one thing today

  It's 7 in the morning and I am looking out at the very calm ocean and remembering when my childhood friend Kit was here with her husband Tom a couple of summers ago. She had Parkinsons for twenty five years. The following Fall, Tom died. Kit died a few weeks ago. Kit and I were born a day apart. Both in New York City. We sent each other felicitations every August. We first met when we were ten and lived a block apart. My first memory of her was walking down her street to our bus stop. We laughed a lot. When Kit shared her laugh with you it was something to savor. Hers and hers alone. Much like her smile. Even better. True that. She was always up for a funny exchange, a shared secret, a good time. I noticed and enjoyed her lovely shine early on. During our deep, sixty five year long friendship, she made me feel special because she was.  During college, she visited me in Ohio. I felt assured our connection was to continue after our early days. After our tenth year reunion...

                                                                              Perfect day moved my first mobile to a better breezyier place  read Demon Copperhead talked to friends on the phone painted postcard of Dionysus for Felix talked to nabes pals for a long time on the beach ate debs shrimp and chocolate pie surprise had a dream about a talent show with all of my friends participating  music dock sunset Below Deck tv

 

Applachian spring chills as sinking sun wins thin  old temptations grow new gratitude rolls bold  as  a rusted skate key wind keeps up beat  shrubs and scrubs alight a herd of brood mares rides in  turn down tone  down slow goes  and all we know we know as ours to behold 

Lush Life   The verse describes the author's weariness of the night life after a failed romance, wasting time with "jazz and cocktails" at "come-what-may places" and in the company of girls with "sad and sullen gray faces/ with distingué traces". Strayhorn was a teenager when he wrote most of the song, which was to become one of his signature compositions, along with " Take the 'A' Train ". The song was written in the key of D-flat major . [1] The melody moves over relatively complex chords, with chromatic turns and modulations evoking a dreamlike state and the dissolute spirit of the "lush life". The song's verse is 32 bars long, and its chorus is 24 bars. Unlike most other jazz standards with a verse and a chorus, "Lush Life" is never performed without the verse because it is completely integral to the composition. Gioia calls this standard "an art song, not a pop tune". [1] Strayhorn's biogr...

  He walks down a narrow path to a beach. Navaho children bob their heads in the surf. He sits on a dune &  listens to their singing. The songs are lovely and smart and funny.  He writes them down & plays with them a lot. He books & musics a show he names The B raves . It's the new Hamilton & wins him the Tony award.