time I start to lose my nerve
Her eyes lit up and her face turned red
And I began to regret what I said
She blacked my eye and she broke my jaw
She dragged me across the bedroom floor
She kicked me underneath the bed
And she left me there for dead

Now if you got a woman and she does you wrong
You're short and skinny and she's big and strong
Makes no difference what they say
You better let her have her way
When you're down at the bar you can flap your chin
But when you get back home you better tiptoe in
And if she meets you at the door you better treat her nice
That's a drunkard's last advice.... be nice
That's a drunkard's last advice

I still enjoy doing this song, flatpicking guitar.

It was one of Tom Paxton's favorite songs of mine back then, and he'd ask me to play it at Gaslight Cafe hoots.

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 11:33 AM

The coffee in the pot has turned green. I know St. Patrick's day is around the corner, but I dumped it out, thoroughly scoured the pot and made a fgresh batch. I'm slowly getting back to old routines and discovering all sorts of interesting stuff in the piles of paper on my desk and counter that have accumulated in the last three or four weeks.

It feels good to put on a fresh pot of coffee.

What you folks up to these days?

Jerry

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: maeve
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 12:03 PM

I am so glad to see you back at the kitchen table, Jerry. There seem to be few friendly conversations lately; this is an oasis.

My fracture is still hurting. I'm listening to a lot of music as a result.

maeve

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: maeve
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 08:19 PM

Thistle and Shamrock is playing a Matt Malloy whistle piece, and there's blueberry bread pudding cooling on the stove. Anyone like some?

maeve

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 14 Mar 09 - 10:15 PM

I'll be right (cyber) over, Maeve!

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 05:12 AM

Hi All,

From a few months back, you might remember that I was getting stressesd out about my choral society / new musical director?. Well, next concert is Saturday 21st (next weekend folks!) and I'm just off now to a four hour emergency "polish" rehearsal. True, we missed one rehearsal totally through bad weather and a couple of others were poorly attended for the same reason.

And it looks like it'll be another glorious day here, too nice to be stuck indoors all morning!.

I'll be back later for a coffee and a shoulder rub please.

:-)

Deirdre

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 10:50 AM

Hi again,

Well, the rehearsal was pretty well attended and very worthwhile. BUT, I was just a wee bit narked when the MD told me that he wanted to reverse the order of the music in the programme that I sent to the printers yesterday!. Cut and paste is a wonderful thing!. Now, if only he had sent me the name corrections for the orchestra, then I could finish the job (for the second time!).

Now, who's around to give me that shoulder rub?!

I brought lemon drizzle cake.................

Deirdre :-)

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 02:45 PM

Lemon drizzle cake?


MMmmmmmm


Count me in!

My sister is in a couple of choirs. I have formed the, probably erroneous, impression over the years that they live in a world of their own!

Good that the table has re assembled with fresh coffee. We didn't like to say anything, Jerry, but I think we are all glad you cleaned the pot up a little! There's nothing quite like a

.....proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot.
I may be off my dot, but I like a cup of coffee and I like it hot!
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots....
They're no use to me!

If I can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot,
Then I'm going to have a cup of tea!

Best wishes,


Peter

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: folkwaller
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 03:27 PM

Is this where I talk about Peter Waddon. Or where I order special offers. I'm new to this sort of thing. If its the former 'Hello Pete' or if it's the latter '1kg cheese, pkt rice. pkt incense sticks and the unabridged version of the Tom Jones song book'. Many thanks.

B

Do I qualify for a bit of lemon drizzle.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 04:15 PM

I just sent this e-mail to Peter, and thought maybe it is indeed time to share this experience. The song has been recorded by Susan Trump. Maybe it's time for me to record it.

This is the e-mail to Peter:

Good to hear from you, Peter. Yeah, I don't post everything on the kitchen table. My most extreme association is with a song I "wrote" just a couple of weeks before I was involved in a fatal accident. I was driving home (at the speed limit) one night when I came around a curve and silhouetted in the headlights of the on-coming traffic on the other side of the divided highway was a man standing in the middle of the road facing me. He made no attempt to move, and though I swerved wildly to avoid hitting him, I clipped him as I drove by. By the time I got the car under control and pulled to a stop and ran back to him, he was already dead. Long story short, I called the State Police and they kept me locked in the back of a patrol car while they directed the traffic. The only thing that kept me going was to keep saying the chorus to the song I'd just written:

In the darkness, give me the eyes of faith
In my sorrow send down your healing grace
And on my journey, may my path be straight
May my heart find rest in Thee

A week later, I'd completely forgotten I'd written the song. When I remembered that I'd spoken the wrods to the chorus in the back seat of that patrol car, I patiently reconstructed the whole song, line by line. It took me a couple of weeks. I hadn't written the words down. It took me a couple of years before I could sing it. I wrote about the experience as a chapter in my book, but decided not to include it. Maybe it is time to share the experience and the song.

The title of the song is May My Heart Find Rest in Thee

Jerry

Welcome to the table. Folkwaller. Sure, you can talk about Peter. Only nice stuff, though. And help yourself to the cake.

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 04:25 PM

Where are you, Elmer Fudd?

Subject: RE: Sitting At The Kitchen Table
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 15 Mar 09 - 05:39 PM

Jerry,

That must have been tough to deal with. I think that the healing aspects of music are often forgotten. We are empowered to bring animals and plants into the healing process, but often it is music that strikes the deepest chord.

I was listening to a CD of sea songs in the car yesterday. It was a reminder of people who used to sing the same songs....but are now gone. Made their passing easier somehow!

Best as ever


Peter