Transatlantic.... and other stuff....

Greeting's World's !!

It's a Monday again - for me the start of another week...... Ok, I know there are many of you, who work 7 days a week, but Monday is the start for me !! Anyhoo - how are you all doing this fine December
day ?!

B & I are doing pretty good.... we've just returned from a trip to town. B wanted to visit one of her favourite stores, to get some wool. She's going to be knitting a small kind of hooded thing, for our Grand Daughter. I'm not 100% sure what it's going to be - as long as B knows, that's good enough for me !! Whatever - we're doing Ok...

B is now upstairs, having a bit of a tidy around. Not really sure, which room she's in..... but, you get the general idea. Wife = house = tidy session !! Hopefully she will be down, in a short while, as I've made her a disgusting pot of her de-caff tea, that she drinks...... if it tastes as bad as it looks, well..... no contest !!

Going back to yesterday - Sunday..... we actually went to Church again !! After 2 years, 6+ months, we decided to put the past behind us & try & make a new start. I don't know, quite how else to put it, really. There is a new Bishop & a whole new load of faces....... sooooo !!

The Bishop actually came to see me, in the hospital - so it was good to go back & show, on my part, that I was willing. It did feel good tho' - it was great to be back, in the chapel & surrounded, in the most part, by some old friends !!

We were surrounded, at the beginning, by people welcoming us, back to the services...... that was a bit over powering, but nice in a kind of way. Oh well.....

One of the guys, well - he really needs to have a good wash !! I know he doesn't have a lot of cash - but, it does not cost that much to buy a cheap bar of soap & boil a kettle for some hot water !! His "BO" is - as I wrote just a second or two back - is really over powering !! Nevermind..... life goes on....

Staying with yesterday.....

When we got home, there was a Cd waiting for me, from Amazon !! I didn't expect that !! I thought that - being a long weekend, I wouldn't get anything, until at least tomorrow..... nice surprise tho' !!

The Cd is by Transatlantic is dated from 2000..... called 'SMPT:E'... I've probably got that wrong, as the title is a bit blurred, as is the date - but, you might know the album I'm talking about ?! The tracks are:

1) All Of The Above (30:59)
2) We All Need Some Light (5:45)
3) Mystery Train (6:52)
4) My New World (16:16)
6) In Held (Twas) In I (17:21)

I usually leave the times off, when I write tracks down, but - given the various lengths, I thought I would make an exception this time around. As you tell, some of the longer ones, are really a bit special.... plus, I can match these older studio tracks, together with the newer 'live' Cd's the guys have released !! I was listening to it, on the way into town, a little earlier.... sounds really good... !! Go & check it out - if not this album, anything Transatlantic do.... all of their recordings are really good !!

The music of the moment, well - that's the Allman Brothers 'Cow Palace' concert, that I wrote about, a day or two back.... I'm still working my ways thru' it's 4 hours !! It's really good, to have a copy, on Cd - as opposed to a cassette version.... well good !!

I mentioned a day or two back - how I had an e-mail, from a guy I hadn't heard from in the best part of 20 years.... well, I had another e-mail today, from a guy I met in the hospital. It's funny - but, out of the two - I'm happier with the second e-mail, from the guy I hardly know, as opposed to the guy I used to know !! I'll get around to writing back, maybe tomorrow.... not today...... maybe tomorrow.

For now tho' - I must away....... things to do & the such like, I have 25 Cd's, that need sorting thru' & marking up. They're for a friend & I need to go thru' all 25 of them, before I hand them over. That's only going to take an hour, but it needs to be done.....

Sooooo - for now, I thank you for logging in & for reading my words. As always, it's good to know you're out there, in the internet Universe & that you take a few minutes out of your day, to read what I write..... until next time...

Bye Bye