I was made for Afternoons

today was is the great grandmother in laws 90th birthday a breakfast barbie in true ozzie style down by the river in the early morning sun kids frolic in the coolish water cousins kiss n meet n greet the older sip freezing champagne and pass the time with talk of weather and whose gonna have the next littilie I stay clear of that stuff the bacon fries the sausages sizzle juice is drunk by the barrow full and the matriarch herself sits and takes it all in i was listening to rohr a few days ago about growing older n how after 40, the second half of life we have the two choices cynicism of letting go the matriarch has let go and has be default becoming a loving starlight she is wise without being over bearing gentle without being a walk over can laugh n cry at herself too she herself says she will die happy and then... what about me nearing the mid life period i need to learning to let go too n not carry stuff but its good to see it can be done fair thee well freends

hazy hot weather in the isolated capital 38, 40, 42 and counting nuthin for it but to hide away contribute to the warming effect run the air machine sip the iced tea watch the tube surf the net have a quick kip cook as quickly as possible the young uns cope so much better than us older ones yesterday was da national dae a celebration of takeover of white sails in the sun as da song goes but this is not the place for them reflections we know we gotta do it we gotta make it right ah hmmm so, we had people over and da power went off so we sat inside killer easterly hot wind until two in the morn so no outside dining and drank g n t n wine n beer good Ck had got ice in case of emergency so at least the drinks were cold then a stroll up da street for fireworks from the city our house is up a hill so is great for this bright lights n all to satisfy da kids and we all sat the kids n adults from the street and wtched it together then c ya later, next year, bless you and a stumble not druken ba

holy-days for the young poet mornings of sand n surf watching the young prince n princess negotiate the waves as they receive their watery instruction coffee n muffins with the missus merton readings in the cool morning breeze zen sand paintings momentarily etched before being whisked back to their homes mothers with screeming infants watch me sitting upright n breathing looking for stillness in all this hubbub and activity holy days finally I've got the feeling again of relaxation of stressless guiltless shameless days of afternoons which last forever which I was made for but it is not always this way freends the last day my heart was pounding by blood cascading around my veins for some unknown reason i felt lost n scared for no reason and then this morning heals all these things the innocence of the morning drives away the terrors of the night light into my darkness shone by my children's concentration and learning respecting the water the source of all life learning its

been away freends not physically just layin low n been a dad been a musican ya know that took a lot of time last week mixing it up n all that was fun sounds cool too when the ole my music spacey is up n happening ya all will get a link anyhoo today has been springsteen nebraska tom waits used songs and freend moids album decompression chamber all fairly heavy but i love the tom waits growl the dark side humor the commentary the stories of bruce the starkness of it all sucking you in its about the tenth time i've listenined to nebraska hard to get into like alot oh things but wirth it in the end my freend the artist is staying with us a few days his exhibition is next week thelink and stuff is on the community site ya'll check it out peace me

spent the morning behind the mixer tweeking splicing merging n stuff compressing expanding limiting n distorting gave in and gave the missus a chance to hear it thank the lord she liked it had a cool suggestion as well it may be time for a myspace site so you can get it freends whack it on ya mp3 or whatever listen to it while ya have ya bath tried to go to church yesterday i mean i was there but the young prince and i spent most of the time outside he was a bit disconnected could be because he swallowed a 5c piece the night before and if its not out before tomorrow (and I think ya can guess who has to look for it...) off to the dr's for an xer ray which i don't think he minds the thought of actually so think of me sifting and mixing for the next 24...

couldn't get the flipping thing to play in tune over and over again playing the same part tweek the reverb slap back the echo twiggle the chorus finally on take 3456 or some such thing got it down proabably luck fingers so sore then back to drum sounds flips n fills oh freends it so easy to go overboard when your putting on your creative genius hat put every good idea in ya on the one thing show what ya made ov n leave nuthin' to chance but you know then its dull its over blown its boring so walkin that line not so easy wanna be cool wanna be interesting but not a 70's prgressive rock record (sorry to ya ELP and YES fans out there...) even hawkwind actually anyway more tomorrow bass parts backing vocals and a killer lead I hope!!

a new year arrives a new day dawns try your best pick something to improve lets start by not being cynical about everything! it is good to make a new start i do need to look after me self i am getting older and my BP is not so hot went out and bought the book you know the thing freends 101 ways to a better you 14 days to complete and utter spiritual bliss with lessons from fidorex, the forgotten dog guru.. anyway it was a good read how to get off the BP meds naturally keep those dio and sys numbers down where they should be nothing i didn't know get moving eat a bit less deal with ya stress creatively add a few hippy supplements i mean real things freends, nutrients, not the herb! (Anyway, thats off the list - its a shocker for ya BP!) so thats why i've been a little quiet on the ole blooge been up and at em since new years walk and think write me frustrations out and all that stuff and i am feeling after the magic time of three days a little better i think worked in my recor