Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?

I'm very, very happy to learn that you are still at home and soldiering on. I misunderstood your PM, I apologize for that. A portion of me regrets "broadcasting" about your state of health. I am sorry. Yet I'm overjoyed to learn that you will be with us for longer than I understood.
"Stage 4" cancer sounds terrible-because it is terrible.

I love having you with us and am slightly embarrassed to admit that I love you. Manliness and taking on the depredations of world alone? What's that really worth? I don't know because I don't have to be alone against the world. Thank God for friends!

A great big "AMEN" to that!!!!!!!!
 
Odd isn't it. In the world we have come to meet and know each other
We have no bodies, If we have a sex it is purely attitudinal.

Yet we are still confronted with awkward hesitation in expressing our love and devotion to one anther.

I think perhaps we have heard these words to often from the insincere.

Perhaps we ourselves have used such words only to regret it.
And then of course there is fear of rejection
"My dear love loves me not"

So we have to weigh our words so as not scare the timid from loves feast.
But there is a price we pay when we fail to summon the courage
that is always needed when our words sail close to our hearts.

To you from Daniel with all my love I issue this warning to avoid a lifetime of regrets:
Although this song largely deals with romantic love. All love knows this pearl.

I have heard sons and fathers mothers and daughters expressing regrets that the good word was never given and now they morn the opportunity their silence lost them

I fell in love with this next song, have posted it before. But this says all I have been trying to say here. It takes a warrior's heart to truly love.

 
From the 90's and maybe even better today. More Fleck and The Flecktones featuring Victor Wooten, a true god of BASS and his brother on synthdrums. Enjoy.


More banjo!
Banjo and bass...what could go wrong!
Prefer the first but like both of these toothsome tunes.
 
Odd isn't it. In the world we have come to meet and know each other
We have no bodies, If we have a sex it is purely attitudinal.

Yet we are still confronted with awkward hesitation in expressing our love and devotion to one anther.

I think perhaps we have heard these words to often from the insincere.

Perhaps we ourselves have used such words only to regret it.
And then of course there is fear of rejection
"My dear love loves me not"

So we have to weigh our words so as not scare the timid from loves feast.
But there is a price we pay when we fail to summon the courage
that is always needed when our words sail close to our hearts.

To you from Daniel with all my love I issue this warning to avoid a lifetime of regrets:
Although this song largely deals with romantic love. All love knows this pearl.

I have heard sons and fathers mothers and daughters expressing regrets that the good word was never given and now they morn the opportunity their silence lost them

I fell in love with this next song, have posted it before. But this says all I have been trying to say here. It takes a warrior's heart to truly love.



Diane Schuur really adds to this song.

Aaron Neville (oops, The Neville Brothers) is someone who adds a lot to the lexicon, this song is fantastic! Thank you for posting it Dan! It's a joy to hear.
 
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Peter Cetera has an enviable voice for modern music. I read that he was impossible to work with so he was fired from the Chicago Transit Authority. Seem to recall that his ego was too large and his dependability was uncertain. But David Foster loves him! I know, who cares?

"Never account a man as a failure
Until he fails at something he loves."
 
And Linda Ronstadt sang these songs better by herself than all of these women together do. Maybe being hungry for a career makes one a better singer than being a successful one does?

Of course these singers are a lot older than Linda was. Age is harder on women's voices than men's. If you want to know why, please just ask.

I think I know how to tell you something I have been trying to tell for ten years":O}

from a marital arts movie that ran pretty close to historical truth.

Chinese master in great repute for not only having never been beaten
but for his mild and gentle demeanor.

This takes place just before the Japanese invasion of China.
A Japanese master serving as an officer invites him to Tea.

This is my best recollection of part of their conversation.
Both men are both respectful and curious.

Their talk over tea is in a thoughtful and unhurried manner

J. "Do you like this tea.
C.Yes.
J perhaps it is a bit bitter, would you prefer another?
C. No I have no preference.
J. surely you like some tea better than others?
C. No.I just enjoy the tea I have.
J but surely we grade teas as to their flavor and effect? We price them as to their qualities.
C. To compare teas is to judge them. I prefer not to judge them. If the tea does not judge itself why should I judge it.
If I am happy it not does matter if the tea is cold. If I am unhappy the tea remains what it is. it does not need my judgement in order to please another.

The Japanese master nodded and they sat quietly together enjoying their tea.
 
This is a good lesson. Thank you for taking the time to post it!

Perhaps this relates to a story told to me long ago by a friend talking about his peyote "trip" in the desert?

"I noticed that the Earth was turning below my feet. This annoyed me. I jumped up and down, but I couldn't make the Earth stop." He said, with a laugh.

Perhaps, only perhaps I might un-use the energy needed to be annoyed about something?
 
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I'm a cynic by nature-a moralist by choice What I realy notice about miss Bonnie is that every time she sings, she touches my heart. No ranking-no list- no classification. She Opens her mouth and my heart putters!!!
 
This is a good lesson. Thank you for taking the time to post it!

Perhaps this relates to a story told to me long ago by a friend talking about his peyote "trip" in the desert?

"I noticed that the Earth was turning below my feet. This annoyed me. I jumped up and down, but I couldn't make the Earth stop." He said, with a laugh.

Perhaps, only perhaps I might un-use the energy needed to be annoyed about something?


Please covey this to your friend..if you can...no no no! When the world moves beneath our feet jumping up and down just makes it wobble.!

You need to skate the valleys and surf the peaks and the world will settle right. Tell him not to feel bad. This is a very common mistake!! ":O}
 
I'm a cynic by nature-a moralist by choice What I realy notice about miss Bonnie is that every time she sings, she touches my heart. No ranking-no list- no classification. She Opens her mouth and my heart putters!!!

'When kindred souls meet there is no need for formalities. Their words are strong as iron and as sweet as a mothers memories."

Yeah, she opens me like a can opener! ":O}
 
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