hoover dam....photo by gary morganit has been an amazing year.....i mean it really seems like we were talking about the year 2000 and all our computers were going to crash only about 6 years ago ( oh we were) but seriously folks it has been a year of hurricanes and mega rains ( i think there was a period of 2 weeks straight with water coming out of the sky in NY....my memory is fading somewhat ( side effect of the chemo and old age) but i think it was a pretty good year for most of the people in my life......i did lose my dear aunt mary this fall and i will always think of her till the end of my time.....the last of the brooklyn cowgirls....spent the final years of her life in north carolina...and "in my mind" she will always live next door from the address i was born 1756-63rd st good ol brooklyn usa.....on one of those rainy october days my life did change forever...i did share this with some people back then...when the dr told me on oct 14 that i had to have my bladder replaced..a certain calmness came over me and i really said your kidding me...replaced as in removed? he then said i would be able to use part of my intestine to create a bladder and i said...your kidding me..cool ..then i said and i swear this...i have a problem with something..he just half smiled and then i said i am really unhappy with the bladder logo you guys have ..if i am going to go through this at least have a cool logo...( i posted one we came up with a while back) will update it by the end of the year) oh that is just a few days away must get cracking on it.....anyway where was i ..oh yeah ...he stood up ..hugged me and said i am gonna miss you tom..but i must pass you on the the doctors that will help you the most....the entire conversation took about 10 minutes...it was pouring down rain....like noah was already floating down main street...when i started my car and for a brief moment i thought i was pulling into the spot and dreamed the entire event...shook it off and realized it really happened......i will always remember driving away and driving into a future i knew could never be the same... i did not realize at that time how many people would be touched by the events of oct 14th ..there has not been a single day that has gone by that a phone call from a friend has picked me up or a gift was waiting on my doorstep or a crad was in my mailbox...and my friends.... these selfless acts of kindness marks my award for the greatest event in the year 2005...bar none.....i have said this many times..i can never thank you enough...i can only hope 2006 is filled with music, mystery , fun, love and a whole lotta happiness.....oh yeah i am going to need your vibes just a little bit longer....2006 is gonna start out pretty wild for this brooklyn cowboy......you can bet the farm on that one......
tom " forever grateful" cheffo
7:40am doctors checkup tomorrow...( who works a 7:40 am ) 6 hour treatment at sloane in commack friday.....will watch movies and maybe i could wheel myself with the IV in my arm over the the guitar warehouse right next door..... i hear they are having a sale.........wouldn't that be a trip....... 4 days to the new one
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all i can do, is pour some tea for two
and speak my point of view (but it's not sane)
I LOVE THE RAIN!! LET IT RAIN, RAIN, RAIN... it cleanses everything from the air to the soil and everything in between, us included. it begins the cycle of life and weather and flowing rivers of hope. you know, you never put your hand into the same river twice- did you ever think of it that way?
We all are your hoover dam of support and love, bro! don't hold back- we know you don't! one day soon the dam will open and let through all of that rain you spoke of, and reach all of us through our faucets, shower heads, hoses, bilge pumps- you get the idea- and then we're right 'back to where it all began' baby! hang in there and keep it up in 06!
Love ya,
Kev and Fam
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