SNAKE!

so, this morning the wiltz girls (our twin cousins) were getting ready to leave for atl. they had passed through last night on their way to atl from kansas...crazy girls were DRIVING!!!! aunt bev, the girls, and i were inside talking before they left and ginny and her friend lucy came in screaming that there was a snake in the pool!! we all went running outside...it was the smallest snake ever.

aunt bev was trying to prove that she was brave and look what happened.

HILARIOUS! btw...she did successfully get the snake over the fence!

"don't let a single memory ever fade away..."

"an honest tune with a lingering lead has taken me this far..."
michael houser

(january 6, 1962 - august 10, 2002)

my last summer trip...went to atlanta to see outformation, mofro, and gov't mule at the masquerade. the best part of this trip was that keely flew in from jackson to join the festivities. i haven't seen her since halloween last year so it was a real treat to get to spend some qt with her. good times had by all!
mule setlist:
1st Set: Brand New Angel, Blind Man In The Dark, Larger Than Life, Beautifully Broken, Trane > Dixie tease > Doin' It To Death jam, Eternity's Breath > St. Stephen jam, The Letter, Nothing Again, I Think You Know What I Mean > When The Levee Breaks > I Think You Know What I Mean
2nd Set: Lithium, 32-20 Blues (1) , I Can't Quit You Baby, Lola Leave Your Light On, Drums, Bass > Far Away, Bad Little Doggie, Thorazine Shuffle
Encore: Inside Outside Woman Blues
Setlist Notes: (1) with Cody Dickinson and J.J. Grey

gettin' lucky in kentucky!

last weekend was one of the more fun weekends of my summer. i went to louisville, ky for forecastle music festival. it was also ray's 40th birthday...we had an absolute BLAST! happy birthday ray...it was one to remember! i also got to see my friend kg who i haven't seen in ages. we didn't get to spend a ton of time together but just seeing that smile of hers was fantastic! robin, karen, and i rode together and pulled into town just in time to watch jason isbell. we went up to our room at the galt house and you could see the small stage of the festival from our balcony...and hear perfect. we didn't even have to leave our room. saturnday we saw the black crowes>panic. that was the first time i've seen the crowes with luther dickinson and it was fantastic. the panic show was insane...papa's>protein>sewing>papa's and a bowlegged>chilly>bowlegged...need i say more? sunday we went to outformation but only stayed for about half of the show bc it was at 1pm and it was HOTTTTT!! i went back to the room for a nap after that and got up just in time for some more PANIC!!!

forecastle festival - downtown louisville, ky

"old friends, heroes, and lifetimes..."

happy birthday, ray!

"some folks are born to wave the flag, ooh, they're red, white, and blue..."

i'm going a little backwards here in my posting but i was told that i needed to update so here goes...

my fourth of july was spent on the lake, as usual. kathryn and joe made it down this year and kathryn's 7 months pregnant. we got to see lil' westley vincent...well, the belly anyway...can't wait to really meet him! we also decided to take a field trip to the smithville jamboree this jear. it's been ages since i've been there...since i was a kid when my nannie and pa took me.
me, gege, and sumner

me, kathryn, and westly

smithville jamboree

RIP MJ

the jackson's

today was the memorial service for michael jackson. he passed away on june 25th. at his memorial service today he was declared something much larger than the king of pop but named the best entertainer ever. mj was such a HUGE part of my childhood. you will be missed mj. tonight for my memorial i had a solo vino/vinyl party. i had a glass of wine and listened to "bad" on vinyl.
"don't stop till you get enough..."

giveaway!!!!!

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