I Is For

I is for IDES - and on this date, of March - every month has one - March just happens to have the famous one!


And speaking of famous ones...











77 Ides and counting - thanks for taking me anywhere I want to go - and for helping to heal the hole in my soul - and riding out the ups and downs -

Cheers!

L Is For

L is for lonesome - L is for life - L is for link - L is for lots - L is for love - L is for light - L is for listen later

I saw the link to this preliminary story in my FolkDJ ListServ email Monday afternoon - as soon as I saw her name, the image above came to mind - along with lots of memories associated with this album - and album I became intimate with in late 2004 - I hit the NYT website and read the piece - and found myself looking for forward to the complete obituary they would be sharing on Tuesday - I was not disappointed when I got the chance to read it whilst enjoying my morning coffee - and confirmed what I first thought Monday afternoon that I would include this very special music lover - in a post - I wish I could share more of why she's made an impact on me but for now I can't - maybe one day when I write my autobiography, I will - but let's just say for now we share some traits - although I'm not the least bit Italian - but I do enjoy the wonderful foods their culture has given us -

The song I'm going to include a bit later in the post is not from that release - one from that album that applies to my life would be this one - given the girl in my life -





I'm going with one from Blood on the Tracks - another special Dylan album which opens with a song that will also result in my turning up the volume and singing along - with a special smile on my face - again, more for the autobiography -

Now for the song that came to mind later in the evening when I read of another L - LADY - is this one - and I've pulled several versions of this done by female artists - please enjoy - and keep Lady in your hearts tucked right next to her parents - and I'll admit as I wrote the preceding words, I had another song come to mind - which I close with - but in time -





Now time for the one I mentioned that came to me as I worked on this post - a Warren Zevon song - WZ is an artist I know Lady's dad I exchanged comments about in the past - so I'll close with this one - and I'll admit I'm sitting here in tears as I started listening to the version I've pulled from YouTube - so many more memories associated with this one too -



And one more version that includes the lyrics -



When it is time, we'll light our candle and I'll toast to both of the special L's in this post -

Not forever...just for now -