Ron:

I love John Prine, and the song Pretty Good... one of an enormous number of great songs that he's written.

Kat: I like your story about the woman who is "pretty good." If theres any legacy that my father passed down to me, it's that. My Grandfather Rasmussen spent the last seven years of his life flat on his back in a nursing home, a frail, image of himself. Whenever anyone asked him how he was doing, his answer always was "Pretty good." My Father was the same. I hope that I have their courage and positive attitude to do the same and pass that perspective on to my sons.

Richard Farnsworth makes me think of another of my favorite actors: Robert Duvall. The great thing about both of them is that you can't see them "act." In these days when American Idols could over-sing the phone book, and actors "act" the crap out of everything, artists like Duvall and Farnsworth stand tall in my book.

Jerry