this evening i saw the spfld jazz band “real time” perform outside at Cheddar\u2019s. cheddar\u2019s has a new outside patio, and there is a row of bushes along one wall, at least sort of giving the illusion of nature, as opposed to only being separated from vast amounts of parking spaces by a wall. the music was great, and it was even better that i didn\u2019t have to travel 100 miles on a sweltering bus to get there. <\/p>\n
there\u2019s something pretty perfect about listening to live music outside. i wish i could do it all the time, or at least more often. real time will be at robbie\u2019s downtown tomorrow night from 5:30-7:30, but of course that won\u2019t be outside, but still, they will be good.<\/p>\n
tomorrow night i\u2019ll be enjoying outdoor entertainment again, this time “ragtime” at the spfld muni. i missed the first show, “the sound of music,” which is too bad, because i heard it was really good. i\u2019m looking forward to ragtime because i\u2019ve never seen it or even heard any of the music. margaret b. gave it a glowing review, and basically ordered everybody to go see it, so i\u2019m doing my duty tomorrow night.<\/p>\n
i don\u2019t have any more outdoor music planned, but i\u2019m sure it wouldn\u2019t be so difficult to find.<\/p>\n
after the music tonight, i took gizmo and shortie for a ride on my parents\u2019 pontoon boat. just me and the dogs, a beautiful night for it, the sun was setting in a spectacular way. i passed a guy in a prety big sailboat, the kind with a cabin underneath, and he beckoned me over. nobody has ever beckoned me while i\u2019ve been in a boat before, so i steered over to him. did you see the weather? he asked me. he was alone on his boat, and i could see the cabin down below, which looked inviting. i didn\u2019t quite understand him – did he mean, did i see the weather forecast, was it supposed to start storming? i said “no,” and he shrugged and gestured over his shoulder, where the sky was all deep pink and purple. “oh,” i said, “the weather, yep,” and cruised away.<\/p>\n
shortie and gizmo didn\u2019t care about the sky. i\u2019m not sure exactly why they love to go on the boat so much. they\u2019re mad for it, though. sometimes they just sit there looking up at me, waiting for me to give them a treat. other times they sit on the arms of the chairs in front, looking out over the water. lots of times they\u2019ll just lie on the back seat, lolling about as they do wherever they go. maybe it\u2019s just the change of pace. i\u2019ve said it before, but i really think that if dogs had more to occupy their time, they wouldn\u2019t sleep so much. shortie and gizmo certainly couldn\u2019t do something like being seeing-eye dogs, but i\u2019m sure there\u2019s something they\u2019d be useful for. besides their daily eating\/barking\/sleeping\/begging for treats.<\/p>\n
they\u2019re kind of good watch dogs; maybe they need more to watch. they\u2019re always crazy to hunt for the dog living next door to my parents. the poor old crabby dog, maggie, is old and can\u2019t see or hear very well, but she is the mortal enemy of shortie and giz. whenever i\u2019ve taken them for a walk, they stop at the neighbor\u2019s yard, peering around, looking for maggie. they bark like crazy if they see her, and sometimes even if they don\u2019t. mom has big cuts all over her legs, because she took shortie and giz for a walk and maggie was out and mom\u2019s dogs were so frantic to try to ATTACK MAGGIE that they twisted their leashes all around mom\u2019s legs and cut them up. <\/p>\n
they\u2019re small but ruthless, those dogs.<\/p>\n
tomorrow, friday. plus, coming up, the 4th of july, where we celebrate fireworks. <\/p>\n
ok then,<\/p>\n
grace outside as much as possible except i guess i could take a sleeping bag and sleep outside any time if i wanted to, and i\u2019m not sure why i haven\u2019t, and maybe i\u2019ll start tomorrow night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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