I can’t believe that this (eternally young) hero from my wee bonny girlhood is 76 years old today!!
And what’s even harder to wrap my mind around is that he’s been with the Rolling Stones for 48 years already…. When the heck did that happen??!!
I remember it like it was yesterday. I loved Ronnie when he was in the Faces, but the Stones were my absolute favorite band and so I was thrilled when he joined the Rolling Stones — and I was able to see him play with them in Cleveland, during their tour of the States in 1975. (And I was very close to the stage!!)
Anyway. A very happy birthday to Ronnie Wood!
I think this is an extremely appropriate song for today! The Faces’ (Ronnie Wood singing) “Ooh La La” from 1973 (I just love this song!!):
In other important news…
In honor of Milk Day (whatever that is), Nick Cave’s Cave Things has that very wonderful bone china milk jug (in America, we call it a creamer) on sale for 50% off! It’s $26 (plus shipping) today only!
While I hesitate to promote anything that promotes the Devil (which is extremely difficult to navigate if you love Nick Cave…), I do love this little milk jug!
And the milk jug is named after one of my very favorite Nick Cave songs of all time, from the Bad Seeds album, Tender Prey, in 1988 – “Up Jumped The Devil”!!
In still more other important news–
The paperback edition of Faith, Hope & Carnage was released in the UK today — and it includes a special new chapter, “Two Years Later,” written in 2023! Not sure of the release date in the US, but it’s coming… (Buy it or pre-order it HERE)
If you missed this book:
MOJO 2022 Book Of The Year
Sunday Times 2022 Music Book Of The Year
Big Issue 2022 Book Of The Year
Telegraph 2022 Best Music Book Of The Year
A New Statesman 2022 Best Book Of The Year
Pitchfork Music 2022 Book Of The Year
“This beautiful book is a lament, a celebration, a howl, a secular prayer, a call to arms, a meditation & an exquisite articulation of the human condition. It will take your breath away” — Observer
If you want to see what it looks like out here around where I live — in the Hinterlands of Ohio– then watch this 3-minute video from Anthony Dupler!! It is from 3 days ago, in Hocking Hills:
And this is not related to Ohio, but I found it fascinating. A whole new (but very ancient. as it turns out!!) way of farming: The Power of Electroculture (1 hr 35 mins) (this is a private video, btw). I learned a lot:
In addition to being up to my eyeballs in re-writes of the play yesterday (“The Guide to Being Fabulous!”), I also took a webinar from Dr. Morse’s Herbal Health Club. It was on the function and protocols for the Urinary System.
If you are interested in herbal healing and naturopathic health, here is a link to the blog post that goes into what we learned in the (free) webinar yesterday. You can also sign up there for upcoming webinars. I think they will be offered once a month.
So, I did finally complete the re-writes needed for right now. Well, I sent them back to Sandra who, quite possibly, will send them back to me, needing additional changes. But we shall see!
I cannot stress enough how much I love this show, gang. She and I have been working on it for many years. And to see it finally going into production with such a prestigious theater — it is exciting.
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If you recall, several weeks ago, a co-worker had some serious water damage done to her home, which caused serious electrical damage on top of it. And she had to move into a 2-room trailer with her very pregnant sister and 2 toddlers. So her two cats were getting seriously underfoot.
The 2 cats came to live with me until their home is ready to move back into. (About 3 more weeks or so.)
These wonderful boy cats were very terribly abused as kittens. My co-worker rescued them when they were 3 weeks old and had been discarded in a dumpster (with horrible stuff done to their tiny faces).
They are grown now, and are healthy, happy cats. However, one of the cats, Indy, does not like to be around people so he stays up in my storage closet and only comes out at night, when I’m asleep.
But Al immediately became my very best friend!! What a great companion he is. The only problem is that he fights with every single one of my other cats — including the two cats outdoors, if he can escape fast enough and get out the kitchen door when I’m coming in!
That aside, I adore this little guy. Here he is this morning, on my bed, as the sun was coming up and I was having my coffee:
And that is kind of it in my world this morning! Phil is off and getting ready for his wedding and honeymoon, so things are quiet over there for now.
And in other birthday news…
My ex-husband, Wayne, turned 69 years old today! I’m not sure how that happened, either, but it did! He was 38 when we met…
We spoke briefly on the phone this morning and he told me some incredibly disgusting but very very funny jokes! Happy Birthday, Wayne.
Enjoy your Thursday, wherever you are in the world, gang.
Thanks for visting!
I love you guys. See ya!
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On our honeymoon, Wayne and I drove cross-country. Here is one of the songs we listened to constantly on that fantastic trip!!
“Who Were You Thinking of Last Night” by the Texas Tornados, 1990.
“Who Were You Thinkin’ Of?”
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were makin’ love
Last night?
Was it a good-lookin’ stranger
Or a close friend of mine?
You didn’t wanna quit
When we was into it
Last night
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were lovin’ last night?
Who were you thinkin’ of
When I was makin’ love
To you?
There was a smile on your face
I ain’t seen in some time
You got more out of it
Than I put into it
Last night
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were lovin’ last night?
(Aw, squeeze it, Doogie)
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were makin’ love
Last night?
There was a smile on your face
I ain’t seen in some time
You didn’t wanna quit
When we was into it
Last night
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were lovin’ last night?
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were makin’ love
Last night?
Was it a good-lookin’ stranger
Or a close friend of mine?
You didn’t wanna quit
When we was into it
Last night
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were lovin’ last night?
Who were you thinkin’ of
When we were lovin’ last night?
c- 1979, Cathie Pelletier, Jim Glaser and Paul Gauvin