Thanks for the tip, Pete:

My new-found friend is anxious to start helping me record, which is delightful, and humorous. My wife Ruth and I areheading down to Virginia to our granddaughter's wedding this coming Friday, and will be gone for a week, so it won't be until the beginning of October before we can get started.

This morning, I had practice with my friends Joe and Frankie of the Gospel Messengers. We're working on songs for our 12th Anniversary. Having a group has taught me how difficult it is having a group. Joe and Frankie are fine men, reliable and always willing to do whatever I ask of them. But, none of us live in a vacuum. Life is terribly messy. Both Joe and Frankie had forgotten that we were going to hve practice, and had to rearrange their schedules. Joe was in the hospital last week, and half way trhough practice he became so woozy that he had to sit down, and I cut the practice short. Frankie has a lot of trouble remembering things, including lyrics... more so than the normal forgetfullness, and we had to go through his lead several times to get the words to come out. Joe's wife has Alzheimer's Disease and he goes to be with her at dinnr time every day. She's been in a nursing home for three years now, and he hasn't missed a day. I was talking with someone the other day who was talking about music not meeting his ideals. I threw my ideals in the trash can, years ago. I try to work with what I have, and be thankful that I have it. I can't afford musical ideals. (I have managed to hold onto my moral ideals, though.) Just trying to live them.

I'm going to pack Herbert up in an envelope, Pete and send him off to you soon.

Jerry

Thanks for stopping by. The table was getting a little dusty.