Kendall's Cure

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Midchuck
Date: 19 Jun 02 - 07:11 PM

Kendall, get me a snailmail address for Dave Mallet. We'll probably do "Ballad of St. Anne's Reel" when we get onto our 3rd CD, and I'd rather send him the statutory royalties directly (pittance that they'll be) than let Harry Fox bite off a huge chunk.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: GUEST,Kendall
Date: 19 Jun 02 - 06:53 PM

Hey folks, please welcome my old friend Euclid. He just joined Mudcat, and, a fine addition he will be too. I'm visiting my buddy, Dave Mallett, and using his confuser. Today he took me to the spot where his grand dads barn burned down when he was 9 years old. It was the inspiration for his classic saga titled "Fire" We have been doing a little picking and story swapping. I'm off to a bluegrass festival for the weekend, gonna drive the banjo pickers nuts with my open back, no tone ring Vega!

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: euclid
Date: 19 Jun 02 - 04:00 PM

You just left here and we miss you already. Take care, old friend.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Naemanson
Date: 19 Jun 02 - 12:43 PM

Kendall, I haven't kept an eye on this thread since my last post. It was only last night at Roll & GO rehearsal that I heard the news about Tony Bok.

I never knew him but I could see you were not quite up to snuff when I saw you on Saturday. I put it down to you cure and recovery. I am sorry to have missed the chance to meet someone who meant so much to you. I hope as you hold him in your heart you find that place to be always sunlit and warm.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 18 Jun 02 - 05:21 PM

Hope it goes well, still thinking of you...

LTS XX

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Jun 02 - 03:03 PM

Hey, Kendall, can you see a difference this week from last week? The throat less sore, the voice a bit smoother? (I'm experiencing sympathetic vibrations with your throat this week, having come down with laryngitis. I hope we're both better soon!)

SRS

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: bfolkemer
Date: 18 Jun 02 - 02:10 PM

Kendall,

I'm geting into this thread really late. I was thrilled to scan the messages and find out you're done with radiation.

It seems to me that when I have been really sick, had surgery, etc., that I didn't necessarily feel better everyday, but I could see progress from week to week.

I'm saddened to read about Tony. I ran into ALS a lot when I was hospice chaplain--such a cruel disease. I hope his family and friends are able to stick together as they grieve.

Sending prayers your way,

Beth

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: GUEST,Patrish
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 10:40 AM

Hi Kendall,

Just sent you some super charged positive and loving thoughts. I will hug you at the world mudcat gathering
love
Patrish xx

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: CapriUni
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 10:31 AM

I can't be at the festival to give you a real muscle, bone and heart hug, Kendall (Which may be a good thing, as some have called my hugs too strong), so I'll just give you an electron hug, instead:

{{{{{{{ Kendall }}}}}}}

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 10:07 AM

Steel is tempered by fire, mankind, by adversity. Seneca

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: GUEST,Dani
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 09:31 AM

Can't PM from here, Kendall, but wanted you to know I'm thinking of you. You'll get through this stinky time, but I'm sorry that you have to. Sorry for your friend's family, too.

Dani

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: wysiwyg
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 12:31 AM

Hey, Kendall, if hugs are all it takes to get you on the road, head this way. Check my Mudcat photo (events section) to see how big my *ugs are!

~S~

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Kaleea
Date: 13 Jun 02 - 12:12 AM

Kendall, we are certainly looking forward to having you to cat around with us for many more seasons of festivals to come, & tons of topics worthy of staying up half the night online to cuss, uh, oops, I mean DIScuss!!! Kaleea

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 09:22 PM

It really was an honor and a rare privilege to have known him. He was a prince among men.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 08:08 PM

Kendall,

The tears from losing a good friend aren't going to make your throat feel any better, probably worse, but the rest of your system will benefit from a good cry. ALS. What a horrible wasting disease to die from. The father of one of my closest friends is in the end stages of ALS now. Celebrate your friend's life, and be grateful that his suffering is finished.

SRS

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Charley Noble
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 05:01 PM

Sorry to hear about Tony Bok, Kendall. He was also a loyal supporter in our efforts to rid the Maine coast of nuclear power plants and nuclear waste.

With great sadness,
Charlie and Judy

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 04:14 PM

Hey, Kendall! Add me to the list of women who want to hug you, whether you show up in Kennebunk (which I hope you will) or not. I sincerely hope your recovery from the cure is rapid. (There are times the cure seems to be worse than the problem, doesn't it?)

Sorry to jump into this thread late -- I haven't been ignoring you or not thinking about you; just away from a computer for over 2 weeks. (Couldn't find a computer in Milwaukee, just brats and brewskis.)

Love ya lots and hope you and your voice are feeling better REAL SOON!

Linn

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 03:54 PM

I don't know where the phrase "misery loves company" came from. In my experience, when I've been really down and heard of someone else also going through a rough patch, it didn't make me feel better- it just confirmed for me that the world is a really sad place. But it's also a lovely place, Kendall. And that's what I look at most of the time now.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Deda
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 03:24 PM

I'm so sorry to hear that you're getting hit with the loss of a dear friend right now when that's about the last thing you need. I click on this thread periodically just to see if the famous Down Easterner is getting along OK, very quietly cheering you on. I'm really sorry about your friend Tony.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 02:14 PM

Gordon just e mailed me to say that his brother Tony, a dear friend of mine, passed away. He was a victim of A.L.S (Lou Gerhigs disease) I am very very sad.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:28 PM

I've been pondering that. Still cant sing, or speak properly, but, a number of women have threatened to hug me if I go, so,I might show up to support my old pal, Gordon at the restaurant venue.Could be a very nice outing.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Naemanson
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 10:21 AM

Kendall, you going to Kennebunk this weekend? Gonna be a few Mudcatters there.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Midchuck
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 08:39 AM

Johnny Carson ran a "list" one night many years ago of photos the Smithsonian would like to find... Another was a mobile home park that a tornado went around.

Why is a redneck divorce like a tornado? Either way, someone loses a trailer....

Peter.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 08:29 AM

Thanks Dan, what do you mean you dont know about the great spirit? you being a preacher and all. Next February, I hope to be in Florida; unless, like Odysseus, I get delayed on the way.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 12 Jun 02 - 12:01 AM

I don't know about the Great Spirit, but _I_ certainly like folksingers better than mob bosses. Storytellers, though.... well, I guess they're all right too.

I'm awfully glad you're getting this behind you, Kendall. Sorry I'll miss you at Old Songs, but I'm sure I'll see you down the road - next February, if not sooner.

In the meantime, REST UP!

Dan Schatz

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 11:48 PM

Johnny Carson ran a "list" one night many years ago of photos the Smithsonian would like to find. One included a photo of Tammy Faye Baaker that wouldn't scare small children. Another was a mobile home park that a tornado went around.

Kendall, you and Gotti may have been travelling in the same direction with throat cancer, but you took the path to a cure a lot earlier than he probably did. So his route is the road not taken, as far as you're concerned.

SRS

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 07:12 PM

It was easy to find him, they just scraped off all the make up from Tammy Baaker, and there he was!

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 02:26 PM

Actually Sins, he's having lunch with Jimmy Hoffa.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 01:13 PM

My own personal opinion (being a Queens native raised in Howard Beach/Gotti Territory) is that the don is alive and well and tucked away with Elvis and James Dean in a witness protection program in North Dakota. You, Kendall, are far better off here. And there is always the NYCFTTS if you need a rest.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 11 Jun 02 - 01:01 PM

Well folks, it's a slow painful process, but, each day shows a tiny bit of improvement. I was, however, taken aback when it came on the news that John Gotti,the teflon don, died of throat cancer. Maybe the Great spirit likes folk singers better than mob bosses?

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: JedMarum
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 10:30 PM

I told my parents tonight, Kendall - about the way I learned the verse for Casey's Hat. My Dad used to sing the song, but only knew the chorus - I told 'em you sang it to me over the speaker phone and I recorded it. I looked around today for the tape, but I guess it's long gone. Probably should have saved it - would have become a classic!

All the best.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: DougR
Date: 10 Jun 02 - 12:20 PM

Super! Love it!

DougR

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 11:32 PM

I'm thinking of writing some songs along these lines, SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY SHE MOOS, THIS LAMB IS YOUR LAMB etc.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: DougR
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 11:19 PM

So tell me, my friend, have you read, "Forty Days and Forty Nights in Wyoming with only a Llama for Company"? It was written, I'm told by one of the original mountain men who came west in the late 1700's. His name was Clem Amall. :>)

DougR

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 06:32 PM

Dani, I forgot you asked me what I'm reading; the PORTABLE CURMUDGEON. I got that and IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN by H.L. Mencken. Courtesy of sinsull. I lean toward humor or adventure in my reading.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 11:46 AM

Now you tell me!

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 10:22 AM

Glad to see that you knew what I was talking about. Slippery elm bark. Slippery bark elm sounds like something you don't want to come across if you're taking a walk in the woods. :-)

Was Dawson from Dallas? Sounds like a story from down here; he died a few months ago, at something like 102. Very long life, and what a wonderful example he set for so many people.

Kendall, look out for the boiled okra if you're headed South to start eating. It's one of those dishes that you had to be raised with to even consider eating. Fried is much better. (A tip, in what you will consider hindsight--you could possibly have skipped the radiation treatment altogether if you'd opted for the Barbecue Cure. Have to pick the right southern state to get the proper formulation of pork vs. beef, whole vs. chopped, and the correct spicy sauce for YOUR form of cancer, however. . .)

SRS

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 09 Jun 02 - 01:09 AM

Cant wait to see ya Sandy.You are an outstanding friend, mentor and confidant. Dani, I know about 500 songs by heart, so, I'm sure we can click on at least a few. If your customers can abide a damn yankee singing in their country, they can sure as hell stand us singing together. What do you have by way of Folk Legacy records? I know many of the songs that they have recorded over the years. Plus, there is a songbook called RISE UP SINGING which every folkie has; surely there is something in that little tome. Congratulations on your restaurant! I hate to see anyone waste their time working, but, if that's what you want, go for it. I'm looking forward to January when I can visit you in your new place. I have so many friends between here and Florida, I'll need all winter to get there.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Sandy Paton
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 11:43 PM

See you at Old Songs, Kendall. Don't push that voice yet; it'll come back in time. As for Dani: keep them good ol' southern style green beans a-cookin', gal. Congratulations!

Sandy

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Dani
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 10:10 PM

Thinking of you, Kendall.

I got my restaurant!! Start thinking about what we can sing together. For you, I'll do it, though my customers might ask me to go back to the kitchen. What do you think we could sing together?

What are you reading? I'm in the middle of a wonderful book by and about a man named George Dawson, who learned to read when he was about 98 years old, not very many years ago. He had a co-author who helped him put together all the stories of his life. It is such a treasure. He was so kind, and wise, and wonderful, though in his life he knew plenty of pain and hard work and disappointment. Can't recommend it enough. It's called "Life Is So Good".

Dani

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 09:27 PM

I always hit the sack by 10 pm, and, thanks to Dani, I have a large supply of fresh slippery elm bark.. I should start my own choir, I have so many angels in my life.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 09:14 PM

If I were in your situation now, I'd be looking to diet and herbal remedies to provide comfort and extra energy. Slipperybark elm is one you should look for. Avoid the sugar still. Get LOTS OF SLEEP in a regular pattern, if possible. I heard somewhere recently that it isn't just getting 8 hours, but getting to bed before midnight for those 8 hours. The earlier in the evening you go to sleep, evidently the better it is for you. I don't have chapter and verse to back this up, but observed for myself through my recovery that getting to bed early made a huge difference.

The countdown was intended to give you a jumping off point for beginning to feel better, giving a psychological advantage. You'll get better, but on your time schedule, not the lists'. Take care!

SRS

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Ebbie
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 07:50 PM

A friend of mine also just finished her radiation treatments for a small breast cancer. She had her last treatment on Friday and flew home on June 1.

She was one of the lucky ones who got very little burn from it and no fatigue has set in so far.

However, they told her that the effects she is feeling right now are from several weeks ago, and the effects from the later radiation are still to come.

Perhaps that is what you are going through right now, Kendall? I hope very much that you will see a dramatic improvement in a week or so, both in your throat and in your energy level.

The throat is such a vital, vulnerable part of us that aggressive invasion of any sort is a pain (no pun intended).

Be well.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Amos
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 07:10 PM

Indeed -- and harpgirl, I was just trying to get that walking coatrack in the corner to grin. NOI, and Ihope NOT, as they say...

A

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 06:35 PM

Recovering from radiation sickness sounds like a bitch. Congratulations, because the treatments are over. It gets better from here. Not fast enough, but it will get better. Hope, dream, and be kind to yourself.

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: harpgirl
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 06:23 PM

...well, I meant I'm glad he is finished with the RX, Amos...sorry Kendall...I'm too right brained to be articulate anymore....all I do is listen....

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: Amos
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 06:19 PM

Jeeze -- we hand him over to a bunch of witch doctors in funny coats, they roll out the nuclear-powered field artillery and point it at him, and they leave him feeling like refried kielbasa, and looking like last weeks' left-over wieners, and then we all dance around yelling "congratulations"!! Sheeshe!! What are wqe congratulating him for? World class medical bills?

Kendall, get out while you can still breathe!

A

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: DougR
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 06:16 PM

I'm glad the treatments are behind you, Kendall. Take your time and don't push it too soon.

DougR

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: harpgirl
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 06:07 PM

...Congratulations, Kendall!! and I'm sorry the recovery period is so tough!! But now you can concentrate on healing and getting stronger! Nathan and I wish you well...harpgirl

Subject: RE: Kendall's Cure
From: kendall
Date: 08 Jun 02 - 05:39 PM

My final treatment was a week ago yesterday. I look like death eating a cracker, and I feel even worse. My throat is still sore, I have no energy, food doesn't appeal to me and I'm as weak as a kitten. Now, a friend, a retired surgeon, tells me that may last 4 to 6 weeks. Never again.