BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 23 Dec 22 - 07:13 PM

Refresh for the holidays
(from snowy New England)

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: JennieG
Date: 17 Dec 22 - 12:13 AM

That's a bummer, Charmion.

Neither Himself nor I have caught the covid bug, but there is so much around that I suspect we won't escape it forever.

Playing with the ukulele group tonight, our last gig for the year.....our gems include "I want a ukulele for Christmas" and "Santa never brings me a banjo"!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Charmion
Date: 16 Dec 22 - 11:14 AM

From damp, grey Stratford, Ontario: After two and a half years of masks, vaccinations, hand-washing and general bullet-dodging, I finally caught COVID-19. It could be a hell of a lot worse, and definitely would be if I had not eagerly lined up for every needle on offer, but it’s been 12 days and I’m still a sneezing, sniffling, coughing mess with no relief in sight.

On the other hand, I am finally getting my money’s worth out of the fancy “smart” telly I bought when the old Sony bit the dust, and the cats are loving the many hours I spend in the comfy chair when I should be at the gym or choir practice, or taking a walk or just getting the groceries in.

The minimalist lifestyle currently in fashion has a certain appeal, especially when I contemplate dusting all the bookcases, but I’d hate to be quarantined in it!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 15 Dec 22 - 11:05 AM

The 'Cat is back!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 29 Nov 22 - 09:21 AM

and refresh again

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Nov 22 - 10:24 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 25 Nov 22 - 12:29 PM

still alive ...

The Munich representative of Mudcat
a/k/a MudGuard

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Mrrzy
Date: 24 Nov 22 - 02:58 PM

Happy Thanksgiving! Remember to respect Indigenous Peple's Day while celebrating!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Nov 22 - 04:50 PM

I have several friends who travelled to Iceland last year and this, even with the COVID protocols. They shared great photos and they arrived home healthy. (I helped one friend shorten a pair of bib rain pants that she was taking along for hikes to waterfalls.) Good to hear from Skarpi every so often!

The seasons are changing and while it's snowing along the US northern tier, it's raining and occasionally freezing overnight in the south. There are two vehicle-housed sets of folks I follow - I'm interested in where Patty is ending up for the winter, and two other friends who fled Florida ahead of the most recent hurricane, headed this way.

After two years of progress our government is about to hit a standstill; the new Congress has no intention of doing anything useful so it feels like a dark time is descending (except that much of what Biden got passed was long term stuff and there will be work advancing on various infrastructure projects and cost reductions in health care.) It sounds like the climate talks that are concluding haven't done enough, as usual, but are doing better than they were during when the other guy was in office. It didn't help that our main representative caught COVID a few days ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: pattyClink
Date: 16 Nov 22 - 11:35 AM

Glad to hear an upbeat update from Skarpi! Let us hope the worst of the plague years are behind us very soon.

I continue to be an irresponsible traveler and adventurer in my old age, though a home base for a few months of the year is starting to look like a really good idea.

The mudcat singaround continues to be a lifeline that I am grateful to grab onto, when I am not stuck with bad signal strength or forced into traveling on Mondays. Did stumble onto a kindred soul in Missouri and we had a memorable campfire sing. Maybe there will be more of those as the pandemic subsides.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: rich-joy
Date: 10 Nov 22 - 07:09 PM

Just wundrin what happened to PunkFolkRocker (and Little Hawk, for that matter) - I used to enjoy both their posts!!!

Cheers from Down Under :)
R-J

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 10 Nov 22 - 02:27 PM

Great to hear about the music in people's lives.
Maybe there will be music in mine next calendar year,
right now I have to do without.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: skarpi
Date: 08 Nov 22 - 11:27 AM

Hallo all, how are you ? I am fine still thought the Covid is uprising again :( , so watch out its not over yet.
still playing music, starting a new folk band here in the east, with a Scottish fiddle woman :)
also playing some country and bluegrass :)
along with my own music .

so live your live, it´s too short to not live it.

lot´s of love and kindness to you all.
all the best Skarpi Iceland .

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 30 Oct 22 - 03:41 PM

Happy Halloween / All Souls Night .

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Oct 22 - 12:55 PM

Visit didn't happen, but I have a box to send one of these days to mark an occasion.

Fall is here, lovely weather, and we had some rain this week so the yard work is easier with the soil somewhat friable now.

This year I've made a point of eating more seasonal fruits and vegetables (partly for the cost, but mostly for the better flavor) and it is apple season in the US right now. That said, I have made a mental note to not buy Ambrosia apples again. Yuck. Way too sour, almost like eating a Jonathan apple raw. Not actually that bad, but it is one that I will reserve for cooking only.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Oct 22 - 11:10 AM

and refresh again


(I just typed refresch, how Teutonic of me ... )

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Oct 22 - 02:50 PM

That's you all over, Keb. I didn't name names and you did. So I edited it.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 18 Oct 22 - 02:11 PM

glad I made you smile ... :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Oct 22 - 10:54 AM

Here's hoping that xxxxxxxxx and Stilly River Sage get to meet after all these years of online friendship.

Still smiling over Munich little-friend joshing from post weeks ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Oct 22 - 11:19 AM

Details later, but there is a possibility that after 20+ years of talking on Mudcat I may get to meet a Mudcatter on vacation just a few hours away from here. I told my ex I may need him to come feed the dogs for me one day if I make a long day trip for the visit, and found myself making the explanation that several of us have made over the years - about this person I've known via Mudcat for 20 years but we've never met in real life.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 14 Oct 22 - 02:35 PM

As long as you enjoy the things you create is what matters. There are bound to be others who enjoy it too like me, fractally speaking:^/ By Chaos theory the things you do might only be a flutter of butterfly wings, but expand to a hurricane in the real world.
The talent thing is real but one can buy talent with perspiration to a degree. Music posed too high a bar for me to go pro.

Legacy is a funny thing. Some people have a legacy that lasts millenniums and some last for a lunchtime
or no time at all.
Besides we do things in the now and not for legacy anyhow.

There are all sorts of new mobility devices. Feeling safe is a lovely thing but there are no guarantees.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 14 Oct 22 - 07:54 AM

Thanks for the kind remarks, Stilly River Sage. I suppose Denise's increased need of care has perhaps made me a bit glummer than usual. When she is so disabled, theres not many places we can go out. Even the tiniest doorsteps seem like an assault course, and she panics.

I'm very lucky. Surrounded by beautiful guitars and living with a woman who has loved me over fifty years now - plus I live in a beautiful Dorset village with a big garden. I'm sorry. Self pity is not good.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Oct 22 - 04:53 PM

It sounds like the doldrums have set in, Al. I've seen plenty of happy responses to the songs you post at Mudcat and YouTube. A lot of people are very happy with the work you have been doing.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 13 Oct 22 - 04:14 PM

Well generally speaking I write in a very undisciplined way. I've noticed that what I write doesn't in any way resemble anything published anywhere. So although I've been attending the class for several years, I've never bothered typing my stories out. My stories make the class laugh, and I enjoy that feedback.

But thanks for your interest Stilly River Sage......I suppose it traces the same path as my songwriting. I'm not sorry I've spent my life writing songs, although now I've got to nearly the end of the road, I suppose I have to face the facts that I wasn't really good enough to warrant this amount of effort.

You have to say ....well at least I wasn't a serial killer leaving a lot of people with ruined lives behind me. What I did didn't achieve very much, but hopefully I didn't do too much harm.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Oct 22 - 03:31 PM

Fixing to rain around these parts, and
the autumn wind is blowing the colored leaves straight out of the trees.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Oct 22 - 10:05 AM

Big Al, I'm pleased to see that you've joined a writing group at your library. What kinds of things are you working on? I have always found that prose written by poets is particularly good, and surely songwriters are poets.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 09 Oct 22 - 05:29 PM

I live in a village about six miles from down in Weymouth Dorset now. My wife, Denise broke her arm back in May and it won't mend. So they might operate and try to mend it with bones out of a bone bank. Meanwhile she's even more disabled than before - she's got rheumatoid arthritis.

I retired from gigging three years ago when I was 70. I still write songs though and play the guitar most days. I haven't got round to selling my PA system.

Life is very tough at the moment. I'm not as strong as I was, and Denise needs a high level of care. I can't leave her at all.. We get all our food delivered, and we don't go many places. However we have a nice garden and we have joined a creative writing group in the local library, which is fun.

I look in Mudcat every so often but a lot of my old mates have gone, and I've accepted that I'm not politically correct enough for some of the people here. I've gotten old and the world has changed, probably for the better - but I don't fit in like I did.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Oct 22 - 06:50 AM

Over here in Western Massachusetts,
we have a new train route for passenger trains,
into the county seat of Berkshire County:
Amtrak's Berkshire Flyer.

New Yorker: All Aboard the Berkshire Flyer!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 Oct 22 - 03:50 AM

Well, I'm a bit far north for any effects from Hurricane Ian- my heart goes out to the people- but I'll check in anyway.

The weather here in southeast Alaska has been mostly normal. During the summer we had several scattered periods that got very warm (by our standards) but we've had a lot of rain too, including some record breaking days. In fact, last week we had some mudslides, one of which slid between a number of houses, only one of which suffered any serious damage. No injuries, thank all that's good.

We are now in full Autumn mode with our temps ranging from mid40sF to mid50s. Deciduous trees are at their peak of color and shedding their raiment more every day. Lots of leaves to tramp through or kick around, and I love that. There is fresh snow on the mountains by our closest glacier but our downtown mountains are still clear.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 30 Sep 22 - 07:01 PM

Any post-Ian check-ins?

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Sep 22 - 11:47 AM

MudGuard, you have brought in a literary/historical footnote
that takes in not only Goethe, but Mozart.

Mozart's K. V. 231 for six voices is a round/canon
in which he quotes Leck Mir Im Arsch (I think that's how he sets it)
and cites Goethe's play, "Zweiter Akt", and concludes:
"Hier wird Mozart literarisch!"

An old out-of-print recording with
keyboard player Igor Kipnis, gives these Mozart naughties
an English translation, by the way.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 25 Sep 22 - 10:29 AM

Just back from an 8 day bicycle (a true bicycle, not an e-motor-bike) trip with cold mornings, sunny and bright days and afternoons, and cool evenings.

https://kocher-jagst.de/ (available only in German - but the pictures are nice)

Nights in various hotels, ranging from modern building to old castle (the castle of Götz von Berlichingen, who is in Germany well known for the words "leck mich am Arsch" - "lick my arse"), to an old watermill.

Lots of beautiful landscape, and also lots of historical buildings in old towns and villages ...

Yesterday, back in Munich, I was greeted by rain (for the ride home from the train station ...).

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 24 Sep 22 - 07:46 AM

We did have spongy-moths/gypsy moths up here,
and some of the trees show their infestation.

But after a good soaking rain this week,
most of the deciduous trees are revived
and ready to put on a show of autumn color in the Berkshires.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Sep 22 - 03:04 PM

There are bare trees around here as an infestation of canker worms devours leaves that would normally litter the yard in a few weeks. It looks odd, like a tornado blew through and knocked leaves out of trees early. Kind of surreal.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Sep 22 - 01:31 PM

Is there sunshine in your part of the world?
We had a heavy rain this morning
and now the sun is shining.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 19 Sep 22 - 02:50 PM

> We just had us an equinox

Curious: my RAS diary says it's on the 23rd (at "1h", presumedly BST).

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 18 Sep 22 - 07:04 AM

We just had us an equinox,
hello everybody.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Donuel
Date: 16 Sep 22 - 12:09 PM

Remember Alani Morrisette? If she is not a catter she should be.
She claims she is a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and that she is part of the 20% of the population that is the polar opposite of the 20% narcicist population. HSP's have too much empathy, creativity, self consciousness and feel they don't belong. They feel different than other folks. I think she has a point and science agrees. Brain scans reveal some real differences in the amygdala and reasoning centers.

Move over Carl Jung there is a new personality type in town.
The highly sensitive person is normal but feels things more deeply and think about things more deeply. This is not a disorder but is confused with autism, Aspergers and anxiety. There are advantages to this personality but has drawbacks as well.

I hope this rings a bell.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 14 Sep 22 - 05:39 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Sep 22 - 01:27 PM

Definitely some check-in's called for after being this many days without any Mudcat.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: JennieG
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 10:28 PM

SEnding sympathy, Rap....we here in Oz know the devastation caused by fires only too well.

Our forecast for the next few days is for rain and possible floods. Over at the coast they must be feeling nervous (the coast usually cops more rain than we do) but here, a few hours inland, our storage dams are full too.

Otherwise all is good.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Sep 22 - 09:55 PM

150,000+ acres burned, HOT weather, low humidity. So far only the smoke has caused me problems.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 Sep 22 - 08:26 AM

Keep those check-ins coming!

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Aug 22 - 12:33 PM

Keep those check-ins coming.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Aug 22 - 02:06 PM

I believe that we could do with more check-ins from
the UK and Ireland/Eire cohorts amongst Mudcatters.

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 12 Aug 22 - 03:06 PM

PS: I am 1.94m (6'4") tall, while Eric is about 1.5m (5') - if he's on his tiptoes ... ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 12 Aug 22 - 03:03 PM

has Munich ever been non-tiny? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 07:56 PM

when did Munich become tiny?
(chuckle)

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: MudGuard
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 02:49 PM

Eric, all the best wishes for a speedy recovery from your tiny Munich friend!
Andy a/k/a MudGuard

Subject: RE: BS: Check in Mudcatters world wide
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Aug 22 - 09:06 AM

Another Mudcatter recovering from COVID-19!
That list keeps getting longer and longer.