What Goes Around. . . .

     My sweet hubby allowed me to drag him to a photography show of George Harrison's former wife, Patty Boyd. Even more impressive was that my husband Brian let me pay a little extra for the "Meet and Greet," portion. Sadly, the information for the early part of the show got buried in my junk mail and we arrived just a scant few minutes before the talk started. I had missed Patty, but a very kind older gentleman with long gray hair offered to talk to me about his pictures. Trying to control my frustration, but at the same time be respectful to the old guy I acquiesced, and decided to listen to his spiel. To my absolute chagrin I discovered that the man that was consoling me was none other than famed rock photographer, Harry Diltz. As he pointed out various photographs of his famous album covers, and shared anecdotes I think I recovered enough from my embarrassment to add a few words of appreciation. To be honest it was a blur. 

    Fast forward to my daughter sharing her favorite music dropping this month, and her momma giving her a much needed lesson in rock and roll culture. 

Happy Demise

    Isn't it funny how something (a song, an object, a face, etc) can trigger a whole slew of memories or even a particular time period in one's life? It happens a lot with music for me. Sometimes, I hear an old song and I'm immediately taken to that moment of teenage angst, or the throngs of college stress. 

     Yesterday's drawing was no different.  Amazingly, I was soon sitting cross legged on some green shag carpet sipping watered down country time lemonade and doubling down for my fifth, or sixth hand of Old Maid.  Even as I drew this picture I was immediately encapsulated back to those summers. And with those memories an old unsettling feeling came back to me. If you have played Old Maid you know what I'm talking about.  During a game of Old Maid, if a player got the Old Maid card, it was inevitably very creepy.  I would venture to say it was downright scary.

      Luckily, this game is pretty much not an option for eight year olds this summer. Pretty dang sure Old Maid is officially cancelled.