How great to see you, Col! Blessings and misfortunes have befallen us and our friends, the Messengers since the last time that we saw   you. Joe's wife, Corrie has Alzheimers and is instituionalized now. It almost killed Joe. Literally. But, the hardest part is over now that she is being taken care of. Life is much the same for us as everyone else. Heartaches and headaches are part of the package deal. So are the blessings.

These days, I am performing alone... doing folk and gospel, and blending them all together. They are all a part of who I am, so it feels perfectly natural to do a southern mountain banjo tune, followed by a black gospel or blues song on electric guitar. I've never been an appreciator of boundaries... musical or in friendships.

Ruth and I are fine. We'll be heading off for a 17 day tour of South America in early September. As soon as we get back, we're going to a jazz luncheon, and I'll be doing a concert of gospel by myself. Then it's preparing for NOMAD.

I'm doing a lot of writing these days... songs and other stuff... some of which I've put on the Writer's Corner thread.

We look forward to your next trip over.

You know where out kitchen table is.

Ruth sends her love.

Jerry