Now you know, Ron, music doesn't sound right reduced to squiggly black lines. So, I pulled out a CD of Bob Scobey that I put together of my favorites, and if this mouse will just move over here, Voila! there's a copy for you. It has Everything Is Peaches Down in Georgia on it. And many other favorites... Sailing Down To Chesapeake Bay.. Right now, I'm playing Peoria. "Why you can pick a morning Gloria, right off the sidewalks of Peoria." Ive spent some time in Peoria.. "Why did I ever roam with those sailor boys? I should have stayed at home in Illinois." It's great stuff to my ears. Maybe to yours, too.

It's a rainy day today, with many more forecast. That means rather than being able to work outside all day cleaning up, cutting, trimming and taking trips to the dump, I'm stuck down here in my office listening to great music and burning CDs for friends. Some guys have all the luck.

You know, Ron... I'm not picking on you by sending you stuff. I just haven't gotten Ebbie, Elmer and some others to PM their mailing adresses to me so I can pick on them, too.... hint, hint..

Had a great time yesterday morning. Ruth and I went to do a program/service at a nursing home where we did a program every month for about four years. It's been a coincidence that we haven't been there for four months... one month I was sick, one they had to cancel because there was too much sickness at the nursing home, and once because they were doing construction. It was very touching that the room was jammed with people. And so many of them went on and on about how much they missed us, and how happy there were that we came back. The Pastor of one of the churches we support gave a short message, and I did three songs. One of the nurses aides knew the old black gospel... young black woman and sang along on a couple, and then got very excited about the Messengers's concert coming up. She's bringing her husband and some other friends. I finished with a "new" song I wrote a year and half ago, but have never sung in front of anyone... even including Ruth. It just seemed to flow naturally from the message that Ken gave. It's a straight R & B vocal group sound... the first two lines and much of the melody come from one of my favorite recordings by the Penguins: Troubles Are Not At End. I really need the Penguins to back me... or maybe just you, Ron, Jimmy (we gotta find out what Elmer sings... and you know, Ebbie, the Platters had a woman singing with them..)

One a these days..

Jerry