Well, not out there in the world, it isn’t, but here in the remote reaches of Crazeysburg, things are actually great.

(And before I forget, Phil is supposed to be live tonight at 8PM eastern, with intel. But check here later to confirm. ) (Although, things are actually going pretty great out there in the world, too, if you’ve got your discernment goggles on!!)

Okay!

I passed with flying colors with the nurse, yesterday. She was only here for about 15 minutes, since I have no long list of Specialists, no meds, no surgeries, etc. She just had to take my vitals.

Actually she said that my feet looked really great (!!), which surprised me — since I’ve been pounding around on them for 65 years already — including about 30 years of concrete in NYC. So now I have a new appreciation for my wee bonny feet!! Yay!

And now I don’t have to see her again for another year.

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Okay!

Today begins general ticket sales for this!

You can buy tickets here!

And here’s this!!

I have always loved this shirt!! (Although I think it was actually more of a greenish color.)

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Tonight, the New Insights into the New Testament Conference 2025 begins officially at 6:30 PM Eastern time, with the opening speaker– and I cannot wait!!

Dr. Elaine Pagels!! I absolutely loved her work on Gnosticism, gang. Wow.

Tonight, she “…will explore how early Christian writings shaped ideas about good and evil in ways that continue to influence Western thought. Her lecture will highlight the profound ways these ancient texts grappled with suffering, morality, and divine mystery.”

I’m guessing I will be glued to the Zoom screen on my laptop.

And at the risk of going on & on about this “Time” thing lately — I kinda can’t believe she is 82 already. Where does the effing time go, gang???

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Well, I have decided to risk it and wait one more week before taking my favorite 95-year-old Japanese man back to that fantastic clubhouse at the golf course with those spectacular views, because I think the autumn leaves will be just perfect next week.

I hope I don’t regret it, but I think they will be better next Friday than they are today. (Here’s hoping they don’t all just suddenly blow away…)

So today, it’s back to this place instead! Yay!

Whoops!!! That’s Keith Richards on the Orient Express. My mistake!!

No, we will be going HERE!

But hot sake will be served with the sashimi, so it will still be pretty darned fun!!

(And yes, I know. It all hinges on how his condition is when I get there this morning. We shall see and then go with the flow.)

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Okay, I got next to nothing done on the novel yesterday (minor tweaks only). Mostly because I am beginning Chapter 14 and I have absolutely no clue what comes next. I need a good chunk of uninterrupted time to sit and stare, and yesterday was not that day.

I did manage to get in a quick walk, in between rain showers. And then I also got to do some yoga, study some French with my new boombox, and study another lecture in the Protestant Reformation series.

But, more importantly, I had a chance to catch up on the phone with Valerie in Brooklyn!! And that is always a high point, no matter when it happens.

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Okay.

Brand new song from the Original Alice Cooper Group! “See You On the Other Side” dedicated to their late bandmate, Glen Buxton, from the new album The Revenge of Alice Cooper:

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And that is it for now. I gotta scoot!

Have a fabulous Friday, wherever you are in the world!

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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I leave you with this.

From my wild & wonderful world of wandering the night-time streets of NYC in 1984 — while wearing my prized Sony Walkman!!

More from Lou Reed’s New Sensations album, “Turn to Me,” 1984. Enjoy, gang!!

“Turn to Me”

[Verse 1]
If you gave up major vices, you’re between a hard place and a wall
And your car breaks down in traffic on the street
Remember, I’m the one who loves you, you can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, baby, turn to me

[Verse 2]
If your father is free-basing and your mother turning tricks
That’s still no reason you should have a rip
Remember, I’m the one who loves you, you can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me

[Verse 3]
When your teeth are ground down to the bone
And there’s nothing between your legs
And some friend died of something that you can’t pronounce
Remember, I’m the one who loves you
Hey baby, you can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me

[Verse 4]
You can’t pay your rent, your boss is an idiot
And your apartment has no heat
And your wife says, “Maybe it’s time to have a child”
Remember, I’m the one who loves you and you can always give me a call
Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me

[Verse 5]
When it’s all too much you turn the TV set on and light a cigarette
And then a public service announcement comes creeping on
And you see a lung corroding or a fatal heart attack
Turn to me, turn to me, baby, turn to me

[Outro]
I’m just a phone call away
Turn to me, turn to me, hey, turn to me
One tenth of a dollar
Turn to me, baby, turn to me
(Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me)
(Turn to me, turn to me, turn to me)

c – 1984 Lou Reed