Yes, I’m already booked all summer!

It’s been kind of amazing gang, to watch everything transform into this really positive thing so quickly.

I absolutely adore my new client, gang. She is amazing. I’m, of course, not allowed to discuss what her health issues are, but NONE of them involve any type of cognitive problem. Her mind is 100% THERE, and she has had — and is still having– an incredible life. (Plus, she has 2 gigantic and incredibly happy dogs!)

And not only is her home beautiful (and only 20 minutes away), but the property itself is just jaw-dropping. Tucked deep into hundreds of tall trees that have to be going on 200 years old.

Mid-morning, I took the kitchen trash down to the end of her front drive to put it in the trash bin and it was like walking in Paradise. Of course, it was a really beautiful day, which added to the feeling. But wow. It was just so beautiful.

Starting next week, I will be seeing her every Friday morning for the rest of the summer. (Which also means I likely won’t be posting to the blog on Fridays, after tomorrow.)

And then!!

If you are a long-time reader of this lofty blog, you might recall that for the previous 2 summers, I had another wonderful client — a retired Chaplain. And she also lived in a very remote setting, surrounded by tall trees, in a huge farmhouse that was built in the 1800s.

I adored her, too. We would talk for hours about the Bible, the history of Christianity, her experiences of being a hospital Chaplain, working primarily with very poor abused children and newborns in critical situations. She worked here in America, and also in other countries (with her husband). She had several Degrees from Yale Divinity School. She began studying at Yale just after WWII, and she spent a lot of time in NYC back then, with friends who were in professional theater there.

She lives in Florida during the cold months. But she is BACK now!!! And she is on my schedule A LOT for the rest of the summer!! Mostly on Saturday nights — but I’m with her for 5 hours starting tomorrow evening.

It will be so great to see her again.

So, as of now, I’m already back to having 19-22 hours a week, 5 clients, every morning off except Fridays. Yay! And all of my clients live within 20 minutes from me. AND, as of right now, I have 3 days off a week! (I’m guessing that will go back down to 2 days off, over time. We will see.)

But this gives me so much more time for writing, and, overall, a lot less time driving.

Yes, basically everything changed that quickly. And it all worked out for the better. How I am feeling now — it’s like night and day, the difference.

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Okay, I have the insurance guy coming at 11AM, so I have to kind of be quick here today — I have a lot of “here’s this’s” to fit in.

But first–

Another great interview with James Tabor–

Ebionites, Nazarenes, Essenes, Nasareans Sorting out the Names! (54 mins):

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And now, here’s this!!

From Phyllis Stein!!

Jerry Nolan (drummer for the NY Dolls and for Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers), a guy named Steve, and Richard Hell!! Photo taken by Chris Stein, founder/guitarist for Blondie — NYC 1975!!

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And here’s this –about 20 years BEFORE Chuck Berry punched Keith in the eye backstage at Madison Square Garden in NYC–

Chuck Berry, Keith smoking, and Mick, backstage, 1969:

And here’s Keith smoking on a boat, with what was left of the Rolling Stones —

Announcing their first tour without Bill Wyman, NYC 1994:

And Keith, not smoking on some sort of runway(?) in a ruffley shirt!

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Marty Stuart talks about his guitars!!

And here’s this, while we’re at it! Marty Stuart, 1992, “High On A Mountain Top”, some serious hillbilly twang going on here!!

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And here’s this!

Serge Gainsbourg smoking in the Ritz in Paris! (100% NOT a hillbilly, ever, at all!!)

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And now some more great photos from the Bad Seeds show in Lingen the other night!

First, here’s this — the set list:

However, I’m not 100% positive, but I think a terrible, although brief, tragedy occurred onstage in Lingen.

But these photos were obviously from before the tragedy–

Nick Cave, oblivious to what was coming:

Nick and Warren Ellis, both happily oblivious:

And then, from, like, out of nowhere, and probably completely unprovoked, a microphone viciously attacked Warren’s eye! It was hideous!!

Warren completely lost that eye, but, luckily, it grew back right away, but you know, it was not without difficulty:

And then he spent the rest of the gig, just sort of dazed by the whole thing — and who wouldn’t be? Here, he is wondering if maybe Carly Paradis had anything to do with it, because she’s sort of acting a little callously, you know, like, nothing happened:

Again, I have to state that I am not 100% certain about any of this. I am just trying to logically piece it all together from the ~~crime scene~~ concert photos.

Tonight, if all goes smoothly between the band and their equipment, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds play Denmark. On Saturday, they play Prague!!! There are still tickets available to both shows (the Denmark show, though, happens in about an hour so you gotta hurry). You can BUY TICKETS HERE.

Sunday, they play Austria, but that show is sold out.